This week started on a good note for the Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of Mining as they emerged inaugural winners of the Public Sector Innovation Challenge Award in their respective categories. The awards, with monetary rewards worth $40 000 (about K70 million) each, are supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and
Tomorrow is March 15, the World Consumer Rights Day which dates back to a similar date in 1962 when President John F. Kennedy of the United States of America addressed the US Congress and formally raised the issue of consumer rights. This year, the World Consumer Rights Day will be celebrated under the theme ‘Fair
Fresh from last week’s Valentine’s Day festive mood that was somehow subdued by the observance of Ash Wednesday, marking the first day of the holy season of Lent that offers Christians time for reflection and repentance ahead of Easter, Malawians woke up to gloomy headlines on Monday. The inflation rate has risen to 35 percent
From February 9 to April 5 2024, Parliament will start meeting in Lilongwe for the Budget Meeting to debate and pass the 2024/25 National Budget, the country’s fiscal plan. Minister of Finance and Economic affairs Simplex Chithyola Banda, like his predecessors, will be the face of the national fiscal plan that can either help the
Despite several initiatives such as the National Export Strategy and the gospel of value addition and diversification, Malawi continues to struggle to make a difference on the commodities market. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad), in its Commodities and Development Report 2023, has called for the redoubling of efforts towards economic diversification