Disputed tobacco generates $9 million
By Wezzie Gausi: Smallholder Farmers Fertiliser Revolving Fund of Malawi (SFFRFM) has realised over $9 million from the sale of 5.4 million kilogrammes (kg) of tobacco which was previously at…
Parliament intervenes on K766 billion health funding row
A multi-million-dollar health funding deal has become the centre of a growing standoff, with Parliament now stepping into the dispute that could determine how Malawi accesses hundreds of millions of…
Under-20 bow out of Afcon qualifiers
The Malawi Under-20 Men’s National Football Team bowed out of the 2026 Caf U-20 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) despite a dramatic 2-1 victory over Comoros at ABB Stadium in…
Study highlights gaps in food supply chain
A study on Malawi’s food supply chain has highlighted gaps that are contributing to losses, higher costs and difficulties in getting commodities from producers to consumers. Outcomes of Deep Dives…
World Bank discuss SOEs woes in report
By Kingsley Jassi: The World Bank is today launching its Malawi Economic Monitor (MEM), a biannual report series which provides an analysis of economic and structural development issues and prospects…
Malawi draws lessons from Zimbabwe on industrial parks
By Kingsley Jassi: Malawian business delegation has travelled to Zimbabwe on a study tour of industrial parks. Officials from Malawi Investment and Trade Centre (MITC) and businesspersons were accompanied by…
PCL, government still talking 55.1m power project
Conglomerate Press Corporation Limited (PCL) plc has said negotiations with the government on an implementation agreement required to secure additional financing for its 50-megawat (mw) Nkhoma Solar Power Project are…
Fam strict on ticket sales
The Football Association of Malawi (Fam) has said only online tickets will be sold in advance for the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifier against South Sudan at Bingu…
When farm waste becomes a resource for food production
By Thomas Chilaya: In Che Emma Village under Traditional Authority Kapeni in Ndirande, Blantyre, a group of farmers is demonstrating how simple ideas and locally available resources could transform smallholder…
Post-abortion ambush theatre takes the train
Short, sweet, catchy and straight to the point - that is how one can describe an ambush drama play titled Shattered Silence served in a moving train from Limbe in…
