Malawi tobacco
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Business
Tobacco rakes in $174 million
Malawi has generated $174.34 million from tobacco within the first seventeen weeks of trading, having sold a total of 81,770,326…
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Business
Mixed fortunes after Kwacha devaluation
The recent 25 percent devaluation of the Kwacha has weighed differently on various sectors of the economy, including the mainstay…
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Features
Is Malawi a fertile dumping ground?
Earlier in 2021, Malawi, like most regional peers, deposited the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) ratification instruments to the…
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Business
Tobacco transport charges up 40%
By Patience Lunda The Ministry of Agriculture has approved a 40 percent raise in tobacco transport charges in the wake…
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Business
Tobacco prices seen picking up
Latest figures released by tobacco market operator, AHL Group, indicates that prices for the commodity have been picking up in…
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Business
Expectations rise as tobacco sales start
Tobacco growers are helpful as the tobacco selling season kicks off in Lilongwe today. President Lazarus Chakwera is expected to…
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Business
‘Tobacco output to drop in 2022’
Stakeholders in the tobacco industry have expressed fear that the country may not be able to produce enough to meet…
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Business
Tobacco Commission hopes for 10% rise in production
Authorities at the Tobacco Commission (TC) have expressed hope that tobacco production is going to bounce back in the 2021-22…
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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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