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* As published in its 18th edition of the Malawi Economic Monitor, which was presented at a stakeholders forum on February 27 * Malawi Economic Monitor provides an analysis of the country’s economic and structural development issues By Duncan Mlanjira The World Bank says Malawi has now taken bold steps to stabilize the economy but 2023 saw low growth, whose macroeconomic imbalances is expected to continue into 2024. In its 18th edition of the Malawi Economic Monitor, which provides…

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CFTC Executive Director, Lloyds Vincent Nkhoma * The funds allocated to CTFC are not enough to cushion the price of fuel and mobility challenges the Commission faces in undertaking its duties * Basically, this is a standard process where we annually come to present our budget and showcase to Parliament what we have achieved the previous year * We have agreed for another meeting next week where they will indicate how the extra money will be used By Levison…

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* To update the public on the progress as and when need arises and once all efforts to resume passport services are completed * President Chakwera was the first to reveal the passport technological system was hacked by unknown people and were demanding a ransom from Malawi Government By Duncan Mlanjira Following media reports published over the weekend that exposed that passport issuance system “has been completely destroyed” to the extent that all data for passport holders has been…

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The CFTC is investigating this kind of fair trading in shops * It was to investigate all price increases for any sign of unfair trading practices and provide weekly reports to the President’s office * It is not the standard practice for CFTC to name the companies under investigations before the investigations are concluded and determinations made By Duncan Mlanjira Competition & Fair Trading Commission (CFTC) has denied that President Lazarus Chakwera did not single out sugar prices or…

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