Tobacco
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Business
JTI Leaf gets global award
By Frank Jomo, Contributor: One of the country’s tobacco buying companies, JTI Leaf Malawi has won Top Employer 2020 Award…
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Business
Report reveals falling prices in IPS
A report by a consultant hired to review the effectiveness of the Intergrated Production System (IPS) in tobacco has revealed…
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Business
2019 tobacco season ends
The 2019 tobacco selling season ended on Friday following the closure of Lilongwe and Mzuzu Auction floors. It was, however,…
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Business
Tobacco rakes in K174 billion
With a day before this year’s tobacco selling season closes, Malawi has so far realised $232.26 million (about K174 billion)…
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New Tobacco Act causes stir
Confusion has emerged in the tobacco industry on when overproduction penalties stipulated in the new Tobacco Act must be effected…
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Tobacco giants in $200 billion merger talks
Tobacco giants Philip Morris International and Marlboro-maker Altria are in talks to re-unite, more than a decade after the two…
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Business
74% of tobacco sold in 18 weeks
Malawi has sold about 143.9 million kilogrammes (kg) of all types of tobacco within 18 weeks, representing about 74 percent…
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Business
Agriculture to grow by 3.9%
Malawi’s main driver of the economy, agriculture, is expected to rebound to 3.9 percent in 2019 up from 0.9 percent…
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Malawi overproduces tobacco by 43.8 million kilogrammes
This year’s tobacco production has exceeded demand by 43.82 million kilogrammes (kgs), the Tobacco Commission (TC) said on Wednesday. Briefing…
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Features
Dam of optimism
By Imam Wali: Vast fields of tea, tobacco, rice, cotton, maize and legumes in various parts of Malawi signify the…
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