Anti-smoking lobbyists drive firm into diversification
TIL Limited, a subsidiary of AHL Group, is diversifying to focus on other products and services on the market ...
Tag: Tobacco
Tobacco growers blamed for bribes
Tobacco industry players have blamed growers for fuelling corruption in the leaf’s marketing chain. Ironically, growers have been crying ...
Flue-cured tobacco sales suspended in Lilongwe
Flue-cured tobacco sales at Lilongwe Auction Floors sold under the auction system have been suspended due to disagreements on ...
Egyptian tobacco firm to invest K9bn, to buy cigarettes
Egypt Eastern Tobacco Company, which has partnered Malawi Leaf Company Limited to set up a cigarette manufacturing plant in ...
LEAF QUALITY PICKS UP AT LIMBE FLOORS
Despite getting off to a poor start, tobacco sales at Limbe Auction Floors have seen an improvement with over two ...
Universal Leaf to increase investment in Malawi tobacco industry
By Gloria Masanza** Malawi tobacco buyer Universal Leaf has promised to increase its investment in the industry in order to ...
Malawi tobacco experts meet
Malawi’s controversial Integrated Production System (IPS) of growing tobacco, popularly known as contract farming, comes under heavy scrutiny today ...
Tobacco contribution to forex down to 47%
The contribution of tobacco to the country’s foreign exchange revenue has dropped from around 60 percent to an average of ...
Tobacco industry faces new threat
It never rains but pours for the local tobacco industry, which is worried with the advent of next generation tobacco ...
Tobacco growers regret kwacha depreciation
Tobacco Association of Malawi (Tama), the country’s oldest and biggest tobacco growers’ body, has regretted the timing of the massive ...
Malawi explores US market for tobacco
Malawi President Peter Mutharika has asked the US-based Universal Leaf Tobacco Company (ULTC) to lobby their government through Congress to ...
Egyptian investors in for cigarette plant talks
A delegation from Egyptian-based Eastern Tobacco Company (ETC) are assessing and conducting talks with various government and private sector officials ...
AHL to champion transparency, fairness in tobacco marketing
As the 2014 tobacco marketing season draws to an end, one major highlight during this year’s season was the continued ...
Auction tobacco prices depressed—TCC analysis
A latest market analysis by the Tobacco Control Commission (TCC) has exposed huge price disparities between auction and contract tobacco, ...
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
Tobacco auctioneer Auction Holdings Limited (AHL) has lodged a complaint to the Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development Allan ...
TCC cherishes 2014 tobacco sales season
The Tobacco Control Commission (TCC), which has set August 29 as the closing date for the 2014 tobacco marketing season, ...
JTI cancels Malawi cigarette production plans
Japan Tobacco International (JTI) has shelved off its investment plans to establish a cigarette manufacturing plant in Malawi. Instead, the ...
JTI presses Malawi to continue with tobacco industry reforms
One of Malawi’s leading tobacco companies, JTI Leaf Malawi has reaffirmed its commitment to partner with Malawi Government, growers and ...
FCTC ratification: Is Malawi shooting itself in the foot?
The World Health Organisation (WHO) clearly opened a can of worms for Malawi when it developed the anti-smoking treaty that ...
