MUST emerges champions as it dominates in southern African university regional ICT cyber initiatives

The overall MUST technology winners * Apart from the rankings, outstanding teams also won some awards which were also dominated by MUST by taking three of them * Best Decision Document to Cyber Technophiles * Most Creative Policy Response to Cyber Elites * And Best Oral Presentation to Cyber Warriors By James Mphande, MUST Communications Manager Out of several teams that applied at African continental level for the Cyber 9/12 strategy challenge this year, only eight were picked, with…

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CAMA appeals to President, MERA and NOCMA to assure public when supply of fuel will stabilize

Long queues have been order of the day * Scarcity of fuel in the last two months has triggered high prices of various goods and services on the market * The President, MERA and NOCMA for the past two months assured consumers that scarcity of fuel will stabilize within a week * Unfortunately, it is now over two months since such promises of fuel stability were made * And we continue to experience fuel scarcities and long queues in…

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MIM Blantyre campus moves to MPC college facility; Opens doors through its 2022 cohort of undergraduate and postgraduate degree programs

Dr. Kabwila making her keynote speech during the orientation workshop * MIM has a unique position in the academic fraternity because it is the only higher education facility in Malawi that offer specialist courses in leadership, management and business * The training that you will go through here at MIM will equip you with skills and the necessary competencies that our Malawi economy requires * To continue the journey to prosperity in the spirit of the new government agenda,…

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Chibuku Products introduces ‘Kuiphula ndi Shake Shake’ promotion with grand prize at K2m

* Prizes include bags of fertilizers, bicycles, and T-shirts * For us to reach where we are today, it is because of the customers * Who have managed to stick to us all these years and we don’t take this for granted By Victor Singano Jnr, Correspondent As part of its 55th anniversary celebration, and one way of appreciating the support by its customers, Chibuku Products Limited has introduced a new promotion dubbed ‘Kuiphula ndi Shake Shake’ — whose…

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Malawi National Youth Games finals set for October 4-8

MASSA president, Blackson Malamula (left) at the press briefing * Good platform to identify best athletes to be considered in the upcoming Region 5 Youth Games By Victor Singano Jnr, Correspondent Malawi Schools Sports Association (MASSA) has disclosed that the 2022 National Youth Games grand finals will be played from Tuesday (October 4-8) at Bingu National Stadium in Lilongwe. At a press briefing on Friday at Malawi National Council of Sports offices, MASSA president, Blackson Malamula said the competition…

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Save the Children initiates cash transfer programme for 3,275 food insecurity households in Zomba

FDH Bank officials assisting one of the beneficiaries (standing) * Each household received K75,000 at K25,000 each month from August to October * Food and income deficits at which vulnerable households are at risk, is equivalent to IPC Phase 3 acute food insecurity * With children being more at risk of malnutrition and other negative outcomes * Caused by negative coping mechanisms that families may employ to meet their needs By Duncan Mlanjira Following results of Household Economy Analysis…

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Chakwera hails Malawian diaspora based in USA

The President interacting with Malawians in diaspora * We may have different political affiliations, we may have different opinions, but we all belong to one nation called Malawi * Hence the need to collaborate and coordinate on developmental issues for the benefit of Malawians By Lisa Kadango Malango, MANA in New York President Lazarus Chakwera has commended Malawians living in the United States of America for the meaningful contribution to Malawians during the flood disasters and CoVID-19 pandemic. During…

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Malawi secures US$350 million through Millennium Challenge Compact

Finance Minister Sosten Gwengwe and MCC CEO Alice Albright after signing the contract * Building and success is a strong commitment to Malawi’s democratic governance * MCC board selected Malawi for a second phase in 2018 which is being signed today and is a great moment * We are impressed with President Chakwera’s commitment to build Malawi and his vision to reduce poverty levels By Lisa Kadango Malango, MANA in Washington DC President Lazarus Chakwera and US Secretary of State Anthony…

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CDH Investment Bank lauds media as key to promote investment culture

CDH Investment Bank CEO and Managing Director, Kwame Ahadzi * Apart from the roles that are being played by the local investment institutions, there is also a need for the media to realize that they are a major stakeholder * Which is responsible in preaching to the masses across the country for them to understand what the bank stands for By Victor Singano Jnr, Correspondent CDH Investment Bank, a subsidiary of Continental Holdings Limited, has lauded the country’s media…

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AIP Targets 490,449 farming households in Lilongwe

AIP products * The beneficiary farming households will be identified and pre-listed from their farmer groups * Before a screening process at the Ministry of Agriculture * With an aim of ensuring that only those in active farming activities do benefit Nellie Kapatuka, MANA Lilongwe District Council agriculture cluster chairperson, Councillor Mathia Kavala says 490,449 farming households will benefit from the Malawi government Affordable Inputs Program (AIP) during the 2022-2023 farming season. Speaking during a full Council meeting on…

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