Malawi Times

Fri, 25 Sep 2026 06:24:50 +0000
Government rules out devaluation
By Kingsley Jassi: Finance, Economic Planning and Decentralisation Minister Joseph Mwanamvekha has admitted that Malawi needs to do more to produce positive economic outcomes. He has, however, made it clear that devaluation of the local unit, the Kw...

Fri, 25 Sep 2026 06:20:25 +0000
Wrong numbers complicated initial search for Chilima plane
By Wezzie Gausi: Mobile network service providers have told Parliament that some of the phone numbers initially given to them to trace during the search for the aircraft carrying former vice president Saulos Chilima and eight others belonged to peop...

Fri, 25 Sep 2026 06:14:01 +0000
U-turn clears Malawi’s path to World Cup
By Llywellenie Mpasa: A dramatic U-turn has cleared Malawi National Netball Team’s path to the 2027 Netball World Cup, with World Netball and Africa Netball confirming that the Queens have qualified for the Sydney showpiece after a day of confusio...

Thu, 24 Sep 2026 13:18:48 +0000
Disputed tobacco generates $9 million
By Wezzie Gausi: Smallholder Farmers Fertiliser Revolving Fund of Malawi (SFFRFM) has realised over $9 million from the sale of 5.4 million kilogrammes (kg) of tobacco which was previously at the centre of a court dispute with Eastbridge Estate. An ...

Thu, 24 Sep 2026 13:15:21 +0000
Parliament intervenes on K766 billion health funding row
A multi-million-dollar health funding deal has become the centre of a growing standoff, with Parliament now stepping into the dispute that could determine how Malawi accesses hundreds of millions of dollars from the Global Fund. The $437.7 million (a...

Thu, 24 Sep 2026 13:13:23 +0000
Under-20 bow out of Afcon qualifiers
The Malawi Under-20 Men’s National Football Team bowed out of the 2026 Caf U-20 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) despite a dramatic 2-1 victory over Comoros at ABB Stadium in Maputo, Mozambique, Wednesday. NAMED PLAYER OFTHE MATCH—Yasini The junior ...

Thu, 24 Sep 2026 12:16:22 +0000
Study highlights gaps in food supply chain
A study on Malawi’s food supply chain has highlighted gaps that are contributing to losses, higher costs and difficulties in getting commodities from producers to consumers. Outcomes of Deep Dives Analysis of banana, rice and soybeans by Mwapata In...

Thu, 24 Sep 2026 12:02:43 +0000
World Bank discuss SOEs woes in report
By Kingsley Jassi: The World Bank is today launching its Malawi Economic Monitor (MEM), a biannual report series which provides an analysis of economic and structural development issues and prospects in Malawi. The MEM is expected to lay bare how Mal...

Thu, 24 Sep 2026 11:55:24 +0000
Malawi draws lessons from Zimbabwe on industrial parks
By Kingsley Jassi: Malawian business delegation has travelled to Zimbabwe on a study tour of industrial parks. Officials from Malawi Investment and Trade Centre (MITC) and businesspersons were accompanied by Malawi-based Chinese investors to Zimbabwe...

Thu, 24 Sep 2026 11:51:50 +0000
PCL, government still talking 55.1m power project
Conglomerate Press Corporation Limited (PCL) plc has said negotiations with the government on an implementation agreement required to secure additional financing for its 50-megawat (mw) Nkhoma Solar Power Project are ongoing The $55.1 million project...

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