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COSOMA, MultiChoice sign Partners Against Piracy agreement in the fight to protect Creative Copyright

March 21, 2022

The partnership * Partners Against Piracy looks to ensure Malawi’s content creators earn a living from their talent * And to increase the demand for locally produced content through the consumption of their authorized works * MultiChoice as digital entertainment provider is also affected mainly in the form of broadcasting piracy By Duncan Mlanjira MultiChoice Malawi and the Copyright Society of Malawi (COSOMA) have joined forces in the fight to protect Creative Copyright and associated Intellectual Property rights through…

NICO Group celebrates 50th Anniversary in dazzling and spectacular style along streets of Blantyre

March 21, 2022

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Popping up the champagne * Within the 50-year journey, NICO Group has encountered some twist and turns— GMD Vizenge Kumwenda * But overall the company has successfully stamped its mark as the country’s leading financial service provider * All these achievements have been noticed by our clients because we have well dedicated employees * Who always strive to satisfy all the customers to the best of their capabilities * Going forward, we want to assure our customers that we’ll…

Mixed reaction over sale of People’s chain of supermarkets

March 20, 2022

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Another historical company under the hammer following intention to sell SOBO * As a company we have been struggling with capital inadequacy for the past 8 years due to some serious capital losses * I think People’s has failed miserably in all sectors. This is the final nail on the coffin — the shops will never resurrect as per say * People’s management was backward, it was used to operating in an environment of no competition * The reputation…

People disgusted and appalled after Salima Blue Waters Hotel is fined K5m for discharging faecal waste into Lake Malawi

March 20, 2022

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MEPA inspects a sewage line manhole that’s on edge of the beach * The fine has been condemned as too little and lenient for such a serious breach of protecting the environment * MEPA discovered leakages and other shortcomings with the entire wastewater management system * “Koma aMalawi timatoledwa kobasi in each and every angle, popanda popumira” * Some people urge MEPA to close the facility but other believe it’s good the mess is known * They will fix…

ADDA’s drone technology 6th cohort training with MUST dwells on flood disaster management

March 20, 2022

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The graduands explaining their innovations * Cyclone Ana and Gombe claimed lives of motorists, whose cars were swept away by heavy water overflow * They were unaware overflooded bridge decks had been heavily damaged * The course involved real time situations from flood affected areas of Chikwawa and Mulanje By Duncan Mlanjira The 6th cohort of the drone technology training that African Drone and Data Academy (ADDA) is conducting in conjunction with Malawi University of Science & Technology (MUST)…

CAMA demands on Govt. not to implement creation of another parastatal out of ESCOM as it will increase electricity tariff for its operations

March 17, 2022

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* Electricity is one of the triggers for the high cost of living in the country * It is important for Government to find alternative ways on how it can ensure removal of unnecessary costs * Creation of the single buyer, Power Market Limited is an insult and lack of sensitivity by Government * It is to create unnecessary and unjustified cost for the supply of electricity By Duncan Mlanjira Consumers Association of Malawi (CAMA) has warned government against…

Ndirande Malabada constituents perceive MP Mkumba of negligence for collapse of the area’s main access road

March 17, 2022

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The State of affairs at the junction to Malaysia at Chimseu * Despite reporting our grievances on numerous occasions none of them is taken seriously by the people responsible * The presence of potholes alone is enough evidence of negligence on the part of the people responsible for maintaining our roads * This Malaysia Road will probably cost K900 million to upgrade to bitumen standard—MP Mkumbwa * The CDF of K52 million, which cannot afford these sums for roads…

STEKA builds skills vocational training centre for vulnerable children and sorrounding communities of Lirangwe

March 17, 2022

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The vocation centre to turn into a STEKA Village * One student is the community’s Village Head Kampaka enrolled in design & tailoring and acting as role model for the youths * The institution is equipped with two very spacious blocks of classrooms and offices and 5.5kw solar power * To also offer other skills soon such as carpentry; motor vehicle mechanics; welding; bakery and modern agriculture * An expert teaches the trainees entrepreneurship skills for them to know…

MACRA to establish digital forensic lab with Malawi Police to counter mobile money fraud; SIM cards to be registered along with phone handsets

March 15, 2022

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* This year’s World Consumer Consumer Rights Day is celebrated under the theme ‘Fair Digital Finance’ * In cognizance of the changing landscape in the marketplace brought about by technological advance * The technological advancement brought with it a proliferation in the cases of cybercrime * Especially mobile money fraud, more recently due to the CoVID-19 pandemic which saw an increase in the usage of ICTs By Duncan Mlanjira On the commemoration of World Consumer Consumer Rights Day on…

MUST appeals for its long overdue high-tech science lab in order to realise its full potential

March 13, 2022

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The block that houses MUST’s academy for medical biology sciences that produces medical diagnosis experts * Our cry is to acquire high-tech equipment for every aspect of our programmes on offer here * Also faces challenge of inadequate students’ accommodation in which one room houses 14 students using double-decked bunks * Students are housed in improvised construction site offices outside their fence which contractors left behind * Parliamentarians said taken note of all concerns raised and to make all…