Covid-19 pushes up Internet traffic by 35%
The Covid-19 pandemic has increased Internet traffic, as many activities have moved online, with global internet bandwidth rising by 35...
Escom upbeat on beating Inter connector deadline
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) has expressed confidence that it will beat the October 2023 deadline for the rolling...
Low wage earners find it tough to survive—report
The World Food Programme (WFP) figures show that the minimum expenditure required for the survival of a typical household in...
Rising food prices push up inflation rate to 8.9%
Rising food prices have pushed up September inflation rate by 0.5 percentage points to 8.9 percent, published National Statistical Office...
MPC upbeat on revival strategy
Recently, the board and management of Malawi Posts Corporation (MPC), led by the Ministry of Information, met the Parliamentary Committee...
MPC gives insights on recovery plan
Financially crippled Malawi Posts Corporation (MPC) says, through its turnaround strategy, it aspires to be a leader in digitalisation and...
Policy think-tank tips govt on taming fertliser volatility
Policy think-tank, MwaPATA Institute says improving infrastructure investment and incentivising domestic fertiliser production is key to minimising Malawi’s vulnerability to...
Mw Covid-19 response among the lowest
The fiscal package in response to Covid-19 since January 2020 has been significantly lower in Malawi, World Bank figures have...
Mera moves to boost fuel imports by rail
Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) says it will next year increase the use of railway to import fuel, a move...
EIU positive on trade
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) says the country’s current account deficit is to remain sizeable between 2021 and 2025 on...
Panic as fuel pumps run dry
Motorists on Thursday felt the impact of the truck drivers’ strike as service stations run out of fuel, especially petrol,...
Mkango begins drilling works in Phalombe
Mkango Resources Limited, a rare earth element and associated minerals exploration and development company, has started drilling works at Songwe...
Comesa approves Malawi Towers share acquisition
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) Competition Commission has approved the proposed acquisition of Madagascar Towers SA...
Malawi’s economic gender gap widens—World Bank
The World Bank says there are wide gender gaps in women and men’s economic opportunities in terms of labour force...
Group wary of maize price rise
Centre for Social Concern (CfSC), a faith-based economic think-tank, says Admarc’s decision to increase its retail maize price by 28...
Castel speaks on Property disposal
Castel Malawi Limited, producer of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, says its business is on a positive trajectory and plans to...
Trade balance continues to worsen, figures show
Malawi’s trade balance—the difference in value over a period of time between a country’s imports and exports of goods and...
Funding, capacity key to unlocking markets—Smedi
Small and Medium Enterprises Development Institute (Smedi) says access to finance and capacity development are key to promoting enterprise development....
Malawi eligible for UK preferential treatment
The decision by the United Kingdom (UK) to withdraw from the European Union (EU), popularly referred to as Brexit, was...
Dash 9 locomotive in town
September 20 will go down in the country’s history as the day a stronger, heavier, faster and more reliable locomotive...
