Month: August 2020 Posts

Zimbabweans fooled by Chakwera’s fake account: Malawians call on Twitter to verify President’s account

Aug 04, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

A fake Twitter account purportedly belonging to President Lazarus Chakwera has fooled Zimbabweans after posting tweets supporting Zimbabwe’s anti-government protesters. The Twitter account using the handle @LazarusChakwara (which has Chakwara rather than Chakwera) in its… ...

Malawians accuse TNM of deception: Company has not reduced its data bundles

Jul 25, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

#DataMustFall protesters have accused local mobile operator, TNM, of deception after reducing Pay As You Go (PAYG) internet cost without touching prepaid data charges. The telecommunications company announced last night that it has reduced its… ...

Bibi Queens: Malawian girls eat faeces for K7 million

Jul 24, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

Call it love ya manyi or bibi romance as young women from Malawi are romantically eating their blessers' faeces for seven million kwacha to finance their elegant lifestyle. This manyi romance is happening in Dubai,… ...

Pay Ngi! Tay Grin on the run

Jul 08, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawian hiphop icon and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) cadet, Limbani Tay Grin Kalilani, is said to be on the run with K200 thousand of campaign money he allegedly owes another Malawian. A Malawian Tweep, Uncle… ...

The Internet in Malawi: past, present, and beyond

May 22, 2020 Sibu M. Mokoena 0 &

The number of individuals using the internet in Malawi has more than doubled since 2015. Despite this, the country still has the lowest rate of internet access in the region, meaning many Malawians are left… ...

TikTok records all-time high downloads during Coronavirus lockdown

May 04, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Popular video sharing platform TikTok recorded an all time high of 200 million downloads in the first quarter of 2020, the same period that several countries went on lockdown to curtail the spread of the… ...

Musicians urged to embrace social media

Jan 23, 2020 Lusekero Mhango 0 &

A Lilongwe based gospel artist says social media plays a significant role in promoting new songs and up-and-coming artists in the country and has urged other musicians to embrace the platform. The artist, Owen James… ...

Zambians mock Malawi over new Kamuzu Airport terminal

Apr 30, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 12 &

A new terminal building constructed at Kamuzu International Airport has sparked jokes from Zambians. The terminal building which has been built by the Government of Japan was handed over to the Malawi government on Monday.… ...

Man fined for leaking nude video

Jan 26, 2018 Bright Malenga 8 &

The Zomba Senior Resident Magistrate Court has ordered a 36-year-old man to pay a fine of K250,000 for circulating a nude video clip on social media. The convict Monty Amin Milanzi committed the offence on… ...

Warning: WhatsApp will STOP working on these phones, are YOU affected?

Dec 26, 2017 Malawi24 Reporter 67 &

WhatsApp, the world's popular instant messaging app, will stop working for a number of users at the end of this week, the company has confirmed. The hugely-successful Facebook owned messenger app will drop support for BlackBerry… ...

WhatsApp Down

Nov 03, 2017 Malawi24 Reporter 76 &

WhatsApp is back online after being been hit by a major outage, stopping millions of people from using it around the world including Malawi. The application was offline for about an hour during which people … ...

Mutharika tells Malawians to ignore social media

Sep 27, 2017 Bright Malenga 121 &

The dislike of the social media by President Peter Mutharika seems to have no end in sight. President Arthur Peter Mutharika has urged Malawians living in the United States of America not to be deceived… ...

Malawians destroying each other through social media – Mutharika

Aug 14, 2017 Malawi24 Reporter 83 &

President Peter Mutharika has expressed concern over the way Malawians are using social media saying most people use the platforms to destroy their fellow citizens. Speaking on Sunday during a service at Evangelical Church of… ...

Bizarre! : Malawian youth in a graveyard photoshoot

Apr 26, 2017 Lyonike Mughogho 28 &

The craving for social media likes has pushed some Malawian youth in Blantyre to the graveyard for a photoshoot session. The move has left the nation in shock with the images in circulation across social… ...

Mutharika warns Malawians over social media use

Apr 19, 2017 Bright Malenga 550 &

President Peter Mutharika has warned social media users that his government will not allow them to turn Malawi into a society of anarchy. Mutharika made the remarks at Kamuzu palace in Lilongwe during a briefing… ...