Malawi

Source: The Times Group Malawi Author: William Kumwembe Malawi, a land- locked country in the southern African region, grapples with glaringly high trade deficits each year. The country has an annual trade gap of $2 billion with imports seen at $3 billion and exports at a meager $1 billion. It

Source: The Nation Online Author: George Singini Mulanje South West member of Parliament (MP) George Chaponda (Democratic Progressive Party) has asked government to balance tourism promotion by luring local tourists as well. Speaking in Parliament in Lilongwe yesterday, he said apart from wooing foreign tourists to come and visit tourist

Source: The Times Group Malawi Recently, Malawi Council for the Handicapped (Macoha) unveiled social media influencer Pemphero Mphande as brand ambassador for its Bangwe Weaving Factory in Blantyre. Apparently, the factory provides employment opportunities to people with disabilities. Ironically, disability issues have, over the years, not been given prominence despite

Source: The Times Group Malawi Author: Serah Makondesa Chilora Malawi has secured a $150 million (about K250 billion) grant from the World Bank to go towards the implementation of the Digital Malawi Acceleration Project (DMAP). It is a successor programme of the Digital Malawi-Phase 1 project. This was unveiled on

Source: The Nation Online Malawi Health Equity Network (Mhen) executive director George Jobe has called for collaboration between ward councillors and mother care groups for smooth implementation of immunisation programmes. He said this yesterday during a meeting between the mother care groups and ward councillors at Blantyre District Health Office

Source: The Times Group Malawi Author: William Kumwembe ELEVATED -- Malawi's imported significantly more than previously assumed The latest Malawi Economic Monitor (MEM) of the World Bank shows that the country continued facing significant difficulties to pay for imports due to a large, persistent, and increasing trade imbalance