Business Columns
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Poorest or numerical aspersion?
I guess we have had a couple of interesting stories this year. The gross domestic product (GDP) per capita versus…
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The re-awakening from slumber of insanity
There has always been a saying of wisdom that goes like “what does not kill you makes you stronger”. There…
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Are we the new Greece?
You may have had a dose of Greek history in primary school. The boys of Sparta, now Lacedaemon prefecture, for…
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Why green GDP matters
Never mind the rhetoric that comes from climate change extremists, but it helps to pay attention to some of their…
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See how rich we are, Malawi!
Deficiency has always been a state of mind, a misguided belief that one is lacking of means, ways, capabilities and…
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Affirmative action in public-private partnerships
A senior politician recently remarked about the ownership of prime properties in urban centres. The observation was right as it…
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More thinking, more feedback
We are finally in the New Year 2015. In the spirit of first things first, let me start by once…
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Business Unusual
The twilight of 2014 is nigh and we can only look back and see how we got things done. There…
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Who is going to guard a police officer?
Events over last weekend demonstrated to me that Malawi is too far-gone into the disaster of disorderly conduct. The only…
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Unlocking decent jobs
Think of CEOs of a few public institutions whose workers are on strike or threatening to do so. Their high…
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Saving corruption fighters
Some years ago, some politician made headlines claiming we are all corrupt in this country. We also decided to establish…
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Grabbing the beast by its horns
This conversation reminds me of a saying I once heard, “A man (person) has to do what a man has…
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Tossing up the tax coin
Zaccheus, never mind his height then, was demonised as could be any person that runs errands for Caesar. It is…
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Before prosperity comes sanity
Life has got its own distinct non-negotiable rules. Take for example; it is a fact that order begets progress and…
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Dirty “gold” mining opportunities
In the past three weeks I have been privileged to work with a highly energised team of folks in the…
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Slow death of eco-tourism
Slightly over two decades ago, if you had ever spent time in rural Malawi, the site of wildlife was quite…
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Delegation lessons from Mandela
Great leaders are masters of the art of nurturing talent and the humility to know that masters as they are…
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Accelerated E-payments posture a must for Malawi
Over the independence holidays I found myself hopping from one boutique to a shop to a merchant here and a…
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Gwamba emerges as hip hop star of the moment
Duncan Zgambo, better known as Gwamba in the music circles, is a Malawian hip-hop artist who is famed for his inimitable style, an…
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Streamline subsidies to create local jobs
Subsidies are not new in this country. They have existed for the last 50 years and have taken various forms.…
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