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Online network business CROWD1 membership hits 5.25m worldwide

May 21, 2020

By Duncan Mlanjira Membership for the online network business, CROWD1 Marketing, which South Africa-based football legend Kennedy Malunga brought to Malawi, has reached 5.25 million at the close of business on Thursday. Malunga, who brought Crowd1 in February through marketing seminars in Blantyre and other parts of the country, says he is impressed that many Malawians have joined the online network business and numbers are expected to go up since the members are enticing each other to join this…

From street kid to pilot: How Prophet Bushiri changed Anthony’s life

May 21, 2020

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By Sifiso Mabunda, ecgnews.online Ten years ago, Antony Kaombe, now 25, was a hopeless orphan, a street kid; but after being adopted by Prophet Bushiri, today, he is a qualified pilot, about to fly people to every corner of the world. His story of birth, though, doesn’t begin with pain and poverty. His father, a Malawian, and mother, a Zimbabwean, weren’t poor. “My mother was a police officer and my father a military soldier. I didn’t have a troubled…

Burundi clamps down social media as it went polls

May 21, 2020

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By Daniel Finnan Follow, Radio France Internationale Burundians went to the polls on Wednesday for elections to choose a new president, parliamentarians and local councillors. However, voting was marked by a social media shutdown in the country and complaints about irregularities by the opposition. Ruling party flagbearer Evariste Ndayishimiye has told journalists that the elections were taking place in a secure environment. “Anyone wanting to disturb them will pay dearly,” he had added, speaking as he cast his ballot…

How African countries are dealing with elections during COVID-19

May 21, 2020

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Analysis by Erik Asplund & Olufunto Akinduro, allAfrica.com Five countries have gone ahead with elections. Nine have postponed. A dozen more are up in the air. Despite the risks posed by the Coronavirus, Burundi went to the polls yesterday for general elections and in the run up to this vote, the country took drastic measures to prevent the spread of the virus. Since late-April, there have been large-scale campaign events throughout the country with little social distancing. After the…

Mixed fortunes in tobacco market as sales hit US$28m

May 21, 2020

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By Sylvester Kumwenda, MANA Four weeks after opening, the tobacco market has seen mixed trends compared to the 2019 market as so far it has realised around US$28 million, which is nine percent short of revenue generated last year in the same period. Approximately 18 million kilograms of all types of the crop has been sold, which is 19 percent lower than figures from the initial four weeks of the 2019 market. There has also been a high rejection…

Malawi Red Cross Society gives goats to flood survivors in Chikwawa

May 21, 2020

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By Steve Chirombo & Lawrence Chilomo, MANA Malawi Red Cross Society has embarked on a goat pass-on project aimed at reaching out to survivors of the March 2019 devastating floods under its Floods Recovery Intervention Project. The development comes on the background of other already existing projects such as shelter construction as well as provision of cash transfers to the affected households. Speaking during the distribution exercise of the goats to first 10 families in Traditional Authority Maseya in…

SA-based Malawi Afro Pop artist Kali-Chie to release an extended play

May 21, 2020

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By Blessings Kaunda, MANA Malawian Afro Pop artist based in South Africa, Kali-Chie says he is set to release his Extended Play (EP) next month, whose theme is love — emanating from his life experiences. In an in interview from Blue Moon Studio in South Africa, Kali-Chie — whose real name is Aubrey Kalipinde Chibaya — said he was expected to release his EP last April but everything came to stand still due to the COVID-19 pandemic that led…

Machinga farmers find hope in rice seed multiplication

May 21, 2020

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By Chimwemwe Mphande, MANA A rice seed multiplication program in Machinga District, initiated by Challenges Malawi Project, raises hope for enhanced rice production in the district, which has the potential to become one of the leading producers of the crop. During a field day at Zumulu Water Users Association on Tuesday in Traditional Authority Mlomba, the district’s agriculture development officer, Sosten Zulu commended Challenges Malawi Project’s efforts in working closely with five water users associations in the the promotion…

DPP preaches violence-free campaign in the North

May 21, 2020

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By Wisdom Ngwira, MANA National Governing Council members of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on Wednesday asked all political parties in the country to practice violence-free campaign in preparation for the July 2, fresh presidential election. Speaking in Mzuzu during an interactive meeting with the party’s districts and constituencies officials drawn from the Northern Region, DPP’s secretary general, Greselder Jeffrey said urged the party’s supporters to desist from any form of violence and focus on telling people what the…

Gender based violence services must continue amid COVID-19 — UNFPA

May 21, 2020

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By Lameck Kwalimba, MANA United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) says services on gender based violence (GBV) should continue operating amid the COVID-19 pandemic to save girls and women from the vice. The UN agency’s Resident Representative, Young Hong was speaking in Lilongwe on Wednesday when she handed over 60 motorbikes and 940 bicycles (including spareparts) to Ministry of Gender, Child and Community Development to be used to enhance provision of GBV services. The donation, worth US$284,000 (over MK209 million),…