African countries urged to go green
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has tipped countries on the continent to embark on adopting green pathways for sustainable...
ECA’s finance ministers meet to focus on sustainable industrialisation
Preparations for the 53rd session of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development of the Economic...
Experts push for African solutions
The 2020 edition of the African Economic Conference (AEC) opened virtually on Tuesday with calls for the continent’s policymakers, researchers,...
Wishing America well
The time I was filing this article over 90 million Americans had cast their ballots in November 3 landmark election...
Chakwera’s image building appointments
President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera has elevated four judges to serve at the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal bench. The judges...
‘Majority must treat minorities with fairness’
In a week attacks on land ownership and private sector investment have dominated the discourse, BRIGHT MALOPA, a local investor...
Chakwera’s first 100 days of peace
President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera clocked 100 days in office on Monday. He came on the political scene as the Biblical...
Chakwera’s first 100 days of peace
President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera clocked 100 days in office on Monday. He came on the political scene as the Biblical...
MOZ bans fish imports from MW
Mozambique has banned the importation of cultured fish from Malawi, following the outbreak of a lethal disease in fish reared...
‘We failed our children by closing schools’
President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera has announced that government intends to re-open schools early September. The announcement has been received with...
Someone must hold Chakwera to account
President Lazarus Chakwera is shooting on all fours. If you listened to his weekly radio address last Saturday, you could...
Of arrests and fooling Malawians
A so-called massive crackdown of corrupt officials is underway. Government agents are said to be all over hunting down suspects,...
Transport cost still high—Report
While trade and transport costs in Africa are high, those faced in Malawi are higher than in the wider region,...
Take what Joyce Banda says with caution
As of Wednesday, Covid-19 cases were at 455. Four people have died and over 60 have recovered. However, to former...
Feedback: Politicians will not change MBC
Last week, an avid reader of this column weighed in on the debate on the role of taxpayer-funded Malawi Broadcasting...
Politicians will not change MBC
This week, I received some views on the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) scandal last week. The taxpayer-funded broadcaster aired comments...
Corrupt officials weaken State institutions
Africa doesn’t need strongmen; it needs strong institutions, former US president Barack Obama said during his visit to Ghana in...
Chakwera spoke well, but will he walk the talk?
Former preacher, Lazarus Chakwera became the first person in the history of this country to present nomination papers for presidential...
Botomani, Jappie giving Malawi a bad name
Mark Botomani, the commissar of enlightenment, should be ashamed. This man has been lying through the teeth to Malawians for...
MEC lacks legitimacy, but it’s wheels must keep turning
T he Malawi Electoral Commission’s (MEC) announcement on Monday in which it announced the launch of the fresh presidential election...
