Michael Usi Minister of Tourism, Wildlife and Culture Michael Usi has said the country needs to invest heavily in the tourism sector, rating it as the next big thing for […]

Williams Banda The country’s dealers from the capital, money, and commodity markets start meeting in Mangochi today for the 2020 Financial Market Dealers (Fimda) annual conference under the theme ‘Unleashing […]

NEED HELP—Cotton farmers Some cotton farmers feel betrayed after the government, through the Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc), resorted to buying the crop at K240 per kilogramme (kg) discarding […]

KOCH—Our mindset is the greatest obstacle Save the Children, an international humanitarian organisation for children, has said financial illiteracy remains one of the factors frustrating efforts of women economic empowerment. […]

NEED TO BE REPLENISHED—Maize silos The National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA) is yet to resume maize purchases as the Public Procurement and Disposal of Assents Authority (PPDA) is yet to […]

About 76 percent of Malawians qualify to be poor, if the country is to use the World Bank poverty line of $1.90 per day, the Ministry of Economic Planning has […]

Tamani Nkhono Mvula The Ministry of Agriculture is under pressure to consider revisiting its proposed production and license fees for industrial hemp following a leaked draft Cannabis Regulations Act making […]

Poverty continues biting hard on a majority of’ households as the cost of living was seen rising by about 21 percent in October 2020, a monthly report published by the […]

Bram Fudzulanio A National Payment Systems (NPS) report which the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) published on Friday shows an increase in digital payments uptake among Malawians in the third […]

Authorities at Capital Hill have rated as untrue, reports that the newly installed Integrated Financial Management Information System (Ifmis) was hacked and that users were failing to access the system. […]