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NBS Bank stamping hard its nationwide footprint for unbanked rural communities through Bank Pafupi

January 26, 2021

* The unbanked rural masses now can afford to sustain and secure their savings and investments * NBS Bank has over 900 agents and the figures are steadfastly rising * The most popular product in rural areas is Pafupi Savings account * Access to financial services is one way of improving poverty levels in the country By Duncan Mlanjira In cognizance that access to financial services is one way of improving poverty levels, NBS Bank rolled out a digital…

MEC advertises for bids to supply and deliver various goods under Framework Agreement

January 17, 2021

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Maravi Express The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) is inviting sealed bids from eligible bidders for supply and delivery of various goods — HP Toners; Ricoh Toners; consumables for HP and Ricoh printers as well as paper-related and general stationery. The Commission is also in need of tyres and batteries for motor vehicles — saloons, 4 x 4, buses, land cruisers and trucks. The bid process is under Framework Agreement and tender reference number MEC/2020/2021/FWA/NCB/004. The Commission says bidding will…

Tourism investors in Likoma District bemoan high Visa fees

January 11, 2021

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Picturesque Likoma Island * The country charges $75 (about K57,879) Visa fees on single foreign entry * This is way too high, say for a visiting family of four or five By Leonard Masauli, MANA Tourism investors in Likoma District have bemoaned high cost of Visa fees and delay by government in issuing operating licenses, saying the challenges have the potential to scare away foreign nationals willing to visit and invest in the tourism industry in the country. The…

Business woman constructs house for underprivileged Ntchisi widow

January 11, 2021

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The house also adds beauty to the village By Pauline Kaude, MANA Christina Chesa, a widow from Kachigubu Village in Traditional Authority Kalumo’s area in Ntchisi District is all smiles after receiving a New Year and of course lifetime present — a modern house which has been constructed by Martha Mahowe Phiri, a business woman at Mponela Trading Centre in Dowa District. During the handover ceremony of the house over the weekend, Chesa who is blind could not hide…

Missing planes: An inside look at the team that finds them

January 9, 2021

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* Posted Tuesday, December 8, 2020 * ‘You’re hoping you get there soon enough’ By Shannon Mullane, The Herald If you ever see Mark Young, commander of the National Radar Analysis Team, part of the U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol, rush into a coffee shop and pull out his computer, odds are he is setting up to track a missing aircraft as part of a national recovery or rescue attempt. Young is commander of the nation’s only…

MRA unveils ‘Kuiphula ndi Lisiti Langa’ promotion

January 6, 2021

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By Memory Chatonda, MANA Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has unveiled ‘Kuiphula ndi Lisiti Langa’ campaign from January to March this year to encourage consumers to demand Electronic Fiscal Device (EFD) receipts for every transaction made to enhance collection of Value Added Tax (VAT). At the launch of the campaign at Msonkho House in Blantyre on Tuesday, MRA Deputy Commissioner General, Henry Ngutwa said tax collecting body believes that consumers are the best inspectors in Malawi in enforcing the compliance…

NICO Holdings Group MD Kumwenda and three others honoured for long service

January 6, 2021

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Chanje (centre) flanked by Kumwenda (right), Hara, Chiundira and Konsekonse By Duncan Mlanjira NICO Holdings Group Managing Director, Vizenge Kumwenda and three other members of staff, Chifundo Chiundira; Germstone Konsekonse and Masugzo Hara, have been awarded for long service and exemplary dedication to the organization’s ideals in serving the public well. Vizenge, who is also Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) Board chairperson, has served the NICO Group for 15 years while Chiundira (Group Operations Executive) has worked for the Group…

Malawian technology company to compete in 2020 Seedstars World Competition

December 30, 2020

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* Seedstars is a Swiss-based private company with a mission to impact people’s lives in emerging markets through technology and entrepreneurship * The Malawian company Neytech Solutions offers technology solutions to businesses, individual, organizations as well as government institutions. * Its services include web design and development; database design and development; software design and development as well a research design and implementation By Duncan Mlanjira Malawian technology company, AgriTech Startup, has been identified amongst 93 other countries to participate…

Illovo Sugar Malawi engages Chikwawa community leaders in GBV behavior change campaign

December 29, 2020

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The traditional leaders in Chikwawa Maravi Express Illovo Sugar Malawi Plc, in partnership with Red Cross Malawi, has called for community leaders in Chikwawa to join the noble cause of eliminating gender-based violence among communities in Malawi. Illovo partnered with Red Cross Malawi in observance of the 16 Days of Activism to enhance the awareness against gender-based violence and inculcate the fight amongst traditional leaders. The two partners have also reached out church leaders and Anakungwi (women advocate groups) under T/A Lundu, T/A…

Public takes Blantyre City Council to task over dilapidated and filthy state of Mibawa minibus terminal

December 29, 2020

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Entrance to Mibawa minibus terminal * Questions made on where the money goes collected since 2006 * Council reserves its comments on several allegations made By Duncan Mlanjira Members of the public are questioning where the money goes that Blantyre City Council collects from Mibawa minibus terminal and other bus depots if not for maintenance of these vital socio-economic facilities. This follows a picture post on Facebook from social critic, Onjezani Kenani that he forwarded from another source that…