The Malawi Government and the United Republic of Tanzania have agreed to jointly use the Songwe river in developing electricity power plants, irrigation schemes and together combat climate change. This follows fruitful discussions the two countries held on the Songwe River Basin Development Program (SRBDP) at the Bingu International Convention Centre (BICC) in Lilongwe. Minister […]
Her Excellency the First Lady, Dr. Gertrude Mutharika was on Monday appointed as a Goodwill Ambassador for the Pan African Parliament at a ceremony that took place in Midrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Present at the the ceremony was the President of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kabore as well as the President of the Pan […]
WASHINGTON, May 4, 2017— The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved an $80 million credit to the Malawi Government for general budget support. This is the first budget support financing approved by the World Bank for Malawi in four years. The budget support operation, fully referred to as the Agricultural Support and Fiscal […]
The World Bank has resumed direct budgetary support to Malawi after the economy proves to be turning around for growth . The World Bank approved $80 million (58 billion Kwacha) to be directly injected into the economy. The announcement of the budget support comes as an economic boost just hours before President Mutharika opens a […]
Malawi has been selected by World Health Organisation (WHO) alongside Kenya and Ghana to take part in the pilot phase of the Malaria Vaccine Implementation Programme (MVIP). Speaking during a press briefing at Lilongwe Hotel, National Malaria Control Program Manager in the ministry of health Michael Kayange said the country was doing well in the […]
People of the twin districts of Chikwawa and Nsanje in the Shire Valley have a reason to celebrate following government’s endorsement that the Shire Valley Irrigation Project (SVIP) is viable. Director of Irrigation Services in the Department of Irrigation under the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, Geoffrey Mamba said this on Friday when […]
Kalibu Academy continues to sail under bad spotlight with the latest being the flourishing corporal punishment inflicted on both students and teachers by the school’s director ‘Revered’ Michael Thomas Howard. The situation is said to have inflicted fear in the learners, with some refusing to return after Easter Holiday. According to one of the parents, […]
Police at Chileka International Airport in Blantyre have arrested a British National for attempting to externalize foreign currency without permit. Confirming the incident to Malawi News Agency on Wednesday Airport Police Branch Public Relations Officer, Sergeant Sapulani Chitonde identified the British suspect as Arif Mustafa, 21 who was attempting to externalize US$10,000 (about K7.4 million) […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Wednesday declared Malawi as being on track as far as reclaiming the economy is concerned. He said as far as the team is concerned Malawi has made tremendous strides in reclaiming its economy which was down.Chief of Mission for IMF, Oral Williams disclosed this in Lilongwe during a press briefing […]
Words carry different weights of connotations in reference to the places they have been spoken, by whom and to whom. At a drinking joint, you can call a friend a monkey and end up laughing. You call a stranger a monkey at the same drinking joint, a fight might rise or chaos of some sort. […]