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Malawi becomes first country in southern Africa to eliminate devastating trachoma eye disease

September 27, 2022

The blinding disease * I would like to pay special tribute to our wonderful community health workers, many of them women *Who played an instrumental role in getting us here, freeing millions of our citizens from so much misery caused by these diseases * We may be the first in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), but we are determined not to be the last By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi has become the first country in southern Africa and the…

Malawians’ UK-based charity MAUK seeking to engage with government to achieve MW2063 vision to change livelihood of compatriots

September 25, 2022

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George Ndisale, confirmed as new chairman for MAUK * Formed on September 29, 1992, MAUK have managed to bring together Malawians based in UK * New chairman George Ndisale said they are currently building a working relationship with the Malawi High Commission * We always welcome positive milestones that Malawians in diaspora achieve and MAUK has our total support—High Commissioner Dr. Thomas Bisika By Duncan Mlanjira Charitable organisation, Malawi UK Association (MAUK) says it wants to engage with to…

JB arrives in UK to represent Chakwera at Queeen Elizabeth II’s funeral on Monday

September 17, 2022

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Dr. Bisika welcoming the former President, Dr. Joyce Banda * She will be accompanied by Gospel Kazako, Minister of Information and Digitisation * and Dr. Janet Banda, SC, Deputy Secretary to the President and Cabinet By Duncan Mlanjira High Commissioner to Malawi in the United Kingdom, His Excellency Dr. Thomas Bisika was on call today, September 17, to welcome former President, Dr. Joyce Banda, who is set to represent the country’s President, Lazarus Chakwera at the funeral of Her…

Malawi Ministry of Finance cannot convince IMF of ability to repay its debt under current economic and governance situation—chief economist Chifipa Mhango

September 14, 2022

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* No matter how brilliant the words are in a speech, IMF looks at your daily actions * The fiscal position and management of the resources before and after becomes imperative By Duncan Mlanjira In offering President Lazarus Chakwera, a 5-straight action plan to win back the confidence of international lenders, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), South African-based Malawian chief economist, Chifipa Mhango highlighted several governance and economic environment shortfalls the country is facing. Chifipa said the…

Malawi hosting 7th annual Competition and Economic Regulation Week

September 11, 2022

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* The week will include three professional training programmes, which will run concurrently from tomorrow to Wednesday * Thereafter a conference from September 15-16 to be opened by Minister of Trade & Industry, Mark Katsonga Phiri * The three targeted professional training programmes will cover key concepts in economic regulation, competition economics * As well as law with illustrations on how the theories and principles are applied By Duncan Mlanjira From tomorrow, September 12-16, Malawi’s Competition and Fair Trading…

Chakwera to hold over 40 engagements over course of 15 days in US

September 11, 2022

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The UN General Assembly * Include high-level meetings with world leaders and heads of various international institutions * He is also expected to hold various engagements to promote Malawi’s bilateral relations with the USA Government * All geared towards mobilizing over a billion US dollars in resources for various sectors in Malawi By Duncan Mlanjira President Lazarus Chakwera, who leaves for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) tomorrow, September 12, is expected to hold 40 other engagements apart from…

Queen Elizabeth II’s legacy as a friend of Malawi will forever be etched on our hearts—Chakwera

September 9, 2022

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The Queen on her visit to Malawi in 1979 * Her legacy is indelibly marked on the pages of our history, a history she positively shaped in more way than we can put into words * Her visit to Malawi in July, 1979 captivated the imaginations of Malawians * And demonstrated the same solidarity with our quest for socio-economic liberation as she had done with our political independence By Duncan Mlanjira In wishing the deepest condolences to the British…

Southern Africans invited to submit creative narratives in the efforts to contain climate crisis facing humanity

September 8, 2022

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The campaign against Shell that gave birth to Climate Story Lab ZA * Successful applicants to attend a four-day residential lab in Cape Town, South Africa in January 2023 * The submissions should be in form of short films, animation, social media campaigns, theatre, dance, stand-up comedy, poetry * As well as children’s/teen/adult fiction writing, podcasts, visual art, performance art * And anything that uses a creative medium to communicate a message about climate change By Duncan Mlanjira Climate Story…

Malawi, Eswatini and Zambia launch pilot phase of SADC e-certificate of origin; To simplify customs procedures and trade

September 8, 2022

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Biziwick declaring the system officially launched * It is part of consolidating the SADC free trade area which is a building block to a continental free trade area * The manual system was prone to fraudulent declaration of goods in which importers and exporters connived to provide fake certificates of origin By Glory Msowoya, MANA In order to simplify customs procedures and facilitate smooth trade amongst Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states, Malawi, Eswatini and Zambia have launched…

Study results from 43 global independent labs attest to PMI’s smoke-free invention IQOS as being less harmful than tobacco cigarettes

August 30, 2022

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The much acclaimed IQOS * The lab researchers include those for U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) * Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment; American Cancer Society * Japanese Department of Environmental Health’s National Institute of Public Health * China National Tobacco Quality Supervision and Test Centre By Duncan Mlanjira Over the last few years since Philip Morris International (PMI) invented its smoke-free invention, IQOS numerous studies conducted by 43 global independent labs, attest that the…