By Justin Mkweu: It’s four years away to 2030 when Malawi holds the next general elections but the country’s two major political parties are shaping up for what could be an early struggle for who leads them at the polls then. The ambitious and t...

While public officials in Malawi can declare their assets in compliance with the law that was aimed at fighting corruption, there seems to be no real gain for the nation as the institution mandated to verify those declarations is perpetually deprived...

BAÏMEY—We need to take control of the seed, take control of the land Last month, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization released a food security and nutrition report which says the number of people facing hunger globally has declined for the...

The Malawi Women’s National Football Team, the Scorchers, will be beaming with confidence when they face Cameroon’s Indomitable Lionesses in the 2026 Caf Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon) final at Moulay Hassan Stadium in Rabat, Morocco Su...

By Wezzie Gausi: Government tax expenditures more than doubled between 2022 and 2024, reaching K811.6 billion. Tax expenditure is revenue that the government forgoes through tax exemptions, deductions, credits, allowances and preferential tax rates g...

Ecobank Group Regional Executive for Central, Eastern and Southern Africa, Josephine Anan- Ankomah, has affirmed the bank’s commitment to continue contributing to national economic growth and development efforts. She was in the country for a three-...

More than 1,300 members of Tipindule Community Sacco may not secure their savings after the Registrar of Financial Institutions (RFI) disclosed that the institution’s assets are insufficient to meet its liabilities. The registrar had announced revo...

By Myra Elias: Partnerships between commercial banks and women-led businesses are helping in improving women-led enterprises’ access to finance through collateral free loans. Graca Machel Trust Advocacy Manager Juliet Kimoto said this in Lilongwe o...

By Brenda Kayo: Activist Sylvester Namiwa remains in custody after the High Court in Lilongwe deferred its decision on his bail application in a case in which he faces treason and publication of false news charges. High Court Judge Mzondi Mvula Thur...

By Kingsley Jassi Malawi’s maize is struggling to compete with cheaper supplies from Zambia, where the official minimum price is K32,000 per 50kg bag compared with K45,000 in Malawi. Zambia produced more than 5.1 million tonnes (MT) of maize this y...