Business

Malawi launches minerals and mining policy

Government  officials s are assuring Malawians that they will start reaping the fruits from the mining sector soon after the […]

Investors ignorant about Malawi’s business incentives, says Lipenga

Malawi Government has admitted that the country is lagging behind to sensitize potential investors on business incentives the country has. […]

Malawi sees annual inflation at 18%

Malawi expects inflation to slow to an average of 18% this year, helped by a bumper crop and strong tobacco […]

What is Malawi doing to attract new investments?

WHEN you are trying to keep a retail outfit afloat amid hyperinflation, it helps to have a sideline. “We had […]

Malawi: Mind the Gap

The historian Dame Margery Perham was a major architect of the British colonial technique of indirect rule. “The great gap […]

Has Joyce Banda fulfilled hopes pinned on her?

Yes if those hopes were making fuel available with prices that go up every fortnight. Yes if those hopes were […]

National Bank of Malawi pre-tax profits up 110%

National Bank of Malawi (NBM), one of the financial institutions in the country has registered a 110 percent pre-tax profit […]

Paladin has MK3.9bn environmental bond for Malawi uranium mine

Australian Miner Paladin Energy Limited, operators of the Kayerekera Uranium Mine in Karonga district have a US$10 million Environmental Performance […]

Govt justifies K1.6bn ministers’ cars purchase

Malawi finance authorities have defended the purchase of a new fleet of vehicles for cabinet ministers, describing the move as […]

Insurance Industry in Malawi

Malawi has a small and growing insurance industry which encompasses a population of 16.63 million. It grew at a positive […]

Old Mutual premiums grow by 74%

The mandatory Pension Law enacted by parliament last year has began paying dividends for insurance companies such as Old Mutual […]

Government issues 100 exploration licences

Ministry of Mining says so far it has issued out almost 100 exclusive prospecting licences for mineral exploration in the […]

Malawi runaway inflation surges, now hovering at 40%

Malawi’s year-on-year inflation has continued its upward surge, hitting 37.9 percent in February, a 2.8 percentage point increase from 35.1 […]

Malawi ‘wobbles under Joyce Banda’

Almost a year after Joyce Banda rolled into office as Malawi’s first female president, analysts and activists are asking whether […]

AfDB Grants Malawi US $3.04 Million for Kholombidzo Power Feasibility Studies

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group approved, on March 25, 2013, a grant amounting to US $3.04 million to finance […]

President Dr Joyce Banda Invites British Investors

We start by extending our heartfelt thanks to President Dr Joyce Banda for her personal interest in indentifying foreign direct […]

Tobacco rakes in US$3 million

This year’s tobacco marketing selling season has already seen the green leaf earning about US$3 million (about K398 million) in […]

Of David Cameron pledges and bad politics

A lot of celebration has been made out of financial pledges that Britain, through Prime Minister David Cameron, has made […]