Month: June 2021 Posts

UK pledges £430 million for children’s education

Jun 13, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 1 &

The United Kingdom has announced £430 million (about K485 billion) of new UK aid to help children in 90 lower income countries, such as Malawi, access education. The funding announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson… ...

USAID launches K51.5 billion project

Nov 21, 2019 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Amid continued efforts to reduce levels of food insecurity at household level in the country, USAID has launched the $70 million (MK 51.5 billion) Titukulane Project. According to the Malawi government, the development is in… ...

US freezes aid to Malawi

Aug 08, 2019 Russell Kondowe 1 &

The United States will freeze much of the remaining aid to Malawi for this financial year, in a move that suggests the Office of Management and Budget could cut the funding entirely. The Trump administration,… ...

Malawi now Norway’s long-term development partner

Dec 07, 2018 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Malawi has become one of Norway’s 10 partner countries worldwide for long-term development cooperation. This follows the approval of the White Paper on Partner Countries in Development Cooperation by the Norwegian Parliament on Wednesday. According… ...

Homosexuality, human rights abuses cost Tanzania over $300 million

Nov 17, 2018 Sibu M. Mokoena 0 &

Tanzania has this week lost close to $310 million (K224 billion) due to government related human rights violations. The amount is almost a quarter of Malawi's national budget. Denmark and World Bank respectively announced this… ...

Africa must stop being a ‘beggar of the world’ – Ghana’s president

Nov 24, 2017 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 51 &

President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana has said Africa should move beyond Western aid handouts which he said have failed to bring growth and prosperity to the continent. Instead, he has advised countries in Africa to… ...

No Holds Barred! Message clear: donors are not your grandmothers

Jun 05, 2016 José Safarao 26 &

In the business world and in general, Germans are known as straight shooters and not the most diplomatic lot. This tendency can sometimes come off as downright rude, especially in a culture like ours, where… ...

No Holds Barred! What is the truth on China money?

May 22, 2016 José Safarao 19 &

Malawi President Peter Mutharika said in his State of the Nation Address on Friday that the much-touted $600 million Kam’mwamba Coal Fired Power Project will be funded by a loan from a Chinese Bank called… ...

Malawi govt. lies about K63b UK aid

Feb 17, 2016 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 73 &

…UK continues to ignore channelling aid through government accounts over cashgate fears Government lied to Malawians on the amount of money the United Kingdom donated to the country on Tuesday as assistance for hunger victims, Malawi24 can… ...

Chakwera advise donors against giving aid to Malawi

Nov 10, 2015 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 494 &

"Donors must not resume aid to Malawi!" Malawi Congress Party President Lazarus Chakwera has asked donors not to resume aid to Malawi saying President Peter Mutharika is not trustworthy and that the DPP administration will… ...

‘The age of donor aid is over’ – Mutharika

Nov 07, 2015 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 77 &

…'Aid deepened neocolonialism and Malawi's mental slavery' says APM President Peter Mutharika has said it is time for Malawi to divorce donors  to ensure political and economic sovereignty much as "the country is currently passing through… ...