Month: August 2016 Posts

World Bank distributes textbooks to Malawi schools

Aug 29, 2016 Martha Chikoti 19 &

The Word Bank is financing a project which aims at distributing textbooks to primary schools in the country in order to reduce one of the major problems affecting the education sector. As part of the… ...

World Bank shoots Malawi in the arm

Aug 20, 2016 Victoria Milanzi 19 &

The World Bank has pledged to fund the rehabilitation of the Karonga-Songwe border road which will commence soon. The project stalled earlier this year and some quarters blamed government for lack of commitment. It was… ...

World Bank pumps K37 BN into Malawi

Aug 10, 2016 Bright Malenga 84 &

The World Bank has pledged to support three projects in the Malawian health and education sectors to the tune of K37 billion. On Monday, Malawi government and the World Bank signed a financing agreement for… ...

Cashgate resurrects: Malawi government in fresh trouble!

Aug 02, 2016 Mwayi Mkandawire 60 &

Hunger, economic crisis, and a staggering economy aside, the Malawi government is into fresh problems with the donor community over abuse of World Bank funds, Malawi24 can confirm. The World Bank had in the previous… ...

Hunger to hit hard Malawi economy – World Bank

Jul 19, 2016 Luke Bisani 89 &

Following the hunger crisis in Malawi, the World Bank says it will be hard for the country’s economy to start growing rapidly soon. Speaking in Lilongwe on Monday, World Bank country manager Laura Kullenberg said… ...

Malawi gets MK57 billion for recovery project

Jun 02, 2016 Bright Malenga 103 &

The World Bank has donated $80 million (about MK57 billion) towards the Malawi flood emergency recovery project. The Emergency Recovery Project is an initiative which aims at helping over 25, 000 farmers in 15 districts… ...

Malawi gets $17 Million to fight TB

May 31, 2016 Bright Malenga 34 &

The World Bank has announced the approval of $17 million for Tuberculosis (TB) interventions in Malawi. The grant is part of US$122million for TB interventions in four countries in Southern Africa. The other countries are… ...