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Malawi doing a great job to end eye diseases—Duchess of Edinburgh

May 12, 2024

High Commissioner Dr. Bisika interacting with the Duke of Edinburgh * High Commissioner Dr. Thomas Bisika had the opportunity to brief both the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh about pink eye disease * And how the Malawi health authorities swiftly engaged the public on how to address the outbreak By Duncan Mlanjira In her interaction with Malawi High Commissioner to the UK, Dr. Thomas Bisika at King Charles’ debut Royal Garden Party in London, The Duchess of Edinburgh —…

MEC advises concerned stakeholders to verify with Registrar of Companies and PPDA for authenticity of supplier of polling materials

May 11, 2024

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* Sheba Enterprises is a Malawian company not the Sheba Enterprises Ltd that is said to be UK-based * Unsuccessful bidders are asked submit their request for debriefing sessions before May 22, 2024 By Duncan Mlanjira Since the publication by Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) announcing the awarding of a contract to Sheba Enterprises to supply and deliver non-sensitive polling materials, reports circulated on the social media indicating that the said company was registered in UK but was dissolved in…

Malawi secures US$45m for soil health, fertilizer use

May 10, 2024

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Chakwera at his meeting with chairperson for AGRA, Hailemariam Desalegn Boshe * Need for Malawi to depart from rain fed agriculture to irrigation in order to respond to climate change shocks * Our work is to have a sustainable production system given the climate change calamities and vulnerabilities By Patricia Kapulula in Nairobi, Kenya Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has pumped in US$45 million to help in promoting agricultural productivity, soil health, use of fertilizer and…

Standard Bank enhances Funeral Plan cover by introducing ‘Last Mile to Lasting Memories’ tombstone cover

May 9, 2024

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* Improved funeral plan offer comes in three new packages of Premium, Diaspora Gold and Diaspora Platinum * Offered in partnership with NICO Life and the improvements speak of the bank’s commitment to provide a holistic service beyond daily financial transactions By Michael Nasiyaya, Contributor Standard Bank Plc has announced improvements to its Funeral Plan cover by extending the offering to Malawians in the diaspora and introducing the additional benefit named ‘Last Mile to Lasting Memories’ tombstone cover on…

All-American Rail Group expresses steady interest to explore opportunities in Malawi—Chakwera

May 8, 2024

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* AARG is a consortium actively involved in rail infrastructure and agriculture projects * This is a company with familiarity of the African terrain having been involved with the Lobito Rail Project * Which aims at accelerating cross-border trade and promote regional integration in SADC By Duncan Mlanjira On the sidelines of the 2024 US-Africa Business Summit in Texas, USA, President Lazarus Chakwera had an engagement with All-American Rail Group (AARG), a consortium actively involved in rail infrastructure and…

MACRA launches construction of 75 ICT laboratory centres at CDSSs

May 8, 2024

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* Connect-a-School project seeks to build capacity of CDSSs to community ICT centres * With target of reaching out to over 40,000 students and 250,000 community members to access the centres By Bishop Witmos, MANA PMalawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) — through Connect-a-School project — has launched the construction of 75 information & communication technology (ICT) laboratory centres in community day secondary schools (CDSS) across the country. Connect-a-School project, which is under the Universal Service Fund, is a digital…

Poor law enforcement catalyses poverty as unscrupulous people rob from farmers

May 8, 2024

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Maize harvesting * Vendors are buying agricultural commodities at lower price, a notable example being maize * Government set K650 as starting price for the produce but vendors are buying at K410 * Which is exploitation of the farmers. With such prices, farmers cannot graduate from poverty By Majona Mnjuzi, MANA Research findings presented by Churches Action in Relief & Development (CARD), in partnership with Christian Aid and Lilongwe University of Agriculture & Natural Resources (LUANAR), have revealed that…

Smallholder farmers should add value to farm produce to attract more revenue on the market—Norwegian Ambassador

May 8, 2024

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* Smallholder farmers promote the country’s efforts in ensuring food security * The partnership between Norwegian government and NASFAM started in 2000 By George Mponda, MANA The Royal Norwegian Embassy Ambassador to Malawi, Ingrid Marie Mikelsen has urged smallholder farmers that they should add value to their farm produce to attract more revenue on the market. She said this on Tuesday when she inspected a rice milling plant for Kaporo Smallholder Farmers’ Association (KASFA), which is under National Smallholder…

Police on the hunt for unknown criminals over gruesome murder of two shop security officers in Salima

May 7, 2024

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* Both deceased persons were assaulted on the head using a rail metal bar which was later left at the scene * Postmortem results from Salima District Hospital indicated that death was due to severe head injuries secondary to broken skulls * One shop broken into and robbed of cigarettes amounting to K1,465,250 and K3.7 million hard cash By Fostina Mkandawire, MANA Police in Salima have launched a manhunt for unknown people who killed two shop security officers during…

Norwegian government committed to ensuring Malawians register for votes

May 7, 2024

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Appreciating NRB National Registration & Identification System * As MEC reaches out to all electoral stakeholders on the new electoral laws, elections calendar, new constituency and ward boundaries * The newly amended electoral laws will ensure law and order in the electoral process towards aspired free and credible general election By Evance Chisiano, Andrew Mkonda & George Mponda, MANA Norwegian Ambassador to Malawi, Ingrid Marie Mikelsen says her government is committed to ensuring more Malawians register and access national…