MTF opens submissions for 2023 intake
MultiChoice Talent Factory (MTF) Academy has opened applications for its world class film and television training programme for the 2024 intake. The country has benefitted tremendously from the MTF programme,…
Tabitha Chawinga honoured
Football Association of Malawi (Fam) has recognised Scorchers captain Tabitha Chawinga for her exploits in Italy. Tabitha, who won the Golden Boot award, having scored 23 goals in 21 matches…
‘Ibongetse to help banish cyclone, cholera effects’
Castel Malawi has said that the just launched Castel Challenge Cup, which has been dubbed ‘Ibongetse’, will help Malawians overcome the effects of Cyclone Freddy and cholera. The company’s managing…
Raiply to invest $9 million in power generation
Raiply Malawi Limited has embarked on a project of setting up a $9 million (about K10.1 billion) powerplant through which it will be generating about 10 megawatts at its main…
‘Government must fund all political parties’
Democracy Works Foundation (DWF) has asked the Malawi Government to consider funding all political parties in the country for democracy to thrive. As things stand, political parties that get 10…
Enhance irrigation, Fao urges Malawi
Malawi should leverage on available land and water resources to optimise the agriculture sector’s contribution to the economy, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (Fao) has said. The call was made…
Malawi ‘loses’ K200 billion
Malawi has lost over K200 billion in replacing damaged banknotes since 2019, the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) has disclosed. RBM Currency Operations Supervisor James Thindwa disclosed this in Lilongwe…
Leprosy resurgence worries committee
By Wezzie Gausi: The Parliamentary Committee on Health and HIV has said it is worried with the resurfacing of leprosy in the country. In 2021, the country reported 347 leprosy…
Forex reserves remain volatile
Malawi’s gross official reserves continue to dwindle, with figures from the Reserve Bank of Malawi showing that, by April this year, the reserves dropped to 0.8 months’ worth of imports.…
