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From life as a street kid to a star-performing business development and marketing consultant; Success story of a positive dreamer Michael C Walker

February 8, 2023

He is an author of financial books * Life in the streets is tricky, it’s about survival of the fittest * The weak die of cold, violence, diseases and hunger * The environment was tough because I was sleeping under bridges and markets * But I went to school where I did my primary education in just 5 years * As they made me skip some classes because I was a genius By Duncan Mlanjira Michael C Walker is…

FCB launches Valentines promotion dubbed ‘Okondedwa First Capital Bank’ whose prize is K1m

February 7, 2023

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* Entrants to post on FCB Facebook page all forms of art and creativity — specifically ‘if the Bank was your Bae’ * The Warm Heart of Africa is synonymous with love and our brand asserts that belief comes first * We believe in the talent that is available in Malawi By Duncan Mlanjira First Capital Bank (FCB) has from Monday, February 6, rolled out a K1 million winner-takes-it-all Valentines Day-themed competition dubbed ‘Okondedwa First Capital Bank’ — in…

MultiChoice Talent Factory, SAE Institute offering fully-funded online course to 300 media professionals launched in 8 African countries

February 6, 2023

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The online course orientation has already been done * SAE Institute is a world leader in creative media education established in 1976 * The online short courses have been tailor-designed by MTF and SAE to fulfill production knowledge gaps that exist within the industry By Duncan Mlanjira MultiChoice Talent Factory (MTF) has partnered with SAE Institute by offering fully-funded online short courses to 300 media professionals from Malawi, Zambia, Angola, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya and Nigeria. A statement from…

Malawi needs permanent solution that will lead to self-sufficiency—Thomas Ngoma

February 5, 2023

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Thomas Ngoma — a UK-based Malawian executive management consultant with over 35 years’ experience * CBA is a proven monetary policy that can address the economic challenges immediately and permanently * Including tackling both the monetary policy discipline as well as curtailing government wastage and deficits By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi cannot continue going around the world with a begging bowl for financial help but needs a permanent solution that will lead to self-sufficiency to address the chronic shortage of…

UK-based Malawian executive management consultant Thomas Ngoma envisions investors’ confidence in Malawi economy to increase

February 5, 2023

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Ngoma (centre), a graduate from the Polytechnic in Mechanical Engineering Summary of Industry Skills & Experience (1986) * It will attract foreign savers to deposit their money in Malawi commercial banks * Thereby contributing to the accumulation of the foreign reserves * Foreign direct investment (FDI) to Malawi will increase because of the stable economy * And because the risk of kwacha exchange devaluation will be eliminated By Duncan Mlanjira Thomas Ngoma — a UK-based executive management consultant with…

Minister Abida Mia commend BWB’s strides in combating cholera outbreak

February 3, 2023

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Mia being appraised of progress made * Opened all the disconnected kiosks and schools taps who were owing Blantyre Water Board in bill arrears * The mutual overdraft arrangement will assist people in low density areas in accessing safe and clean water By Victor Singano Jnr, Correspondent Minister of Water & Sanitation, Abida Mia has expressed satisfaction with measures put in place by Blantyre Water Board (BWB) which are aimed at combating cholera outbreak in the city. On Thursday,…

CFTC fines 3 companies on unfair trading practices; one asked to refund K1.975m to a consumer

February 1, 2023

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Joko Electric supplied faulty transformer Maravi Express The Competition and Fair Trading Commission (CFTC) has fined a total of K1.5 million on three companies for committing different offences unfair trading practices — that included one company being ordered to refund K1.975 million to a consumer. A press statement from acting Executive Director, Apoche Itimu says CFTC held a meeting in Lilongwe on December 12, 2022, where considered and adjudicated a total of 57 cases — which included 51 being…

South African author sneers at Malawians as ‘nearly 30 times poorer than the average global citizen’

February 1, 2023

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* This is an astonishing statistic when one contemplates Malawi’s development advantages * That include a lake covering one quarter of its total area, and rich agricultural land * Following independence, Malawi’s growth patterns initially tracked those of sub-Saharan Africa, increasing at 3.7% annually * Since 1980, however, it started to fall behind the rest of the continent, by then hardly a stellar performer By Duncan Mlanjira An Op-Ed published in a South African newspaper, The Daily Maverick, dissects…

AG orders DRTSS to investigate allegations raised that MalTIS developer deliberately designed or interfered with to block indigenous Malawians

February 1, 2023

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The Attorney General Thabo Chakaka-Nyirenda * The allegations are unethical business practices perpetrated by non-indigenous business actors * The PPDAA and CFTC to also investigate the issues raised by the Black Business Indigenous Network * And that appropriate sanctions must be imposed in such malpractices By Duncan Mlanjira Attorney General (AG), Thabo Chakaka-Nyirenda has directed the Directorate of Road Traffic & Safety Services (DRTSS) to investigate issues raised by the industry’s stakeholders that allege that Fischer Consultants & MOVESA…

K100 earns Blantyre man K10 million win in Premier Lotto

January 30, 2023

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Jeffrey Ngalande receives his winnings from Jarakji * 3 big Premier Bet winnings in under two weeks of 2023 with Ngalande as the biggest winner in Rapid Numbers game * First big winner was 21-year-old from Nsanje at K52 million who staked just K500 * Second was K11 million for 36-year-old Lilongwe business woman who staked K1,000 By Victor Singano Jnr, Correspondent Jeffrey Ngalande of Chigumula in Blantyre is now a millionaire after winning K10 million in Rapid Numbers…