Category: Business

* The groundbreaking Starlink Satellite Direct-to-Cell services on Airtel network are expected to help close coverage gaps in rural and underserved areas and provide service continuity during network outages * Airtel Africa and SpaceX signed Starlink Satellite Direct-to-Cell services in December to be introduced across all its 14 markets that serve 174 million customers, including Malawi By Duncan Mlanjira Minister of Information & Communications Technology, Shadreck Namalomba paid a surprise visit to Airtel Malawi head office in Lilongwe Airtel…

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The tour of Nchalo Estate warehouse loaded with sugar ready for dispatch to distributors * As Minister of Industrialisation, Business, Trade & Tourism George Partridge tours Nchalo Estate to assess sugar availability and challenges faced by Illovo * Illovo is a big company and it has an impact on the country’s economy, so we came to understand the context in which the company is operating * Government does not want to formulate policies without a clear understanding of how…

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* Malawi’s crisis is not the result of insufficient external assistance — it is the consequence of long-standing governance failures, weak policy coordination, and a persistent reluctance to confront politically costly reforms * External support can ease symptoms, but it cannot cure structural dysfunction. Unless this reality is confronted honestly, any new inflow of resources will simply prolong the cycle of dependence, crisis, and disappointment Analysis by economist, Dr. James Kadyampakeni Malawi is once again at a critical point…

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* More than 10,912 households have been affected in the district that recorded 12 deaths, 37 injuries and two missing persons * As Standard Bank, we recognise that these disasters are closely linked to the growing realities of climate change * Standard Bank is a founding signatory to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Banking, aligning our operations with the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement By Duncan Mlanjira In response to the aftermath of recent national…

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* Petrol goes up from K3,499 to K4,965 (41.90%) and diesel from K3,500 to K4,965 (41.29%) * In the last three years, the Automatic pricing Mechanism was abandoned in favour of a fixed pricing regime that proved to be commercially unsustainable * Artificially low fuel prices created arbitrage opportunities for fuel smuggling, causing the loss of scarce foreign exchange and depletion of the country’s strategic fuel reserves By Patience Longwe, MANA Malawi Energy Regulatory (MERA) says the fuel hike…

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* Mobilising local resources to transform Malawi’s economy is a pathway to dignity, sovereignty, and inclusive growth — built from within * By mobilising its own fiat and fiduciary resources within a credible, rule-based system, the country can finance the industries, infrastructure, and social systems required for sustained prosperity By Duncan Mlanjira As Malawi, under the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration, grapples on how to turn around the country’s ailing economy inherited from the Malawi Congress Party (MCP), economic…

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MACRA acting Director General, Mayamiko Nkoloma (right) during an engagement with ICTAM president Clarence Gama * While several telecoms players are investing in infrastructure, there is a need for deliberate coordination to ensure services are well spread across the country * In order to reach underserved areas, and provide the bandwidth required for today’s digital services. * Encouragingly, Malawi is already implementing projects aimed at connecting the unconnected. This year, new telecom towers are planned for under-served regions By…

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