Malawi Times

Sat, 15 Aug 2026 05:52:47 +0000
Scorchers eye gold at Wafcon
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...

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 14:40:51 +0000
Tax expenditure grows to K811bn
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...

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 14:38:02 +0000
Ecobank regional chief highlights growth strategy
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-...

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 14:34:10 +0000
Defunct sacco’s members risk losing their savings
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...

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 14:30:45 +0000
Women-led MSMEs harness partnerships
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...

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:56:52 +0000
Sylvester Namiwa set to spend more days in custody
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...

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:54:33 +0000
Malawi maize struggles against cheaper imports
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...

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:51:48 +0000
First couple, others hail Scorchers
State President Peter Mutharika a n d First Lady Gertrude Mutharika have hailed the Malawi Women’s National Football Team for reaching final of the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon) in Rabat, Morocco, on Wednesday. The Scorchers wrote y...

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:47:35 +0000
NBM proud of Scorchers
By Llywellenie Mpasa: National Bank of Malawi (NBM) plc has congratulated Malawi National Women’s Football Team on its historic achievement of reaching the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon) final and securing qualification to the Fifa Womenâ...

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:41:41 +0000
Global grooves: Madalitso Band set to rock Japan
Madalitso Band, the duo of Yosefe Kalekeni and Yobu Maligwa sets out to hold gigs in Japan and South Korea having concluded concerts in Canada. The group which left the country in May this year and returns home later this month started its tour in Eu...

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