Road Traffic Directorate forced to fly in developers of MalTIS from South Africa after its servers crashed since Tuesday

* It raises fears of sabotage on the part of the foreign contractor, who are reluctant to hand over the system to Malawi Government * The MalTIS developers have held back the system as ransom for the past 5 years *  If this was a Malawian company that developed the system, we would not have these kind of problems and expenses By Duncan Mlanjira The Malawi Traffic Information System (MalTIS) servers crashed on Tuesday, disabling all essential services of…

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Primary school teacher wins K6m in Standard Bank Tisanje promo

A journalist helps to conduct the draw * Aaaah, you people are you serious? Is this true? What is the amount again? * I will believe this when I have the money in my account. If true, I will use the money to build my own house and became my own landlady * The promotion is aimed at rewarding Standard Bank customers for positively embracing digital banking channels Maravi Express Dowa-based primary school teacher, Margret Munthali could not believe…

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More Malawians digitally paying for their shopping following FDH Bank Swipe & Dash K300,000 shopping experience promo

* Four others each win K60,000 shopping vouchers and further four afforded K60,000 fuel vouchers * The is to inculcate a culture of using digital platforms for pay for their shopping and other services By Duncan Mlanjira Two customers were identified on Wednesday for the FDH Bank Swipe & Dash promotion — through which the lucky winners are afforded K300,000 to shop in 60 seconds. The two were identified during the second draw of the promotion while four others…

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CAMA laments over Airtel’s data bundle tariff increase Airtel’s when Malawians were expecting reduction

* 44% price reduction on data pay as you go * Up to 31% reduction in headline voice tariff * Average of 20% increase on MoFaya bundles * An average of 20% increase on voice bundles * Average of 26% increase in SMS bundles and removal of SMS bonus By Duncan Mlanjira Following the increase of data bundle tariffs by Airtel Malawi Plc, Consumer Association lament the upward adjustment, saying it has come at a wrong time when Malawians…

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NICO Group supports IPMM’s upcoming annual conference with K3.5m

* The 3-day conference brings together human resource practitioners, company directors and executives * To discuss topical issues affecting human capital management * The value that we can derive from all other resources as a country depends on the quality of our human capital By Victor Singano Jnr, Correspondent NICO Group has supported Institute of People Management Malawi (IPMM) with K3.5 million towards the institution’s 2022 conference scheduled for Thursday to Saturday (November 10-12) at Sunbird Nkopola Lodge in…

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Four customers win full year premium in NICO Life ‘Tilinanube’ promotion

NICO Life Business Development Officer Dr Cecilia Mussa (left) and NICO Holdings Marketing Officer Sharon Chirwa conducting the draw * The campaign was launched in July this year to improve and register more clients * As well as rewarding loyal customers who are under Tilinanu Funeral Cover By Victor Singano Jnr, Correspondent Four of NICO Life customers will enjoy a full year of not paying their monthly premium fees after being drawn as lucky winners in the insurance company’s…

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New cases of corruption, fraud and theft on the rise under Tonse Alliance Government—HRDC

Chakwera in Egypt * Recently, there have been revelations of a dirty mess of the country’s flagship Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP) * Where K750 million was paid to a butchery in the UK. About K30 billion is alleged to have been misappropriated By Duncan Mlanjira Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC), says the Tonse Alliance Government “has presided over an astonishing heist of public funds to the annoyance of citizens, the First Citizen is disturbingly soft on corruption, fraud…

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HRDC warns countrywide protests on December 7 if government does not reboot the economy by November 29

The demos that HRDC organised that assured in President Chakwera * Malawians will not allow themselves to continue suffering anymore. Enough is enough * NOCMA’s acting chief executive officer Hellen Buluma should be fired because she has been presiding over the fuel crisis * HRDC gave the government time to strategize and execute their plans as spelled out in their manifestos * However, over the past two years, the Tonse Alliance administration has taken Malawians’ goodwill for granted By…

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CFTC assessing concerns raised by private vehicle COF garages over challenges faced on MalTIS

A document that’s supposed to be issued through MalTIS * Concerns already on radar of Attorney General and Parliamentary Committee on Transport * The private garage operators raised many challenges that include being barred from accessing the supposedly government system * The creation of MalTIS was granted to Movesa and South Africa-based firm, Fischer Consulting * With an agreement to handover to the Malawi Government way back in 2017 * But five years after the agreed initial handover, the…

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12m litres of petrol and 13m litres of diesel expected in by this week

Kachaje, Kazako and Matola at the press briefing  * MERA assures fuel queues to be reduce by mid-November * 40 fully loaded tankers on their way from Tanzania * Other 30 tanks also about to load product By Emmanuel Yokoniya, MANA Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) told the media last week that the country is expecting to receive 12 million litres of petrol and 13 million litres of diesel by this week — which aims at filling its 60…

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