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Both FDH Swipe and Dash winners exhaust all K300,000 shopping in 60 seconds

October 26, 2022

* Blantyre winner is Malawi University of Business Applied and Sciences (MUBAS) student * I just want to encourage my fellow Malawians to swipe whenever they pay for their shopping * Because this is the smart way of shoppinng in this time and age By Duncan Mlanjira Two of the September draw winners of the FDH Bank’s Swipe & Dash promotion, Etta Deleza and Hellen Muleso astounded customers at Ginnery Corner Chipiku Plus supermarket in Blantyre and at Sana…

Greatest matter of urgency is to rescue this year’s AIP—Chakwera

October 26, 2022

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Chakwera speaking to the nation on Tuesday evening * 35,000 metric tonnes of NPK and 31,727 of Urea are available in Malawi * Another 7,000 metric tonnes of NPK will be on its way from Beira, Mozambique * 51,500 metric tonnes of NPK has been identified abroad, and financing options and procurement procedures are being pursued * 31,500 metric tonnes of Urea has also been secured, 13,500 of which already started arriving in Malawi * Most of the remainder…

Public applauds choice of Kawale as Agriculture Minister replacing Lowe

October 26, 2022

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* Kawale is a serious man — I know he will deliver. He brought a lot of innovations at Ministry of Lands * Being a noble person, he shouldn’t fall in the trap of being absorbed in the system * Time is a savage — even the noble can be changed through trappings of power * I am worried about the Ministry of Lands — it’s one of the most rotten ministries where we needed Hon. Sam to head…

Sparc Systems trains 32 girls in free ICT mentorship in Blantyre; Lilongwe, Kitwe, Lusaka and Kigali next

October 24, 2022

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The girls were presented with certificates * It was a heartwarming event for the girls in ICT training facilitated by women in ICT * We are on a mission to make sure more girls join ICT and we are planning to conduct these free training where we have our offices * We have noticed that science careers, including ICT, have been male dominated By Duncan Mlanjira In a drive to motivate more girls to venture into information and communications…

CAMA welcomes suggestion to revive MDC but to be completely independent of government interference

October 23, 2022

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* Yes, all things being equal that’s the way to move if we want to develop—Kapito * While it might have worked in South Africa, it’s quite hard to think that such a model can work successfully in a different country * With different economic systems and challenges — especially the financing part * During Dr. Banda’s rule, the economic model was completely different than what we have today * Dr. Banda was subsidizing every industry — education, transportation,…

Top global internet service provider Starlink licensed by MACRA; Awaiting being published in Government Gazette

October 22, 2022

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Starlink offers high-speed low latency broadband satellite internet service * Starlink Lilongwe Limited is a company owned by SpaceX of Hawthorne, California, USA * Issued with Network Facilities, Network Services andApplication Service licences * Which will be effective on the day when they will be published in the Government gazette By Duncan Mlanjira At its 77th Board meeting on Friday, October 21 in Blantyre, Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) granted its first-ever high-speed low latency broadband satellite internet service…

Wholly Malawian-owned new mobile service provider Malcel Plc promises best customer experience as it becomes 6th operator

October 22, 2022

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* MACRA officially presents it with 3 licenses that have successfully been gazetted in Parliament * Minister of Information Kazako prays that this will induce competition in the telecommunications industry * Which will level the playing field and yield effective communication services for the ICT consumer * I urge Malcel to roll out their services with speed as consumers are anxious to see new services By Duncan Mlanjira New mobile service provider Malcel Plc, which has officially been presented…

Malawians encouraged to utilise SDNP’s dot mw (.MW) emails and websites on Malawi domains

October 22, 2022

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Minister Kazako presents the authorization key to SNDP’s owner Paulos Nyirenda * Malawians, as well as companies conducting their businesses in Malawi, should take pride in using .MW as part of their domain names—MACRA * Let us begin to more patriotic and identify ourselves with our country online on the World Wide Web—Kazako * .MW operates on a global internet domains that identifies that such communications are specifically from Malawi—SNDP By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi Communication Regulatory Authority (MACRA) has…

TNM unveils upgraded Smart App merged with Mpamba mobile money service

October 21, 2022

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* The increase in smartphone usage is having a massive impact on telecommunication and financial inclusion drive * We understand that we are living in new technological era that our offerings strive to align customers to the world’s digital trends * The App augurs well with our strategy where we are becoming very aggressive in terms of digital appliances By Duncan Mlanjira TNM Plc, Malawi’s mobile network and information & communications technology (ICT) services provider, has unveiled updated TNM…

CFTC inspection exercise exposes serious breach of Contract Farming Strategy by industry players

October 21, 2022

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* Some farmers indicate that they did not sign contracts with contract buyers * Some contracts were in English, and used difficult legal language which the farmers could not understand * Specific prices for inputs were not indicated * Loans were in foreign currency (US$), not in local currency By Duncan Mlanjira Following up on its mandate, the Competition and Fair Trade Commission (CFTC) conducted inspections on contract farming in which it engaged over 60 farmers’ clubs across the…