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Develop girls’ skills
The theme for this year’s Day of the African Child, which was 25 Years after the Adoption of the African…
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How free is trade in a free trade area?
H aving signed the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) protocol, let us not assume that our exports will enter all…
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Greed destroy political parties in Malawi
Naturally, nobody wants to be referred to as being greedy because it is demeaning. However, it can be said…
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Reduce interest rates to boost economy
A London-based financial trainer and investment adviser Paul Richards recently expressed shock over Malawi’s bank lending rates, saying they are…
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I am not amused with that investment forum
The Malawi Investment Forum (MIF) was a brilliant idea. It was, let me emphasise, a brilliant, great idea because,…
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Consuming desire can yield great results
In my earlier article titled “Malawi needs destiny changers” I mentioned that for any meaningful achievement to be realised…
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K500 billion investment deals?
Hon. Folks, having messed up donor aid, bankrupted emerging local businesses by accumulating K150 billion arrears on supplies, exacerbated suffering…
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When MCCCI snores on home ground
Sometime last year, the Public Service Reforms Commission, chaired by Vice-President Saulos Chilima, engaged the private sector in a frank…
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Who regulates advertisements?
We are in Blantyre, probably the cleanest but poorest city in Malawi and, of course, the slowest city in the…
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We don’t need chiefs—anywhere
President Peter Mutharika has not achieved much since he was elected in May 2014. In the past fortnight, however, he…
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‘Police recruitment is a problem’
Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee for Defence and Internal Security ENOCH CHIHANA recently held talks with the Inspector General of…
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The criminal political culture and service provision
Why is it that Malawian politicians feel compelled to steal from the State on a massive scale, repeatedly, with impunity,…
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Is your spouse getting you into a debt trap?
You are in a relationship. That relationship is starting to get serious. You’re contemplating marriage or some other form…
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Consolidate investment forum gains
From June 29 to 30 2015, Malawi was the hub of activity as men and women clad in designer…
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Managing the boss
This is a very difficult but also very important topic for career people who are employed by a company or…
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Benefits of the new system
The Malawi Government decided to embark on the process of upgrading the system after noting that the old system had,…
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About the Queens and other matters
More than 50 years ago, I was in New York as a member of the Malawi delegation to the United…
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Sycophancy is for the unpatriotic
In his better days, Idriss Ali Nassah was a fierce social and political commentator, sharp in vocabulary but measured in…
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Economic blocs in theory and practice
The signing of the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) in Cairo on June 10 2015 is indeed as bold a…
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Mr President, you are losing public trust
I don’t know about you, but where I am standing I can evidently see how full President Peter Mutharika’s tray…
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