Malawi tobacco
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Business
Tobacco market closes next week
The Tobacco Commission (TC) has set August 18 as the closing date for the 2021 selling season. This means that…
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Columns
Financial inclusion for rural populations
Our economy is predominantly driven by agriculture; in particular, cash crops such as tobacco and maize. In 2020, some 80…
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Business
Tobacco earnings surpass last year’s
Earnings from the country’s major export crop, tobacco, reached $176.8 million (about K141.4 billion) at the end of 14 weeks…
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Business
On public health, economic prudence
By Donasius Pathera: It is no secret that tobacco is no longer a golden leaf for Malawi. The biting whip…
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Business
Tobacco revenue hits $128 million
Tobacco has raked in $128.1 million in the first 10 weeks of sales, up from $97.4 million realised during the…
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Business
Tobacco rakes in $111 million
Malawi’s single top export crop, tobacco, has raked in $111.6 million nine weeks into this year’s selling season, latest figures…
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Business
Maize farmers cry foul
Some vendors continue to dupe farmers in some parts of the country where they are buying maize at as low…
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Business
Tobacco farmers draw lessons from last season
Apart from a fall in the sales of tobacco sales—Malawi’s major foreign exchange earner—which fell by nearly a third in…
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Business
New TC CEO eyes revamped industry
Tobacco Commission newly appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Joseph Chidanti Malunga wants the tobacco industry to reclaim glory in the…
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National
K42 billion Malawi Leaf probe over
Malawi Police Service (MPS) has completed investigations into the K42 billion which disappeared from a Malawi Leaf Limited Bank account…
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