The Malawi Stock Exchange (MSE) posted a positive outturn in August, with the Malawi All Share Index (Masi) growing from 36496.03 points in July to 38945.62 points. In its August Monthly Market Performance Report, MSE says traded shares volume went u...

Agriculture Minister Lobin Lowe on Tuesday reiterated Malawi’s call for foreign direct investment into the agriculture and other sectors of the economy, rating the environment as best for doing business. He was virtually addressing delegates at the...

Heifer International has urged Malawi and other African countries to increase youth engagement in the agricultural sector in a bid to effectively develop the sector. This is contained in a report issued after reviewing the role of the youth and techn...

At least 718 people died in road accidents from January to June this year. This, according to a Malawi Police Service (MPS) situation report, means 66 more people have died in the first six months of the year when compared to cases of death recorded ...

Proper town planning is an important aspect of national development. It ensures maximum utilisation of land and other resources. I recently visited Monkey Bay in Mangochi District, where I noted various problems in terms of proper town planning. This...

The administration of 2021 Primary School Leaving Certificate of Education (PSLCE) examinations started well Wednesday, with most schools in the country observing Covid preventative measures despite reports of a botched attempt to steal examinations ...

Legal Aid Bureau and Legal Affairs Committee of Parliament officials have said amendments to the Legal Aid Act will help clear the backlog of 628,000 that accumulated in the country’s courts of law by 2020, adding that doing so would be for citizen...

The Malawi Law Society (MLS) has warned against the proposal to amend Section 14 of the Legal Aid Act to allow for legal representation of the marginalised and less privileged by paralegals (legal assistants). Legal Aid Bureau and Legal Affairs Commi...

President Lazarus Chakwera Tuesday took part in the inaugural Africa-Caribbean Community (Caricom) Summit and joined other leaders in calling for strong ties between the two regions. Caricom is a group of 20 developing countries in the Caribbean that...

Inflation has remained volatile for the greater part of the year, with the Reserve Bank of Malawi missing its medium-term target of 5 percent or 7 percent upper limit by the end of the first quarter of 2021, a situation analysts have rated as scary. ...