After one year without action, Airtel Top 8 Cup competition is finally back with a lucrative K234 million three-year sponsorship which will be divided into K78 million sponsorship per season from K66 million.
Breaking the news on Wednesday at Ryalls Hotel in Blantyre Airtel Malawi Plc Managing Director, Charles Kamoto said the company have decided to bring back the competition as they aim to help in promoting football in the country.
Nyamilandu signing the contract watched by Kamoto (left)
Kamoto further expressed confident that the competition will add value to the local elite teams in as far as competitiveness is concerned as teams will be fight hard to finish in top 8 in the TNM Super League at the same time giving players opportunity to showcase their talents and open doors for Malawi national team call ups.
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Nico Holdings plc managing director Vizenge Kumwenda and three other members of staff; Chifundo Chiundira, Germstone Konsekonse and Masugzo Hara, have been awarded for long service and exemplary dedication to the organization’s ideals in serving the public well.
Chanje (centre) flanked by Kumwenda (right), Hara, Chiundira and Konsekonse
Kumwenda, who heads a Malawi Stock Exchange (MSE)-listed financial services firm that has interests in insurance, banking and property management, s
has served the NICO Group for 15 years while Chiundira (Group Operations Executive) has worked for the Group for 25 years and Office Assistant, Germstone Konsekonse, for 15 years.
At the presentation ceremony on Tuesday, special mention was made on Finance Manager, Masugzo Hara’s work ethic, who has served 10 years with the company and she is also retiring.
NICO Life, a subsidiary of NICO Group of companies, on Friday awarded two of its long-serving members of staff as a motivation for their dedication to work and the company’s mission to retain worthwhile human resource.
Ten years and still counting for Taonga Jiva
The company’s chief executive officer, Eric Chapola applauded the two awardees, Taonga Jiva (who has served 10 years) and Anthony Mpiringidza (20 years), saying having attained all these years of service is testimony that much as the company has benefitted from their contributions, they too have gained from various services the employer provided.
“These include professional trainings, mentoring and exposure the company offered,” Chapola said at the presentation ceremony held at NICO Group Head Office in Chibisa House, Blantyre.