Month: June 2017 Posts

Govt committed to improving vendors’ businesses

Jun 23, 2017 Victoria Milanzi 27 &

President Peter Mutharika has reiterated his government's commitment to providing revolving loans to vendors as well as youths who want to do business in the country. He said this during a meeting with the leadership… ...

Malawi Parliament passes K1.3 trillion budget

Jun 23, 2017 Russell Kondowe 17 &

Members of Parliament on Thursday approved the K1.3 trillion 2017/18 national budget, giving government the go ahead to spend the money starting July 1. The budget was passed after four days of committee of supply… ...

Malawi’s environment good for investment – APM

Jun 20, 2017 Bright Malenga 12 &

President Peter Mutharika has said the country’s economic environment is conducive for investments that can help boost the country's socio-economic development. Mutharika made the remarks during a meeting with former president of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo… ...

Blantyre Hotels’ half-year profit up

Jun 16, 2017 Bright Malenga 6 &

Blantyre Hotels has realised a profit of MK1.97 billion in the first half of 2017, up from MK1.64 billion realised over the same period last year. The company has also registered a 12.3 percent increase… ...

Britain to continue supporting Malawi

Jun 12, 2017 Bright Malenga 0 &

The British government has promised to continue supporting the country in all development sectors. The assurance was made by British High Commissioner to Malawi Holly Tett during Queen Elizabeth II’s 91st birthday celebrations. Tett said… ...

Mobile money transfer, a boost to economy

Jun 08, 2017 Martha Chikoti 0 &

One of the country's economic experts has described the wide use of mobile money transfer as a boost to the country's economy. The expert Ben Kalua said this recently when commenting on the impact mobile… ...

AGCOM gives hope to Malawi – Expert

Jun 01, 2017 Luke Bisani 0 &

The world anti-smoking campaign is to hit Malawi hard as the country relies on tobacco as a major forex earner hence the need to have an alternative economic activity that can replace the green gold.… ...