Tag: africa

Joyce Banda: ‘I want Malawians to say our country became a better place’

Published on December 28, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

The Malawi president and award-winning gender activist on the pressure of steering the country through economic crisis. She is southern […]

SacOil announces award of the onshore petroleum prospecting licence Block 1 in Malawi

Published on December 14, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

SacOil, the African independent upstream oil & gas company, has announced the award of 100% equity interest and operator status […]

Cost of Chinese aid to Malawi

Published on December 13, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

The generosity of the Chinese to Malawi poverty is not without long term implications as the many infrastructural projects they […]

Malawi raises bank rate to 400 basic points to stabilize kwacha, stem inflation

Published on December 4, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

The central bank of Malawi raised its benchmark bank rate by 400 basis points to 25.0 percent in an “urgent […]

Joint Venture partners scaling up exploration for rare earths at Malawi prospect

Published on December 4, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

ASX-listed Globe Metals & Mining and its joint venture (JV) partner, Resource Star, are scaling up exploration for rare-earth elements […]

Entrepreneurs rising, research shows 72% of African students consider starting a company

Published on November 23, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

The Association of Business Executives (ABE) is a British qualifications body, which provides a range of business management qualifications to […]

Where Africa’s ICT wealth sits

Published on November 23, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Last year Forbes launched its inaugural list of Africa’s 40 Richest individuals, indicating each person’s respective net worth and source […]

Zambia State House in marijuana supply scandal

Published on November 22, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) in Lusaka has arrested two men for supplying marijuana to some police officers at State House. […]

Reggae heroine Rita Marley to be honoured in Malawi

Published on November 16, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Legendary Jamaican reggae heroine Rita Marley, wife of the legend himself Bob Marley, will be in Malawi from Saturday to […]

Malawi sex workers unite in push for better health care

Published on November 10, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi’s estimated 20,000 sex workers have united to fight harassment and improve access to health care, launching a registered alliance […]

Africa’s Richest Man Surpasses Facebook founder

Published on November 8, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

The President and Chief Executive Officer of Dangote Group of Companies, Mr. Aliko Dangote has been rated the 62nd richest […]

Flames get Cecafa green light

Published on November 7, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

The Confederation of East and Central Africa Associations (Cecafa) on Tuesday gave Football Association of Malawi a green light to […]

Malawi suspends anti-gay laws

Published on November 6, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi is shelving its laws against homosexuality pending a vote on whether to repeal them, a rights group said, a […]

The best of African Fashion Week

Published on November 4, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

The marquees are down and the ramps folded up, but for four days the Mercedes Benz African Fashion Week created […]

Under the late Mutharika, Malawi was self-reliant and exporter of food

Published on November 3, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

July 17 — President Barack Obama need look no further than Malawi to support his argument that with the right […]

Scotland to aid Malawi on green energy

Published on November 3, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Government of the Scotland has issued the following press release: Scotland’s commitment to aiding Malawi in combating climate change and […]

Zimbabwe, Malawi launch Comesa Simplified Trade Regime

Published on November 2, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Zimbabwe and Malawi have launched the Comesa Simplified Trade Regime as a means of facilitating and formalising small-scale trade between […]

Regional trade key to African food security, World Bank says

Published on October 28, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

The World Bank is urging African countries to strengthen regional food trade, suggesting that food security could be greatly enhanced […]