Forex controls recipe for economic disaster

Government wants to take over control of commercial banks’ customers assets in FCDAs * Foreign currency-denominated accounts (FCDAs) play a critical role in facilitating the country’s terms of trade with international markets and in settlement services * Assets held in FCDAs constitute the national accounts and are part of the tools used in critical assessments such as the country’s foreign currency risk rating, balance of payment tests, and the financial soundness of any country in international trade deals Analysis…

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FAM president Haiya hits the bullseye; poor player development has led Malawi fail to achieve international success at all levels

* Through the Luwinga Inclusive Football Academy, talent nurturing will certainly reverse this poor trend * Luwinga programme needs to emulate strides made by Lilongwe’s Ascent Soccer academy * Which has moved many steps forward through establishment of its new campus Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has finally rolled out the Luwinga Inclusive Football Academy at Luwinga Technical Centre in Mzuzu with a commitment to ensure the academy grows to become one of the best in the region in…

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Surprising for Dunstain Mwaungulu to fault fellow presidential aspirant Kabambe’s aspirations for the country’s economic recovery

* Falls short of specifically highlighting his own agenda for the forthcoming 2025 General Elections * He should focus on his own manifesto rather than poking holes at other aspirants aspirations as he has done on Kabambe * The right candidate to criticise is probably for the ruling party’s highlighting his shortfalls in the past four years Analysis by Duncan Mlanjira, Maravi Express & Winston Kabula, Correspondent Former Supreme Court judge, Dunstain Mwaungulu, who is eyeing for the Presidency…

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Kabambe shouldn’t be distracted from his own strategy on Malawi’s economic woes by joining Namiwa’s demonstration on fuel crisis

* We expect DK to offer tangible solutions as to what he has in store for the nation to solve the milliard economic challenges the country is facing * Ranging from what the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP)—Blantyre Synod highlights in its Pastoral Letter * Such as hunger, forex & fuel scarcity, lack of medicine in public hospitals, rampant corruption, political violence, among others Opinion by Duncan Mlanjira Executive director for Centre for Democracy & Economic Initiative (CDEDI)…

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Fleetwood Haiya shouldn’t throw into the gutter Tiya Somba Banda’s wish to turn SULOM secretariat into corporate office

Both contestants ahead of the presidential elections of the Super League of Malawi (SULOM), incumbent Tiya Somba Banda and Fleetwood Haiya, presented beautifully crafted and enticing manifestos — but as the immediate past leader Tiya alluded to “there comes a time to leave the stage as it is in any race, there is always one winner”. He has since congratulated Fleetwood, saying: “Go and serve the clubs well”,  — a gesture we should all applaud and which has…

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We Malawians seem to be negative on anything positive of our country — why?

As agreed, Spanish football team Club Deportivo Leganés has started displaying the logo ‘Malawi, The Warm Heart of Africa’ on the front of its jersey in matches as well as in different media — both physical and digital. It started with the club’s Matchday match against Levante UD on Sunday at the Estadio Municipal Burtaque, whose action picture was shared on Facebook by Kondwanie Chirembo — with the caption “jealous down ka logo ka Malawi Tourism kakuoneka bwino pa…

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Malawi Leadership and Corruption: Clueless, Ego or Clueless Ego

Malawi leadership of President Chakwera and his deputy Saulos Chilima  * I refuse to accept that our leadership’s failure to fight corruption is due to State Capture Analysis by Kamudoni Nyasulu I share the notion that some elements in our leadership, especially in the political leadership and accountability institutions, are under state capture or compromised but I also believe these elements are a small minority of our political, strategic and or technical leadership of the accountability institutions in: Presidency,…

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Stagflation and misalignment of comparative advantages in Africa

* Economies do not recover from the blues, there are extra efforts that are put in place to ensure that a country moves out of poverty * If African countries continue to rely on international institutions without putting in place structures to help them escape poverty, serious problems like stagflation will find a home in our midst * It’s past the time for us to recognize that an economy is built piece by piece, not just with vision but…

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Welcome aboard Hon. Richard Chimwendo-Banda; Reminder — you are Sports Minister, not football minister

Welcome to the world of sports, Honourable — you have some honourable young men and women you have to serve and you have to do so across the board. The citizenry has always been proud when our athletes do well both locally and internationally just as the Flames made us all (and am sure including even yourself, Honourable) to swell with honour when they qualified for their first-ever knockout stages of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cameroun…

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NAM president Shariff should have broken the Northern Region committee chairperson’s election tie by choosing the female contestant

* Than deciding on the bizarre coin-toss decision used that declared male candidate as winner It can’t get bizarre than what netball authorities did on Sunday — though it was logical under the circumstances that arose — by allowing male contestant Allan Nkhonjera be declared winner of the election of chairperson of Northern Region Netball Committee through a coin-toss after failing to tie-break the initial results. Nkhonjera was up against female contender, Tamara Fweta in this predominantly female sport…

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