Category: Business

By Martin Chiwanda, MANA Minister of Transport and Public Infrastructure, Sidik Mia says the current government is geared to improving transport infrastructure which, in turn, will ensure and support the socio-economic growth of the country. Mia made the commitment on Friday when he toured transportation projects in Nsanje District, saying no country like Malawi can develop without having proper or improved transport infrastructure hence the need by the current government to prioritize the same. The minister revealed that the…

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By Aisha Amidu, MANA Malawi Communication Regulatory Authority (MACRA) and Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to foster security and safety of air traffic. Speaking at the signing of the MoU at Sunbird Capital Hotel in Lilongwe, DCA Director James Chakwera — whose department offers aeronautical telecommunication services to air operators — said the MoU will help in transitory of information to air operators to and from their destination. “This will make the…

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Maravi Express Expectations are high that the local tobacco industry will receive a boost from one of the biggest buyers of Malawi tobacco, Phillip Morris International (PMI), following revelations that one of its smokeless cigarette technologies has been authorised by the United States’ Food and Drug Administration (FDA).     The development brings a new ray of hope to Malawi, which has seen earnings from the green gold sharply declining in recent years due to the global anti-smoking campaign…

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By Duncan Mlanjira Financial operations in most Malawian companies have been affected by COVID-19 and information and communications and technology (ICT) sector has not been spared from it because most of the ICT hardware equipments are designed from the West but manufactured in China. Following national lockdowns in China, USA and Europe since February this year, the ICT industry has had serious disruptions in the delivery timelines. This was said by Wisely Phiri, group managing director of one of…

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Maravi Express Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) has disclosed that some of their employees, both active and former staff members, are contributing to illegal power supply connections. This was disclosed on Friday, July 31 by ESCOM’s Public Relations Manager, Innocent Chitosi when the power utility supplier disconnected a total 40 houses at Nthandizi in Limbe’s Bangwe township for illegal connections. In its ‘Random Inspections Exercise’ of electricity, ESCOM discovered that some of their customers, Horrace Khan and Mabvuto Kapyepye,…

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