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Agriculture financing soars to K44bn in 2024
The Times Group Malawi
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July 1, 2025
By Kingsley Jassi: Commercial banks more than doubled agriculture financing to K44 billion in 2024, the Bankers Association of Malawi (Bam) has revealed. This comes at a time when the country is grappling with a 20 percent food deficit, having...
NPM’s global nomination to boost Malawi’s economic visibility
Malawi 24
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July 1, 2025
Malawi is set to leap onto the global business stage, following the nomination of its flagship business publication, National Product Magazine (NPM), for the 2025 Africa and Pacesetters International Awards. According to the organisers, Jubilant...
Banks urged to champion SME growth for Malawi’s economic future
Malawi 24
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July 1, 2025
Malawi’s Minister of Trade and Industry, Vitumbiko Mumba, has called on commercial banks in the country to take a more proactive role in supporting the growth of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), describing them as the lifeblood of the national...
Malawi’s 2025 Presidential showdown: Is Chakwera still the answer or its time for Mutharika’s return?
The Maravi Post
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June 30, 2025
LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-Malawians are preparing to vote in a high-stakes presidential election on 16 September 2025, and the question on everyone’s mind is whether the country should stick with President Lazarus Chakwera or bring back former...
Malawi Film “The Gunless Soldier” Selected for Screening in France
Face of Malawi
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June 30, 2025
Published on June 30, 2025 at 9:45 AM by Evance Kapito 153 words • approx. 1 min read Malawian filmmaker Joyce Mhango Chavula has achieved another milestone as her film “The Gunless Soldier” has been officially selected for screening at the Africa...
Malawi Pays Tribute as Today Marks One Year Since Lucius Banda’s Passing
Face of Malawi
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June 30, 2025
361 words • approx. 2 min read Today marks exactly one year since Malawi lost one of its most iconic music legends, Soja Lucius Banda, and tributes are pouring in from all corners of the country. Among those leading the tributes is Wendy Harawa, a...
Chakwera Returns from Nigeria with a Good story: Magwero Industrial Park Construction Kicks Off in July
Nyasa Times
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June 30, 2025
Malawi’s march toward industrialisation and job creation is gaining decisive momentum as President Lazarus Chakwera announced that construction of the long-awaited Magwero Industrial Park will begin in July, backed by financing from the African...
Chakwera returns from Nigeria’s Afrexim Bank Bank meeting with good news: Magwero Industrial Park project commences July
The Maravi Post
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June 30, 2025
LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-President Lazarus Chakwera on Monday, June 30, 2025 successfully returned from 32nd Annual Meetings of the African Export-Import (Afrexim) Bank in Abuja. Upon arrival, Chakwera described the trip as fruitful citing the...
Malawi among economies most affected by US tariffs
The Nation Malawi
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June 30, 2025
The German Institute of Development and Sustainability says Malawi will be among the worst hit economies in sub- Saharan Africa due to the US universal 10 percent tariff imposed on all its trading partners and reciprocal tariffs announced for 57...
Limbani Dube and Warge Blast Podcast Malawi Hosts Over Sally Nyundo Disrespect: “He’s a Legend, Respect Matters!”
Face of Malawi
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June 30, 2025
491 words • approx. 3 min read Veteran Malawian reggae artist Limbani Dube, formerly known as Limbani Banda, has strongly condemned Podcast Malawi hosts Mista Gray and Blage over what he describes as “total disrespect” towards legendary musician...
From darkness to light: Malawi’s journey up the energy ladder
The Times Group Malawi
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June 30, 2025
Tropical Cyclone Ana roared across the country with unprecedented violence, but its most devastating blow struck at the heart of Malawi’s power grid. In a single, catastrophic moment, the massive Kapichira Hydropower Station, supplier of nearly a...
Chakwera Courts Africa’s Richest Man: Dangote Eyes Investment in Malawi’s Key Sectors
Nyasa Times
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June 30, 2025
President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera has met with Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, in Abuja, Nigeria, where he is attending the 32nd Afrexim Bank Annual Summit. Chakwera and Dangote Hot on the heels of another high-level meeting with...
Rumphi’s top irrigation site under construction
The Nation Malawi
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June 30, 2025
From abundant wildlife and stunning streams splitting the postcard hills, Nyika Plateau in Rumphi is never short of stunning sights. However, indigenous people who paved the way for the postcard game in Nyika National Park have long complained of...
Chess lover introduces game to Malawi’s prisons, schools, and street kids
The New Zealand Herald
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June 30, 2025
“Chess is for everyone,” she said, in a recent interview in Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi. Her first encounter with the game occurred when she was 9. One school holiday, an older sister, Gladys, returned home with a chessboard, a gift she had...
Chakwera coaxes Dangote to invest in Malawi’s ATM
The Maravi Post
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June 29, 2025
ABUJA-(MaraviPost)-President Lazarus Chakwera has extended an invitation to Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Founder and President of Dangote Group, to invest in Malawi highlighting the country’s potential in key sectors including Agriculture, Tourism and...
Lazarus Chakwera back from Nigeria, confident
The Times Group Malawi
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July 1, 2025
President Lazarus Chakwera has described his visit to Nigeria as important for Malawi. Chakwera said this at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe Monday on arrival from Abuja, Nigeria, where he attended the 32nd African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank)...
From ruin to revival as Malawi’s banana growers plant a new future
Modern Ghana
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Malawi's once-thriving banana industry is battling for survival, brought to its knees by disease outbreaks, trade disruptions and years of neglect. In the hills of Thyolo, though, a quiet resurgence is taking root. Henderson Kopoland, 45, mainly...
EDITORIAL: How Long Must Malawians Suffer Over a Packet of Sugar?
Nyasa Times
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June 29, 2025
How long, Malawi? How long will citizens be subjected to the humiliating spectacle of standing in endless queues—begging for sugar as though it were a luxury and not a basic household staple? How long must we endure silence from officials whose...
Tobacco sales up, revenue declines
The Times Group Malawi
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July 1, 2025
Malawi’s tobacco sales have registered a five percent increase in volume but suffered a significant revenue decline of $34.4 million in the current season compared to the same period last year. This is according to the latest figures published by...
Malawi Airtel calls for collaboration in urgent action on fiber cuts
The Maravi Post
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June 27, 2025
LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-The country’s leading mobile telecommunications network Airtel Malawi Plc today addressed the growing challenge of fiber infrastructure vandalism, which continues to disrupt essential communication services across the...