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Airtel Africa posts profit after tax of US$376m improving from US$79m; a growth of 375.3% for half-year ended September 30, 2025
October 30, 2025
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* Airtel Money customer growth up at 20%, bringing the total customer base to 49.8 million — driving digital adoption and strengthening the ecosystem to advance financial inclusion * The Board has declared an interim dividend of 2.84 US cents per share, an increase of 9.2% in line with Airtel Africa’s progressive * Our strategy has been focussed on providing a superior customer experience and the strength of these results is testament to the initiatives that we have been…

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Customers encouraged to methodically count money they have withdrawn right before bank tellers no matter how much
October 30, 2025
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K5,000 notes contaminated with K2,000 ones as alleged by a customer  * A video clip posted on Facebook has gone viral on several other social media platforms in which a customer indicates that he withdrew K500,000 but he trusted the bank teller by not counting the cash * He indicated that he only realised that amongst the K5,000 notes, there were five K2,000 notes that had been slipped in — thus he was shortchanged by K10,000 By Duncan Mlanjira…

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FIFA Women’s World Cup Brazil™ 2027 qualification begging for Scorchers to grab at the WAfCON Morocco 2026
October 30, 2025
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* Beyond the race for the continental crown, the WAfCON 2026 carries high stakes — qualification for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027™ in Brazil * The four semi-finalists will claim direct tickets to the global finals, with two additional nations heading to intercontinental play-offs — thus every match, every point and every goal will carry weight * The Scorchers and Cape Verde are the only rookies joining favourites, hosts Morocco; 10-time champions Nigeria; South Africa; Ghana; Zambia; Senegal;…

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From national duty to club action as NBM Women’s Premiership wraps up its first round
October 30, 2025
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* The 10-team inaugural top tier Premiership is being led by Silver Strikers Ladies with 24 points and holding a 100% winning streak — five points ahead of runners-up, Ascent Soccer (19pts) * The leaders wrap up the first round on Sunday by hosting 8th-placed MK Academy (4pts) at Silver Stadium — with Ascent Soccer also playing host to Kukoma Ntopwa (6th/12pts) at Ascent Ground By Duncan Mlanjira After Malawi Scorchers’ historic achievement of qualifying for their first-ever CAF Women’s Africa…

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CDH Investment Bank solidifies its partnership with Beit CURE Children’s Hospital
October 30, 2025
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Zondwayo Mafuleka (2nd right) hands over the cheque to Davie Simengwa * Invests K3 million towards the targeted K310 million annual fund-raising goal towards its mission is to provide free, life-changing surgical and rehabilitative care * For children with conditions such as clubfoot, knock knees, burn contractures, and other orthopaedic conditions * CDH Investment Bank’s mantra is to help businesses to grow but for this to be achieved, we need to have a healthy society By Duncan Mlanjira CDH…

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New Speaker of Parliament Sameer Suleman pledges to uphold constitution and serve people better
October 29, 2025
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* Nominated by Karonga Central legislator Frank Mwenifumbo to represent the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), got 134 votes, while Peter Dimba of the Malawi Congress Party got 85 votes of the 221 votes * I stand before you humbled and honoured to have been elected as Speaker and I pledge to uphold the constitution and ensure that this house remains a symbol of democracy and accountability By Patience Longwe, MANA Parliament elected Chigumula-BCA Banana legislator Sameer Suleiman as the…

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Tickets available for FDH Bank Cup semifinal Derbies
October 29, 2025
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* To buy online through www.kwenda.co, fans need to dial *495# or through Kwenda.co WhatsApp number 088 678 5067 * Fireworks are expected in these two semifinal derbies — especially the Blantyre one as it come a week after the two teams’ TNM Super League Derby, which Wanderers won 3-0 By Duncan Mlanjira Tickets for the top billing FDH Bank Cup semifinal Derbies — set for Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre on Saturday and Bingu National Stadium in Lilongwe on…

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Airtel Malawi honoured with 4 accolades at the 2025 IMM Marketing Excellence Awards
October 29, 2025
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* Outdoor Campaign of the Year (ChezaFaya Combo Bundles); Social Media Campaign of the Year (Airtel Top 8); Marketing Campaign of the Year (Brand-Airtel Top 8); Marketer of the Year (Norah Chavula-Chirwa) * These awards reflect our commitment to connecting with Malawians in meaningful ways, through culture, technology, and innovation * We’re proud of our team’s creativity and the impact our campaigns continue to make in fostering connectivity for all Malawians—MD Aashish Dutt By Duncan Mlanjira Airtel Malawi has…

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Two goals in as many minutes, Faith Chinzimu writes history for Malawi Scorchers’ first-ever WAfCON qualification
October 29, 2025
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* The excitement of achieving the milestone reached President Arthur Peter Mutharika, who has since congratulated the girls * This historic achievement is a testament of our country’s ability to produce world-class stars in many fields, including sports * To the Scorchers; you are unstoppable. Go forth and conquer. We stand with you. Viva Scorchers! To the passionate fans, thank you for your cheers, applause, and most importantly, your belief in our stars. Let us celebrate this moment together…

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High Court endorses access to safe abortion services for rape victims
October 29, 2025
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* This Court has no doubt in its mind that a purposive interpretation of Section 19 of the Gender Equality Act entails; ‘that a girl victim of a sexual offence who is pregnant as a result of such an offence definitely has a right to seek an abortion automatically upon indications that she had become pregnant as a result of a sexual offence being perpetrated on her—High Court Judge, Michael Tembo Maravi Express The High Court of Malawi has…

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