Business Posts

Financial sector urged to help fight child labour

Feb 25, 2022 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Employers Consultative Association of Malawi (ECAM) has urged the country's financial service providers to join the fight against child labour. The call was made in the commercial city of Blantyre on Thursday February 22 during… ...

Malawians to start using K5000 banknote today

Feb 24, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 3 &

The 5000 Malawi Kwacha banknote will go into circulation today. Reserve Bank of Malawi has told the local media that the bank is ready for the release as it has been conducting sensitization campaigns over… ...

Sunbird in K5 million support for flood victims in Chikwawa

Feb 19, 2022 Chris Loka 0 &

Sunbird Hotels & Resorts, Malawi’s leading hotel chain has donated K5 million worth of food and non-food supplies targeting children and families affected by Cyclone Ana in Chikwawa district. The donation includes the nutritious Likuni… ...

The AfCFTA can be meaningful if we sell more products – Chilima

Feb 19, 2022 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Vice President of Malawi Saulos Chilima says Malawi has a big potential to make more money from agriculture through the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) but the country has to make tangible strides with… ...

Airtel donates Braille materials to two schools

Feb 18, 2022 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Airtel Malawi has donated assistive devices to students with visual impairment at Blantyre Secondary School and Mulanje Vocational Training Center for the Blind. The company made the donation on Wednesday February 16 in Blantyre and… ...

SOBO sells soft drink business

Feb 18, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Southern Bottlers (SOBO) Malawi has agreed to sell its soft drinks business to Coca-Cola Beverages Limited (CCBL), a subsidiary of Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA). The Castel Group which is the parent of SOBO has announced… ...

Khato loses K1.8 trillion road project

Feb 14, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Zimbabwe has cancelled a US$2 billion (about 1.8 trillion Malawi Kwacha) road project it had with Malawi’s richest man alive. The Beitbridge-Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway links Zimbabwe to the trans-African highway linking Gaborone in Botswana to… ...