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FAM advised to be diligent in identifying Flames’ next coach

April 10, 2023

* Follows FAM’s and Marinica mutual consent not to enter into negotiations for renewal of his contract * Urged FAM to keep Marinica’s backroom staff to finish the remaining AFCON qualifiers against Guinea and Ethiopia * The COSAFA tournament is just around the corner and the team will have to regroup in the next coming weeks * We need a permanent coach who can start to build from the tournament By Duncan Kaonga, Correspondent As reports indicate that Football…

Load-shedding reduced to 5hrs from 10hrs during morning, midday and evening peaks

April 10, 2023

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Load-shedding schedule for Monday and Tuesday * EGENCO’s emergency diesel generators are scheduled to run for 8 hours daily * Currently there is some available capacity of 9.5MW * This compares poorly with the installed diesel power capacity of 46MW * Imports from ZESCO (Chipata) and EDM (Mandimba) are averaging 5.0MW * With 5.0MW available from Mulanje Hydro Limited (NDIZA) for 24 hours daily By Duncan Mlanjira Following the restoration of 64.4 megawatts (MW) from two of four machines…

MRF-UK set to commission orphanage in Jali to accommodate 100 children

April 9, 2023

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* To also cater for the community’s members such as a Masjid; a learning block nursery and as a women skills development centre * Without donors, we would never be able to carry out the important work * Which has eased the pain and made a difference to so many lives in Malawi * As a charity, we continue to strategize to maintain our 100% donation policy—chairman, Faruk Bharucha By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi Relief Fund (MRF)-UK, a charity with…

UNIMA targets to reach enrollment of 15,000 by 2026 currently at 11,733

April 8, 2023

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UNIMA’s Chancellor College in Zomba * On current enrollment, about 10,000 are undergraduate and about 1,700 are postgraduate * Challenges include student accommodation as out of the 10,500 students, only 1,200 bedspaces are available * The rest are accommodated in the neighbourhood, in structures that are not ideal for university education By Duncan Mlanjira The University of Malawi (UNIMA) — that was delinked from Malawi Polytechnic, Kamuzu College of Nursing (KCN) and the College of Medicine — targets to…

Need for increased power generation as only 18% of Malawians have access electricity

April 8, 2023

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* As Community Energy Malawi (CEM) commissions K1.3 million solar energy hub at Mzepa Primary School in Balaka * There is a need to have universal access to energy by the year 2030 * We commend CEM and Scottish government for the intervention which is producing 125 KwH of electricity By Joseph Story, MANA Only 18% of Malawians have access to electricity and an officer in the Ministry of Energy, Alinafe Kasinja says there is need to increase interventions…

Mzuzu Central Hospital treating patients with suspected communicable infection in the wake of Marburg virus disease

April 8, 2023

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* One or two of the people were being treated as typhoid fever and had come there from different places * While the three others are being treated as adult measles * The first two who presented with bleeding are doing well as all the blessing has stopped * The other three family members did not present with any bleeding By Duncan Mlanjira Mzuzu Central Hospital reported on Thursday, March 6, that it has isolated 5 people with suspected…

UNIMA narrowing gap between male and female academic achievement; Out of 2,474 graduands, 1,195 females

April 7, 2023

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* This signals the university’s efforts towards attaining the male-female 50-50 gender distribution * With regard to opportunities for higher education in compliance with the national policy on gender equity * From the 2,474 graduands, 7 received certificates, 25 Diplomas, 2,289 Bachelors, 142 Masters and 11 PhDs By Duncan Mlanjira Out of 2,474 graduands who were conferred with degrees, diplomas and certificate by the University of Malawi (UNIMA) on Wednesday at Chancellor College, 1,195 were females with 1,279 males…

Electricity load shedding frequency to reduce following the 50% restoration of Kapichira’s power generation

April 7, 2023

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The dam and intake at Kapichira * ESCOM still has a power supply deficit and the load shedding will continue until the power supply meets or exceeds the demand * The power demand presently stands at close to 400MW against availed capacity of 276MW * The four machines at Kapichira Power Station generate 129.4MW, which was all lost due to Cyclone Ana By Duncan Mlanjira Following the restoration of 64.4 megawatts (MW) from the two machines out of four…

Finance Minister Gwengwe applauds NBM Development Bank commitment for empowering local SMEs

April 7, 2023

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Gwengwe delivering his speech at the function * The Bank is taking care of the needs of the SMEs, which are the engine for growth of any nation * A country cannot develop if SMEs are sidelined and not supported by both government and the private sector By Victor Singano Jnr Malawi’s Minister of Finance, Sosten Gwengwe has commended NBM Development Bank, a subsidiary of National Bank of Malawi (NBM) for showing commitment in playing a vital role of…

Standard Bank’s head of consumer business wins continental Women Bankers Award

April 7, 2023

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* First woman bank executive in Malawi and Standard Bank to be picked for the Angaza Awards * Along with her long list of accomplishments, she pioneered the first roll out of Bancassurance in Malawi Maravi Express Standard Bank Plc’s Head of Consumer Business Unit, Charity Mughogho has been named among the top 10 women bankers shaping Africa’s financial services sector by the continental Angaza Awards. Mughogho, who heads Standard Bank’s consumer and high net worth clients (CHNW) segment…