Category Archives: Business

Kamuzu International Airport Expansion gets Delayed

December 12, 2017 no comments

Terrastone Construction Limited Pulls Out As Sub Contractor! The Ministry of Transport and Public Works has confirmed that work to expand Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) have stalled after disagre...

Nsanje Police recovers 36 illegal FISP coupons

November 21, 2017 no comments

Suspect escapes through the backdoor Nsanje Police have recovered 36 coupons meant to purchase government subsidized farming inputs and cash amounting to K230,000. Police Public Relations Officer Ser...

AHCX, ACE partner to promote structured markets

November 14, 2017 no comments

AHL Commodities Exchange (AHCX) and Agricultural Commodity Exchange (ACE) on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The intention of the MoU is to allow cooperation in developing markets ...

Man arrested for possession of ivory worth $147,000

November 14, 2017 no comments

The National Police Headquarters Wildlife Crimes Investigation Unit has arrested 47 year old Dennis Zingunde for being found in possession of 70 kilograms of raw Ivory valued at US$147,000. National ...

Pig Farming Explained

November 14, 2017 no comments

How Profitable is Pig Farming? While most people consider most forms of Animal husbandry as very involving, pig farming in particular can be a very profitable and lucrative affair. When you consider ...

Reforestation could tackle power problems

November 13, 2017 no comments

Chairperson of the Human Rights Consultative Committee (HRCC) Robert Mkwezalamba has stressed on the need for Malawi to invest in serious reforestation programes to replace lost vegetation. He said t...

MCC lauds govt on corruption control

November 13, 2017 no comments

The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has said Malawi continued to pass its scorecard by meeting the requirement of passing the 20 indicators overall, including the hard hurdles of control of co...

Poaching earns three men jail terms

November 13, 2017 no comments

The Ntchisi Magistrate Court last week convicted and sentenced Medson Songazaudzu to five years imprisonment with hard labour for killing an elephant. Gladstone Mthawanji and James Mtsiro both from t...

ESCOM’s Power capacity set to increase to 431MW

November 13, 2017 no comments

Power to be generated through Solar Photovoltaic Power systems The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi is to add 70MW of power to the national power grid through the use of solar power supplied ...

Fired ESCOM Boss moved to Air Cargo: Malawi still in Blackout

November 13, 2017 no comments

Last week, Evelyn Mwapasa was replaced by Dr Alexon Chiwaya as the Chief Executive Officer for ESCOM after the country experienced its worst blackouts since Independence when Nyasaland became Malawi....