MACRA launches Universal Service Fund’s strategic plan
Established in 2018 under the Communications Act, Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) has officially launched a 5-year strategic plan of the Universal Service Fund, which is set to...
View ArticleAirtel Malawi, Two Wheels to School Project support needy learners in Ntchisi
Airtel Malawi, in collaboration with Two Wheels to School Project, has provided five underprivileged students at Mpherere Community Day Secondary School (CDSS) in Ntchisi with various educational...
View ArticleKids MBA programme launched in Malawi
Kings Foundation Secondary School in partnership with a UK-based Belmont Mill Hill High School have introduced Kids MBA programme to train students to think business while they are still young. Belmont...
View ArticleMalawi Govt hand over railway construction project
Malawi Government has handed over the construction of the K69 billion Marka-Bangula Railway line project to contractor, China Railway Bureau Group 20 fondly known as CR20. The ceremony took place at...
View ArticlePresidential taskforce impressed with Covid-19 projects in education sector
The Presidential Taskforce on Covid-19—constituted to oversee the national response against the pandemic—has described as “fulfilling and satisfying” the Covid projects being implemented in the...
View ArticleMalawi to host global learning forum on Gender Equality and Social Inclusion
One of the country’s key international development partners –World Vision has stressed on the need for mindset change and serious engagements if the country is to achieve gender equality and social...
View ArticleGovt accuses opposition of misleading Malawians on Goodall Gondwe’s purported...
Government has faulted opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and United Democratic Front (UDF) loyalists for spreading lies that it has engaged former Minister of Finance, Goodall Gondwe, to be...
View ArticleCDEDI challenges Chakwera to devise mechanisms for reviving economy
Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has challenged President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera’s Tonse Alliance administration to devise mechanisms for resuscitating the country’s...
View ArticleCSEC piloting EduTech in Education to encourage junior primary school leaners
Civil Society Education Coalition (CSEC) is piloting what it calls EduTech in Education project in Lilongwe and Mzimba districts, which seeks to encourage learning among junior primary school pupils by...
View ArticleChakwera leaving for World Economic Forum this evening
Malawi President Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera will at 19:00 depart for Davos, Switzerland, where he is expected to attend the 2022 World Economic Forum Annual General Meeting scheduled to take place...
View ArticleChakwera directs PDU, Trade and Industry Ministry and MITC to conduct Private...
Malawians are set to witness the first ever Private Sector Labs following the directive President Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera has issued to the Presidential Delivery Unit (PDU). Chakwera has directed...
View ArticleMF dates Malawi on monetary reforms
Finance minister Sosten Gwengwe has announced that the Chakwera led-administration will engage the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to lay down its monetary reforms agenda. Speaking at a press...
View ArticleTobacco sales fetch US$26m from 13m kgs sold so far; Best auction prices...
Eight weeks since the opening of this year’s tobacco marketing season on March 31, more than 13 million kilograms had been sold as of Wednesday May 18 in the country’s four floors combined — generating...
View ArticleLilongwe woman wins K100 million in Premier Bet Aviator
Barely a week after a Lilongwe-based taxi businessman won K45 million through PremierBet Jackpot, lady luck has also smiled on a Salon operator, Mercy Phiri who has won K100 million in Aviator game....
View ArticleGovt appoints new Financial Intelligence Authority director general
Government has appointed chief state advocate as the director general of Financial Intelligence Authority (FIU). She is Jean Phillipo Priminta. Chairperson for Public Appointments Committee of...
View ArticleMukuru Wanderers collect 6 points in Rumphi
Mighty Mukuru Wanderers had a fruitful trip from Rumphi following their 6 points in the bag after victories on Saturday and the following day against Ekwenden Hammers and Rumphi United. The Nomads came...
View ArticlePress Corporation requested to terminate Peoples sale to Tafika Holdings for...
While Tafika Holdings Limited — owned by South Africa-based Malawian Arson Malola — maintains that the share purchase agreement (SPA) it has with Press Corporation Plc to buy People’s Trading Centre...
View ArticleChakwera meets Malawi team ahead of economic forum in Switzerland
President Dr Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera has begun preparatory meetings with members of his delegation to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in readiness for a rigorous itinerary of...
View ArticleChurch Alliances partner Malawian journalists in voice up project for...
Churches Action in Relief and Development (CARD) and South Africa based Action Churches Together (ACT) Ubumbano have partnered with Malawian journalists in a project known as Voice Up, which exposes...
View ArticleChilima Dates North on Council Reforms Progress
Vice President Salous Chilima – who also over sees public sector reforms – will next week be in the Northern region for a week to track progress of various reforms taking place in councils as well as...
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