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Market shows confindence in government securities
June 26, 2014
Market shows confindence in government securities
Higher yields and political certainty has heightened the market’s confidence on government securities with recent applications on treasury bills (T-bills)…
Mzuzu tobacco growers contented with prices
June 26, 2014
Mzuzu tobacco growers contented with prices
Tobacco growers from the Northern Region are all smiles due to good prices the leaf is fetching at Mzuzu Auction…
MUTHARIKANOMICS: WILL IT BREAK MALAWI’S VICIOUS CYCLES?
June 26, 2014
MUTHARIKANOMICS: WILL IT BREAK MALAWI’S VICIOUS CYCLES?
It is not only the President Peter Mutharika’s voice that strikingly resembles his late brother, former president late Bingu wa…
Malawi Economist wants bank rate delinked from inflation
June 25, 2014
Malawi Economist wants bank rate delinked from inflation
Economic experts, monetary and fiscal authorities are expected to meet in Mangochi to discuss the country’s monetary and exchange rate…
Mera courts energy players on electricity by-laws
June 25, 2014
Mera courts energy players on electricity by-laws
The Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) on Monday asked players in the energy sector from the Northern Region to familiarise…
$8m Micf fund on track
June 25, 2014
$8m Micf fund on track
The Malawi Innovative Challenge Fund (Micf) says it is pleased with the overwhelming applications for the $8 million fund aimed…
Opposition calls for policy linkages
June 25, 2014
Opposition calls for policy linkages
Opposition political parties have called upon government to ensure there are linkages between the country’s short, medium and long-term development…
Indebank, AHCX MoU to empower farmers
June 25, 2014
Indebank, AHCX MoU to empower farmers
Indebank Limited on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Auction Holdings Commodities Exchange (AHCX) to empower farmers to produce…
First Tanzania firm lists on stock exchange
June 25, 2014
First Tanzania firm lists on stock exchange
Malawi’s neighbour, Tanzania, this month announced its first Initial Public Offer (IPO)—the public offering of shares, by an energy company…
Commodity brokers to ease business transactions
June 25, 2014
Commodity brokers to ease business transactions
The Agricultural Commodity Exchange (ACE) says newly-trained brokers will help in transforming the lives of smallholder farmers by getting them…
MCCCI calls for government partnership
June 24, 2014
MCCCI calls for government partnership
The Malawi Confederation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (MCCCI) has called on government to consider a Public Private Partnership…
Millions view Malawi tourism advert on CNN
June 24, 2014
Millions view Malawi tourism advert on CNN
About 185 million people managed to watch the Ministry of Tourism and the Malawi Investment Trade Centre (Mitc) advert which…
Tobacco prices lower for all varieties
June 24, 2014
Tobacco prices lower for all varieties
Tobacco prices for all varieties in the 12 weeks of trading are lower by an average of 13 percent as…
Macra to phase SIM card registration
June 24, 2014
Macra to phase SIM card registration
Mandatory SIM card registration will be implemented in a phases between January and June 2015, while its preparatory work will…
Malawi Uranium to resume production in 2016—Report
June 24, 2014
Malawi Uranium to resume production in 2016—Report
Paladin Energy Limited, a dual-listed Australia-based mining group, which closed its Kayelekera Uranium Mine (KM) in Karonga in February, will…
Building block maker seeks to save environment
June 24, 2014
Building block maker seeks to save environment
Building block makers, Eco-Bricks and Blocks Factory Limited, say with growing pressure on the environment and the rising use of…
Airtel Malawi boss Heiko Shlittke outlines vision
June 24, 2014
Airtel Malawi boss Heiko Shlittke outlines vision
New Airtel Malawi managing director Heiko Shlittke says he wants to bring efficiency at the company as well as providing…
Some tourism operators to lose licences
June 24, 2014
Some tourism operators to lose licences
Some of the country’s tourism operators risk losing their operating licenses if they fail to pay tourism levy arrears that…
Potato prices worry farmers
June 24, 2014
Potato prices worry farmers
Farmers in Mulanje, one of the country’s major potato growing districts, have complained against the low price their produce is…
MSE in mixed fortunes, registers 61% capital growth
June 23, 2014
MSE in mixed fortunes, registers 61% capital growth
The Malawi Stock Exchange (MSE) exhibited mixed fortunes in 2013 out of the sampled four stock exchanges in central Africa,…