Experts fault IFMIS roll-out delays
Experts have faulted delays to roll out in full the new Integrated Financial Management Information System (Ifmis), saying it reflects...
Arrears payment to ease job losses—Ecam
Employers Consultative Association of Malawi (Ecam), a grouping of private sector employers, says government’s commitment to pay arrears owed to...
Budget balloons
Minister of Finance Felix Mlusu has increased the fiscal plan by K144 billion, a move experts say spells doom for...
Mlusu in tight spot on budget
Minister of Finance Felix Mlusu is in a tight spot to save his K2.2 trillion 2020/21 National Budget which has...
MPs assess AIP success, future
Members of Parliament (MPs) yesterday assessed the implementation of the K160 billion Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP), highlighting both successes and...
Renewable energy players warn of rising product prices
Prices of solar products on the market will rise if traders will be compelled to pay customs duty and value...
Commission upbeat on 50% power access
The National Planning Commission (NPC) says the ambitious target toconnect half of the country’s population have access to the national...
Veep commits to transparency, accountability on public funds
Vice-President Saulos Chilima has committed to ensuring transparency and accountability in domestic and external resources for attainment of national development...
Report shows digital financial uptake rising
Restrictions to curb further spread of Covid-19 have increased consumer uptake of digital financial services (DFS), the national payments systems...
Treasury borrowed K89bn in January, figures show
Treasury continues to borrow through Treasury bills (T-bills) with figures showing that it borrowed K89.43 billion in January 2021, a...
Tobacco Commission upbeat on crop output
Tobacco Commission (TC) chief executive officer Joseph Chidanti Malunga says the regulator expects this year’s tobacco output to be in...
10000 farmers abandon cotton amid covid-19
The Cotton Farmers Association of Malawi says about 10 000 farmers have abandoned cotton production this season due to lack...
Ministry set to lift Maize export ban
M inistry of Trade says it plans to lift the maize export ban to allow traders to sell the staple...
Govt wants uranium Mining to resume
Ministry of Mining says it expects Lotus Resources Limited, the new majority shareholder in Kayelekera Uranium Mine in Karonga, to...
Physical planners cry foul
The Malawi Institute of Physical Planners has deplored professional encroachment where non-qualified planners are engaged to do physical planning, saying...
Bar owners ask Chakwera for more operating hours
Lilongwe Bar Owners Association has written President Lazarus Chakwera to consider extending operating hours from 2pm to midnight, arguing that...
Mlusu banks budget hope on donors
Minister of Finance Felix Mlusu says Treasury is banking on the development partners’ support towards the emergency Covid-19 response to...
Study backs tobacco farming in Malawi
Despite facing the global anti-smoking lobby, a Comesa Business Council study has found that tobacco has a future as it...
Covid-19 dampens key economic indicators
Economic experts have painted a bleak future for the domestic economy amid destabilisation of key macroeconomic indicators by the Covid-19pandemic....
Firms dominate cannabis licence applications
The Cannabis Regulatory Authority (CRA) says it is receiving more applications for medicinal cannabis production from companies compared to groups...
