By Pemphero Malimba: The use of forex to import maize from Zambia has come under scrutiny, with the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament (Pac) asking the government to fund the Greenbelt Authority (GBA)’s irrigation programme to boost local pro...

By Blessings Makuwira: President Peter Mutharika has pledged to improve mothers’ access to healthcare, economic opportunities and education as part of efforts to empower women across the country. In a Mother’s Day message, Mutharika said his admi...

Commercial banks have recorded an improvement in loan quality, with the proportion of nonperforming loans falling from 9.4 percent in December 2024 to 3.6 percent in June 2026. The decline follows an improvement in the banking sector’s asset qualit...

By Praise Majawa: Malawi National Women’s Football Team might be the talk of town due its five star performances but the players are reduced to ordinary citizens when they return home from international duty. The team sent the entire nation into w...

Farmers have questioned delays in the distribution of fertiliser under the 2026-27 Farm Inputs Subsidy Programme (Fisp), despite assurances from the Smallholder Farmers Fertiliser Revolving Fund of Malawi (SFFRFM) that 62,000 metric tonnes (MT) of th...

By Pemphero Malimba: The Judiciary says it is considering a measure to stop assigning cases to judicial officers a year before retirement to prevent delays in delivering judgements. Chief Registrar of the Judiciary Innocent Nebi disclosed this in Li...

By Kingsley Jassi: Malawi’s trade performance is expected to suffer an increased deficit this year, driven by rapidly growing imports of fuel and fertiliser, as vehicle import costs also rise. This is according to the World Bank. In its latest Mala...

The Football Association of Malawi (Fam) is leaving no stone unturned in ensuring that the Malawi Women’s National Football Team, the Scorchers, prepare well for the 2027 Fifa Women’s World Cup in Brazil. The association says it is looking at the...

By Myra Elias: Malawi Energy Regula tory Authority (Mera) female staff members have donated items to Mitundu Community Hospital as part of Mothers’ Day celebrations. The items included soap, soya pieces, brooms and mops. Mera Public Relations and C...

By Godfrey Kenneth Beni : When extreme weather events hit Malawi— whether in the devastating form of Tropical Cyclone Freddy or the creeping severe droughts brought on by El Niño—the corporate narrative almost immediately focuses on macroeconomi...