Category: Business

* Our focus as Malawi’s preferred mobile network will be to provide the youth with the best mobile services * And solutions that will enable them to connect, communicate and collaborate with anyone, anywhere and anytime * By offering the youth easier access to platforms that suit their needs and preferences—MD Kamoto By Fazilla Tembo Airtel Malawi Plc, the leading provider of telecommunications and a subsidiary of Airtel Africa with a presence in 14 countries across Africa, has launched…

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* Every country in the world is being required to carry out this system upgrade, saying the last operation was done in 1993 * Transfer Identifier (TID) has a lifespan of 31.9 years and the current security lifespan will expire on November 24, 2024 * Thus ESCOM rolling out the exercise well in advance in order to service all of its 537,000 prepaid meters on the network By Duncan Mlanjira In compliance with new international requirements for transfer of…

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Salima Solar * Cyclone Freddy in March brought siltation challenges in some of the generating units especially at Tedzani Power Station * But EGENCO assures that these challenges have no effect on declared available capacity * However, the public asks EGENCO to tone down on the self-praise #ngambwingambwi# tag line By Duncan Mlanjira Following the complete restoration of Kapichira Hydro Power Station, Electricity Generation Company Malawi Limited (EGENCO) says it will now turn its focus on continuing its implementation…

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Finance Minister Sosten Gwengwe * There are a lot of examples of cases of corruption that have been well published as a good example of how resources are wasted in Malawi * The problem in Malawi is that even if the revenue is improved, the arm of corruption also grows longer By Duncan Mlanjira South Africa-based seasoned economist, Chifipa Mhango — who is the Chief Economist for Don Consultancy Group — contends that “if wasteful expenditure on unnecessary [government…

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