Five African nations are among a minority group of just 21 countries that have more than one new coal power plant at the planning stage
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Atupele is only 13 but his physique makes him look like a 19 year-old. His rough skin is marked by cuts and bruises. His fiery eyes raise questions about the limp in his walk and the coarseness in his voice. Read more.
The entry of government’s Local Development Fund (LDF) into the transport sector is a complimentary effort that will enable people access the most productive areas of the economy and facilitates easy access and sharing of knowledge and skills. Read more.
Two home-grown Malawian entrepreneurs, Manuel Mangazi and Joseph Mponda, saw a tourism market potential at the feet of the granitic Dzimwe hills under a canopy of tropical savannah climate miombo trees that meet the crystal clear southern lakeshore sandy beaches of Lake Malawi, one of the world’s fresh water bodies, at Monkey Bay in the tourist district of Mangochi. Read more.
The vast sectoral trade and investment opportunities ranging from energy to manufacturing, tourism to agriculture expose Malawi’s potential for economic growth, experts have said.
The Chinese economic transformation, which has seen the country emerge as a force to reckon with in the 21st century has attracted trade, economic and political partnerships with different countries across the world, including Malawi. Read more.
The Buy Malawi Strategy (BMS), an initiative that encourages the citizenry to procure local services and products, has the potential to boost the manufacturing industry and, on a larger scale, the country’s economy. Read more.
Smooth and steady flow of goods within and across nations should be harnessed to stimulate trade and manufacturing investments within the SADC region, a logistics expert has said. Read more.
A legal debate to allow legal assistants (paralegals) to represent clients in Malawi’s subordinate courts has divided the country’s judicial system with some saying it will improve access to justice while others think it will compromise quality of services.
Tobacco has for many years been called ‘Malawi’s green gold’, an expression coined to signify the importance of the crop to the country’s economy. But while the leaf enjoyed a favourable time and space on the international market, several crops in the legume family had been silently waiting in the wings to steal the show. Read more.
Human rights body, Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has challenged the Malawi government to announce its positon on the 'NO VACCINE NO WORK POLICY', which some public and private institutions are said to be silently implementing. Read more.
A study by Sovereign Metals Limited, the company exploring rutile mineral deposits at Kasiya in central Malawi’s Lilongwe district, has confirmed that the Nacala Corridor is the preferred logistics infrastructure for exporting the company’s mineral products to global markets through the Nacala port on the Indian Ocean in Mozambique. Read more.
