By Kingsley Jassi, Taonga Sabola & Bernadetta Mia: All eyes are on Kanengo Auction Floors in Lilongwe this morning as the 2026 tobacco marketing season opens under a mix of optimism from farmers and growing concern over oversupply and weakening g...

By Taonga Sabola in Washington, USA: World Bank Vice President for Eastern and Southern Africa Ndiamé Diop has urged African countries to accelerate economic growth to tackle a growing jobs crisis as populations expand rapidly. Diop made the call du...

Football Association of Malawi (Fam) has swallowed its pride as it apologised to Lilongwe City Mayor Alex Peter Banda following an incident that happened during the 2026 NBS Bank Charity Shield at Bingu National Stadium in Lilongwe on Saturday. This ...

The Malawi Environmental Protection Agency (Mepa) has fined Coal & Minerals Group, a local firm, K15 million and ordered it to suspend operations at its coal mine in Kilipula in Karonga District until it fulfils a raft of maintenance activities a...

By Isaac Salima: President Peter Mutharika has welcomed Standard Bank’s commitment to expand investments across Malawi’s key sectors. Mutharika said he also wants the bank to invest in railways as part of the government’s efforts to transform ...

It does not get any better than this as the 2026 domestic football season gets underway this afternoon. Arch-rivals Mighty Wanderers and FCB Nyasa Big Bullets open their 2026 instalment as they clash in the NBS Bank Charity Shield at Bingu National S...

The Malawi Under-17 Girls National Football Team, Young Scorchers believe they can turn the tables as they face Burundi in the second leg of the Fifa U-17 Women’s World Cup qualifiers in Bujumbura, Burundi today. The Young Scorchers go into the bat...

The Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture has promised to act swiftly to renovate Kamuzu Stadium to meet the standards and start hosting elite games. MWALE—It is retrogressive in terms of sports development Spokesperson in the Ministry of Sports Ma...

They provide a critical service to the public – electricity, housing, water, food and many others. Yet, they often run on losses and they can hardly expand to meet the ever-growing demand for the services they provide. Every so often, they will run...

The tobacco marketing season opens next week, bringing with it a wave of anticipation across farming communities and within the broader economy. Growers are looking to the auction floors with cautious optimism, hoping that this year will deliver stro...