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5 aspirant MPs present nomination papers for Lilongwe South Constituency

October 17, 2019

By Joshua Mphanda, MEC Stringer Following the submission of nomination papers in Lilongwe South Constituency by-election, five candidates are expected to battle it out for the contentious Parliamentary seat in the area, which were postponed after UTM Part candidate Agnes Penemulungu died prior to the 21 May tripartite polls. The candidates comprise of Frank Mazizi from Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Samson Phinifolo from UTM party, Peter Dimba from Malawi Congress Party (MCP), Patson Mthyoka as Independent and Julius Gracian…

William Stewart Foundation donate education materials in Chitipa

October 17, 2019

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By Duncan Mlanjira William Stewart Hope for the Hopeless Foundation has donated text books, exercise books, pens, pencils, soap, bags and clothes, worth around MK450,00 to more than 400 children, who go to the Kalanga and Chambo Primary Schools in Chisenga Zone in Chitipa in the area of Mwene Ibuluma and Mwene Yotamu. The Foundation co-founder, Levison Mlambya, said decided to donate the educational materials to the schools after noting the challenges faced in the Chisenga Education Zone. “Basically…

Kumwamba’s Mulanje Athletic Club does well in Blantyre City Marathon

October 16, 2019

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By Duncan Mlanjira One athlete Jafali Jossam, representing Mulanje Athletic Club that is managed by Malawi’s ultra race expert Edson Kumwamba, managed to be on the winners podium by clinching third place in Sunday’s Blantyre City Marathon in a time of 2:34:37hrs. This made Kumwamba very satisfied as it was his first-ever 42.2km marathon and he was just shy by 5:01 minutes away from the champion, Mphatso Nadolo, who clocked 2:29:38. Mulanje had six athletes and for the omen…

West African countries choose new single trade currency

October 16, 2019

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By Aisha Salaudeen, CNN As part of its plans to make Africa a more integrated continent, leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have adopted the name ‘ECO’ for a planned single to be used in the region. The 15 member group announced at the end of an ECOWAS summit in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital recently. Six member countries, including Nigeria, Liberia and Ghana, could be swapping their currencies for the new one – the ECO. Eight…

Khusa mobile money App sets up WhatsApp financial service for rural village bank groups

October 16, 2019

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By Duncan Mlanjira In order to better serve rural village bank groups, Malawian technology startup company, Angle Dimension, has set up a digital platform that allows those that registered their village bank groups to view their account details and transactions at the comfort of their chat platform. Angle Dimension, which was established in 2016 as a technology company, focuses on building payment solutions that cater for the financial inclusion through Khusa mobile money application. The company’s Chief Executive…

The Karonga Ebola patient-suspect dies but not from Ebola itself

October 16, 2019

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By Duncan Mlanjira The 37-year-old Malawian male, ho presented himself with haemorrhagic symptoms similar to Ebola at Kaporo Rural Hospital but was diagnosed that he was not suffering from the disease itself, died on Tuesday afternoon. A statement from Ministry of Health and Population signed by its Secretary, Dr. Dan Namarika, said the patient, who was in isolation at the Karong Treatment Camp presented with fever, facial swelling and some bleeding in the eyes, nose and mouth. “Epidemiologically,…

Malawian Taekwondo athlete once again wins silver medal in London championship

October 15, 2019

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By Duncan Mlanjira Malawian Taekwondo athlete, Yamikani Guba, who is serving in the British Army, has once more won the silver medal just after 11 days of achieving the same feat at the London International Open. This time around the competition was held at the National Taekwondo Club Championship on Sunday in Nottingham. He was representing the British Army Taekwondo team in the heavyweight category +87kgs which had four competitors. “I feel so good because I am building up…

NICO Asset Managers in Private Wealth Management awareness campaign

October 15, 2019

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By Duncan Mlanjira NICO Asset Managers is on an awareness drive on how people can prudently invest their money in order to receive meaningful returns in order for them to meet the life goals and dreams that matter for their future. Dubbed Private Wealth Management, the campaign was unveiled on Monday at a press briefing at their offices at Chibisa House in Blantyre by Chief Investment Officer, Daniel Dunga. “We believe that every dream is possible, no matter how…

Malawian woman arrested at KIA, found with 8 KGs of apomophine drugs.

October 14, 2019

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Police at Kamuzu International airport on Sunday the 6th October 2019 arrested Harriet Namate after being found attempting exporting 8 kilograms of Apomophine drug. The suspect who is a business lady from Zomba was expected to board an Ethiopian airways to Mumbai India. The suspect Harriet was quizzed by the police detective who were scanning the final security check point in the lounge. The drugs were found her in luggage. Meanwhile the suspect is under police custody pending further…

Ministry of Health rapid response team swiftly rules out Ebola scare in Karonga

October 14, 2019

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By Duncan Mlanjira A rapid response team from the Ministry of Health has swiftly ruled out a suspected case of Ebola in Karonga on Sunday when a 37-year-old Malawian male presented himself with haemorrhagic symptoms similar to Ebola at Kaporo Rural Hospital. The rapid response team travelled to the health centre and conducted investigations that came up with the result Ebola negative. The report says the case is not in line with Ebola case definition and the conclusion being…