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Once completed Rumphi’s Chipofya irrigation scheme is expected to benefit 2,482 people from nine villages in Paramount Chief Chikulamayembe

April 18, 2025

* Construction contractor of the project is optimistic that they will be able to make water available for farmers’ use by August this year * Most farmers along the M1 Road are ready and some have already cleared part of their land in readiness for irrigation farming * They are only waiting for our support in terms of irrigation equipment such as solar pumps and other equipment By Manasse Nyirenda, MANA The K11 billion Chipofya irrigation scheme which is…

Faced with climate change, Malawi tests new farming strategies

April 18, 2025

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* IITA has introduced various sustainable intensification trials, whose goals are to increase crop production per unit of land * Help the community develop plans to enhance its ecosystems; and enable people to be more resilient to climate shocks * These objectives align with IITA’s broader mission of alleviating poverty, strengthening food security and nutrition * And enhancing the management of natural resources and ecosystem services By Anke Marais, Bread for the World Malawi – a small country in…

Mudi SACCO’s CEO Triza Magreta profoundly thanks Malawians for their massive support in voting for her for Women Achievers Africa’s Country Reps Impact Award 2025

April 17, 2025

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* Her fellow hot contender Mary Wolfgang of Tanzania wins by 5,801 votes (30%) against the Malawian’s 5,655 (30%) after the deadline on Tuesday, April 15 * A difference of 146 in the very tight contest between the two as on 3rd place is Ugandan Dinah Elizabeth Akwii with 2,458 votes (13%) By Duncan Mlanjira Mudi Savings and Credit Cooperative (SACCO) Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Triza Magreta has profoundly thanked Malawians for their massive support in voting for her…

Tanzania warns Malawi and South Africa over export ban of maize and other agricultural produce

April 17, 2025

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* If Malawi and South Africa do not reverse their decisions by Wednesday next week, the Government of Tanzania will impose a ban on the importation of all agricultural produce and agro-based products from these two countries * Transit of agricultural goods from Malawi and South Africa through Tanzanian territory, including through the Port of Dar es Salaam, will be suspended until further notice By Kilimo News A trade row has erupted between Tanzania, Malawi and South Africa following a…

President Chakwera urges Malawians to invest in robust businesses

April 17, 2025

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* As he presides over the launch of the Coca-Cola Beverages Malawi polyethylene terephthalate (PET) line in Lilongwe * Let me encourage all Malawians to take an example from the company — let’s invest in businesses that will generate incomes and contribute to the economic development of the country By Sheminah Nkhoma, MANA President Lazarus Chakwera has urged Malawians to be patriotic by investing in businesses that will increase incomes, and contribute to the country’s economy. The President said…

TEVETA, technical colleges advised to consider using motor vehicle mechanics trainees to repair idle government cars as their practicals

April 17, 2025

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The ambulances that Namadingo wants repaired at Mangochi District Hospital * The trainees could do the work supervised by their instructors and a technocrat from Toyota Malawi * It would be a precious internship opportunity to the trainees and give them immerse knowledge and skills * This follows the fiasco that was roused by music artist Patience Namadingo over his frustration in failing to secure an unbooked for appointment with Mangochi District Hospital administrators in order to repair broken…

Exciting Airtel Top 8 fixtures to spice up the Easter holidays

April 17, 2025

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* E-tickets available now on Kwenda.co through link; https://shorturl.at/qkBjr or via WhatsApp 0886 785 067; https://shorturl.at/T5WRf * And hard copies through filling station outlets in Blantyre at Ndirande Energem, Limbe Market Total, Limbe Puma, Kudya Puma, Total Haile Selassie, Kameza Puma and Kamuzu Stadium * In Lilongwe at Bwandilo Puma, Kanengo Puma, Area 18 Puma, Kawale Engender and Acres Gateway Mall By Duncan Mlanjira Action in the Airtel Top 8 2025 will spice up the Easter Holidays starting on…

Arsenal reach first UEFA Champions League semifinal in 16 years; To face French side PSG

April 17, 2025

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* Saka had missed a first-half penalty that might have set up their passage sooner, that could have felt like a catastrophe then amidst the noise of the lion’s den into which they had stepped, but he was not sunk, nor scared * None of them were: not by the legend, the atmosphere, the history, not by the players before them * There was none of the fatalism or the fear that left so many others crumbled and fallen…

DStv Open Window for WWE Channel runs up to WrestleMania fiesta on the mornings of April 20-21, 2025

April 17, 2025

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* The biggest event to ‘Sin City’ — the ‘Showcase of the Immortals’, which is an annual celebration of all that the WWE has to offer * Open Window takes in not only the extraordinary two-day event from Las Vegas, but all of the drama and build-up as well * With weekly live airings of the ‘Raw’, ‘NXT’ and ‘SmackDown’ shows for subscribers from DStv Access and up to WWE Channel (Channel 128) By Duncan Mlanjira For fans of…

CDH Investment Bank registers a profit after tax of K23.534 billion in 2024 against 2023 performance of K11.141 billion

April 17, 2025

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* The performance was backed by a strong growth in operating income of 76% while net interest income grew by 100% from K18.510 billion to K37.077 billion * Non-interest income grew from K11.615 billion to K15.827 billion — representing a growth of 36% By Duncan Mlanjira In its summary financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024, CDH Investment Bank has registered a profit after tax of K23.534 billion in 2024 against the prior year performance of K11.141…