CAMA appeals to President, MERA and NOCMA to assure public when supply of fuel will stabilize

Long queues have been order of the day * Scarcity of fuel in the last two months has triggered high prices of various goods and services on the market * The President, MERA and NOCMA for the past two months assured consumers that scarcity of fuel will stabilize within a week * Unfortunately, it is now over two months since such promises of fuel stability were made * And we continue to experience fuel scarcities and long queues in…

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MIM Blantyre campus moves to MPC college facility; Opens doors through its 2022 cohort of undergraduate and postgraduate degree programs

Dr. Kabwila making her keynote speech during the orientation workshop * MIM has a unique position in the academic fraternity because it is the only higher education facility in Malawi that offer specialist courses in leadership, management and business * The training that you will go through here at MIM will equip you with skills and the necessary competencies that our Malawi economy requires * To continue the journey to prosperity in the spirit of the new government agenda,…

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Chibuku Products introduces ‘Kuiphula ndi Shake Shake’ promotion with grand prize at K2m

* Prizes include bags of fertilizers, bicycles, and T-shirts * For us to reach where we are today, it is because of the customers * Who have managed to stick to us all these years and we don’t take this for granted By Victor Singano Jnr, Correspondent As part of its 55th anniversary celebration, and one way of appreciating the support by its customers, Chibuku Products Limited has introduced a new promotion dubbed ‘Kuiphula ndi Shake Shake’ — whose…

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Save the Children initiates cash transfer programme for 3,275 food insecurity households in Zomba

FDH Bank officials assisting one of the beneficiaries (standing) * Each household received K75,000 at K25,000 each month from August to October * Food and income deficits at which vulnerable households are at risk, is equivalent to IPC Phase 3 acute food insecurity * With children being more at risk of malnutrition and other negative outcomes * Caused by negative coping mechanisms that families may employ to meet their needs By Duncan Mlanjira Following results of Household Economy Analysis…

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Malawi secures US$350 million through Millennium Challenge Compact

Finance Minister Sosten Gwengwe and MCC CEO Alice Albright after signing the contract * Building and success is a strong commitment to Malawi’s democratic governance * MCC board selected Malawi for a second phase in 2018 which is being signed today and is a great moment * We are impressed with President Chakwera’s commitment to build Malawi and his vision to reduce poverty levels By Lisa Kadango Malango, MANA in Washington DC President Lazarus Chakwera and US Secretary of State Anthony…

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CDH Investment Bank lauds media as key to promote investment culture

CDH Investment Bank CEO and Managing Director, Kwame Ahadzi * Apart from the roles that are being played by the local investment institutions, there is also a need for the media to realize that they are a major stakeholder * Which is responsible in preaching to the masses across the country for them to understand what the bank stands for By Victor Singano Jnr, Correspondent CDH Investment Bank, a subsidiary of Continental Holdings Limited, has lauded the country’s media…

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NGO invests 56 bicycles for Kasungu lead farmers; As Water for People also 3 to Blantyre schemes

The donation in Kasungu * To ease mobility challenges which lead farmers have been facing in course of carrying out their duties * Water for People donation is a quest to promote professionalism in management of rural solar powered water establishments By Yankho Phiri & Chilungamo Missi, MANA Circle for Integrated Community Development (CICOD), a nongovernmental organisation that works in the agricultural industry, has donated 56 bicycles to lead farmers in Santhe and Chulu extension planning areas (EPAs) in…

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Chinovi launching human resource management book

Human resource expert Chinovi * Book tackles various issues including inconsistencies between labour acts; terms and conditions of service * And what organizations do in practice contrary to appropriate human resource management * You find employees not being allowed to go for maternity leave or when sick, they are not paid By Moses Nyirenda, MANA Lilongwe-based human resource management specialist, Emmanuel Chinovi is launching a book titled ‘A Guide to Human Resource Management Practice in Malawi’ today (September 28)…

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Liwonde Fertilizer Company pillar collapses, injures three

The company which President Chakwera inaugurated in November last year * The company maintains there were no serious injuries but inside sources said one out of the three has sustained serious injuries * Machinga District Hospital said they had not received any report at with regard to the accident By Racheal Mkotama, MANA Three workers at Liwonde Fertilizer Company in Machinga have sustained injuries of various degrees after a pillar which they were erecting collapsed and crashed them. The…

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Ethiopian Airlines set to own 49% of Nigeria Air

* Also owns 49% stake in Air Malawi Maravi Express Africa’s largest airline, Ethiopian Airlines has been selected by Nigeria’s Ministry of Aviation as the preferred bidder for Nigeria Air as the country’s new flag carrier. The airline, which owns 49% of Air Malawi, will also own 49% of Nigeria Air, according to a report on airport-technology.com. Ethiopian Airlines — which is 100% owned by the government of Ethiopia — also owns 45% of Zambia Airways, 49% of Guinea…

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