Dyke facilitates rural economic development
Zainab Maida and her family could still have been holding double temporary settlements if the community did not manage a...
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Treasury asked to raise corporate tax
Two international non-governmental organisation (NGOs)—Oxfam in Malawi and ActionAid Malawi—have asked Treasury to raise corporate tax rate from the current...
Public debt rise worries World Bank
The World Bank has called on creditors and borrowers to collaborate to stave off the growing risk of sovereign debt...
Multilateral lenders Top Malawi’s creditors
Multilateral lenders top Malawi’s creditors with the World Bank alone accounting for $1.01 billion (about K761 billion), or 42 percent...
Veep dares councils on reforms, tourism
Vice-President Saulos Chilima has challenged local government councils to identify game-changing reforms to boost tourism and in turn create more...
Treasury outlines public debt risks
Treasury has cited high stock of domestic debt, debt refinancing and exposure to exchange rate as risks to the sustainability...
Covid-19 chokes food Systems, livelihoods
The Agriculture Policy Research in Africa (Apra) says the Covid-19 pandemic has affected rural livelihoods as many households went to...
Households in coping Mechanism, says WFP
The number of households employing emergency livelihood-based coping strategies is rising amid increasing maize prices, a World Food Programme (WFP)...
Committee wants Nocma to be importing more fuel
The Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources and Climate Change says the government-owned National Oil Company of Malawi (Nocma) should have...
Admarc, Nasfam sign pact on farm produce purchases
The Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc) has signed a maize purchase agreement with the National Smallholder Farmers Association of...
Banks remain resilient amid Covid-19—RBM
The Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) says the banking sector has thus far remained sound and stable, thanks to the...
New regulations to boost agribusiness
Minister of Agriculture Lobin Lowe has promised that his ministry will put new regulations in agribusiness that will favour Malawian...
Hand to mouth
Malawian households hardly have enough money to live on as they spend on average 63 percent of their incomes on...
World Bank blames export ban on falling maize prices
A World Bank analysis on the impact of grain trade policies in Malawi has faulted the maize export ban, saying...
Malawi economy now worth K8.1tn
The size of Malawi’s economy increased by 72 percent in dollar terms from $6.4 billion (or K4.6 trillion) in 2010...
Employers, workers tussle over K50 000 minimum wage
Ahead of the implementation of the new minimum wage in January 2021, workers and employers differed over which sectors should...
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IMF projects huge revenue shortfalls
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Treasury’s 2020/21 fiscal year deficit will worsen due to expected larger revenue shortfalls and...
Commercial fishers accused of illegal fishing
Some Beach Village Committees (BVCs) in Traditional Authority (T/A) Nankumba in Mangochi have decried the tendency of commercial fishers who...
Maize, soya bean farmers duped
Maize and soya bean farmers sold their crops below the government recommended farm-gate minimum prices of K200 per kilogramme (kg)...
