Business
Govt to engage MPC on e-govt services
August 13, 2014
Govt to engage MPC on e-govt services
Malawi Government will utilise the growing ICT portfolios of the Malawi Posts Corporation (MPC) in the delivery of the ambitious…
Airtel spreads Malawian warmth, love with Muli Bwanji campaign
August 12, 2014
Airtel spreads Malawian warmth, love with Muli Bwanji campaign
Malawi’s leading mobile telecommunications provider Airtel Malawi today launched a new thematic campaign dubbed ‘Muli Bwanji?’, aimed at depicting the…
RBM TAKEN TO TASK ON MONETARY POLICY
August 12, 2014
RBM TAKEN TO TASK ON MONETARY POLICY
A study conducted by Ronald Mangani, an associate professor of economics at University of Malawi’s Chancellor College, has concluded that…
Minister calls for intensive manpower training
August 12, 2014
Minister calls for intensive manpower training
Malawi needs to do more in skills and manpower training to create employment which is a key component to the…
Govt to replicate PPP model in parks, reserves
August 12, 2014
Govt to replicate PPP model in parks, reserves
Government has said it will employ the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model it has with African Parks, managers of Majete…
Standard Bank promises better rates for TradeSure
August 12, 2014
Standard Bank promises better rates for TradeSure
Standard Bank says it is ready to provide better rates on TradeSure—an exclusive insurance product that covers individual shipments from…
Malawi’s banked population rises by 14%
August 12, 2014
Malawi’s banked population rises by 14%
The number of people accessing bank services in the country has jumped by 14 percent within five years. The financial…
Maize prices drop wanes, falls by nine percent
August 12, 2014
Maize prices drop wanes, falls by nine percent
Maize prices continued to fall in June, but the decrease has slowed as most farmers completed the harvest of the…
Britam, Real complete deal
August 11, 2014
Britam, Real complete deal
Real Insurance Company of Malawi Limited and British-American Investment Company (Britam) have concluded an acquisition transaction a deal that promises…
FDH group weathers the storm, profit hits K876m
August 11, 2014
FDH group weathers the storm, profit hits K876m
FDH Financial Holdings, one of the country’s financial services group, has registered a profit after tax of K876 million (US$2…
Tobacco growers allege corruption at Mzuzu Auction Floors
August 11, 2014
Tobacco growers allege corruption at Mzuzu Auction Floors
Some tobacco growers have alleged that there is corruption at the Mzuzu Auction Floors, particularly in the manner their leaf…
Tobacco contract system biased—AHL
August 11, 2014
Tobacco contract system biased—AHL
Tobacco auctioneer Auction Holdings Limited (AHL) has lodged a complaint to the Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development Allan…
Economists commend govt proposal to donor partners
August 11, 2014
Economists commend govt proposal to donor partners
Government is planning to let donors pay for some budget allocations directly without passing through account number one, a development…
CFTC exposes poor competition among banks
August 9, 2014
CFTC exposes poor competition among banks
The Competition and Fair Trading Commission (CFTC) has revealed that there is poor competition in the banking sector which leads…
Uncovering Nseula’s success in school business
August 9, 2014
Uncovering Nseula’s success in school business
Since Malawi liberalised the market at the return of multiparty democracy in the early 90s, the country has registered an…
CfSC worried over Malawi’s heavy energy costs
August 9, 2014
CfSC worried over Malawi’s heavy energy costs
Social watchdog, Centre for Social Concern CfSC) says the country’s poor living in both towns and villages are being subjected…
Malawi over produced tobacco by 14 million kgs in 2014
August 8, 2014
Malawi over produced tobacco by 14 million kgs in 2014
Malawi’s tobacco production in 2014 has been estimated at 182.5 million kilogrammes, a figure which represents an eight percent increase…
Goodall swells Cashgate war chest
August 8, 2014
Goodall swells Cashgate war chest
Malawi’s Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe says government is putting up additional resources to strengthen the…
Malawi tobacco growers cry foul over low prices
August 8, 2014
Malawi tobacco growers cry foul over low prices
Tobacco growers in the Northern Region have bemoaned poor tobacco prices their leaf is fetching at the auction floors. Speaking on…
FMB to conduct blood drive exercise
August 8, 2014
FMB to conduct blood drive exercise
One of the country bank’s FMB jointly with Malawi Blood Transfusion Service (MBTS) will tomorrow (Saturday) conduct a blood drive exercise aiming…