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National News
Chilima wants cancer centre ready next June
Vice-President Saulos Chilima says Malawi should have a fully operational National Cancer Centre by June 2022. The Veep has since…
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Business News
Fund disburses K5.8bn to new beneficiaries
The National Economic Empowerment Fund (Neef), formerly Malawi Enterprise Development Fund (Medf), says it has disbursed K5.8 billion to 2…
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Front Page
Cost of more Constituencies
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says its redemarcation exercise will increase the number of electoral constituencies from the current 193,…
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Business News
Experts speak out on RBM policy rate stance
Economists have questioned the recent move by the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) to maintain the policy rate at 12…
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Business News
PCL plans to divest 20% stake in Castel Malawi
Conglomerate Press Corporation plc says it plans to divest a 20 percent stake in Castel Brewery Malawi Limited after assessing…
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Business News
UK tips Malawi on Trade growth areas
The British Government has advised Malawi to focus on unleashing the power of the private sector to create growth and…
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Business News
Low absorption rate mars $95m AGCOM project
Agriculture Commercialisation (Agcom) Project has disbursed only K1.2 billion to farmer organisations out of the K23 billion matching grants. Government…
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Business News
Covid-19 may dampen middle class plans—NPC
The National Planning Commission (NPC) says plans to grow the economy to a lower middle-class by 2030 may be eroded…
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Business News
Experts call for inclusivity in cannabis production
Players in the cannabis production industry have called for review of licensing fees and other requirements to enable smallholder farmers…
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Business News
Firm eyes high value horticultural exports
The Greenbelt Greenhouse Limited (GGL) has outlined plans to engage communities around Kamuzu International Airport in Lilongwe to form cooperatives…
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Business News
Experts tip treasury On 2021/22 budget
Economists have tipped Treasury to develop a 2021/22 National Budget that will spur economic development by providing private sector incentives…
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Editors Pick
UN cautions govt on refugees
The United Nations (UN) has called on the government and Malawians at large to soberly handle the relocation of refugees…
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Business
Ministry moves to craft Covid-19 recovery plan
Ministry of Finance says it is working with the United Nations (UN) to develop a Covid-19 economic recovery plan to…
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Business News
Tobacco buyers cautious on buying auction leaf
The Tobacco Processors Association (TPA) says due to international regulations on traceability of tobacco, buyers are cautious on buying the…
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Business News
Levy suspension cripples local tourism industry
The Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Culture has decried suspension of the tourism levy last year due to Covid-19, saying…
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Business News
Growers protest Low tobacco prices
Tobacco growers have protested poor prices buyers are offering and have asked the Ministry of Agriculture to engage buyers to…
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National News
Prepare for life without tobacco—Chakwera
P resident Lazarus Chakwera says tobacco farmers and industry stakeholders should accept the harsh reality that the tobacco industry is…
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Front Page
‘Tobacco is dying crop’
President Lazarus Chakwera says tobacco is a dying crop hence, Malawi needs to come up with an exit strategy by…
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Women in business decry lack of capital, unfair competition
Women in the country have decried lack of access to affordable capital and restrictive lending conditions which they said are…
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Editors Pick
Chakwera unhappy with Neef bottlenecks
President Lazarus Chakwera has expressed displeasure with the lack of progress and innovation in the disbursement of loans through the…
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