Malawi: Roofhouse Advertising appointed Zain/Airtel account

[Gregory Gondwe] Roofhouse Advertising has taken over the Zain Malawi account from ZK Advertising, which will soon rebrand to Bharti Airtel Malawi. According to Frank Phiri, ZK Advertising PR strategist, the ZK group has managed the Celtel/Zain account since 2005 across Africa. 26 Oct 2010 10:12

Zain to invest US$100m in network expansion

[Gregory Gondwe] Zain Malawi has announced plans to invest US$100m in its extension drive as it prepares to penetrate rural areas over the next three years. Zain Malawi MD, Saulos Chilima said as part of the investment the company will erect 150 network signal towers in the next 12 months to increase coverage. 19 Oct 2010 11:51

Human rights group faults MACRA on media freedom

[Gregory Gondwe] The human rights arm of the Livingstonia Synod of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian has said the Malawi Communication Regulatory Authority (MACRA) is denying the people their right to freedom of expression and media freedom by not issuing out operating licences to prospective TV and radio operators. 12 Oct 2010 08:29

Malawi: Court stops MACRA from revoking G-Mobile licence

[Gregory Gondwe] Malawi's Zomba High Court has given G-Mobile a flicker of hope as it has stopped the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) from revoking the mobile service providers licence until the matter is heard before the court. 12 Oct 2010 07:56

Malawi: MCM elects new governing members

[Gregory Gondwe] The Media Council of Malawi (MCM) has elected new members for its National Governing Council who will be in office for the next two years. The elections were held during its Annual General Assembly (AGA) earlier this month at the National Bank Training College in Blantyre. 7 Oct 2010 08:50

Malawi public institutions secretive - MISA Malawi

[Gregory Gondwe] Research by the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) has revealed that secrecy still prevails in government and public institutions in Malawi. The Ministry of Agriculture emerged the most open and accessible government department. 4 Oct 2010 07:00

Mobile users welcome 3G in Malawi

[Gregory Gondwe] Zain Malawi subscribers have welcomed the company's newly upgraded network to third generation (3G) technology. The new technology was launched in Lilongwe this week by Zain Malawi MD Saulos Chilima who said the new technology will reduce the cost of web services for its customers. 1 Oct 2010 08:53

CNN enlists top journalism students for iReport initiative

ATLANTA, US: CNN has announced the launch of a new initiative for journalism students, called CNN iReport University, linked to iReport, the network's user-generated news community. 16 Sep 2010 10:35

Malawi media form editorial group

[Gregory Gondwe] The Media Council of Malawi (MCM) has facilitated the formation of the Editorial Manager's Caucus (EMC) whose role is to promote and safeguard professional media standards and ethics in Malawi's media houses. 13 Sep 2010 07:16

Malawians react to BBC EPL commentary rights

[Gregory Gondwe] Football followers in Malawi have questioned the BBC World Service for securing rights to carry out commentary of the Barclays Premier League matches in French, Hausa, Portuguese and Somali which are not so common in the country. 8 Sep 2010 08:55

Malawi: ABJ cautions media practitioners

[Gregory Gondwe] The Association of Business Journalists (ABJ) has become the only journalist grouping that has cautioned media practitioners to verify materials they get before publishing stories in the face of accusations by President Bingu wa Mutharika that some media outlets are publishing lies to discredit his government. 7 Sep 2010 07:58

Zain Malawi reduces service, product charges

[Gregory Gondwe] Zain Malawi has reduced the charges for some of its services and products. The company has launched discounted tariff rates by 46% from peak-hour as well as reduced sim-card prices by 35%. 31 Aug 2010 12:57

Malawi: Mutharika to arrest 'lying' journalists

[Gregory Gondwe] Malawi's President Bingu wa Mutharika has warned that he will start arresting journalists that are writing false articles that are aimed at ridiculing his government. 27 Aug 2010 09:21

Multichoice Malawi launches new DStv bouquet

[Gregory Gondwe] Multichoice Malawi, early last week, launched its latest DStv bouquet offering, DStv Compact PLUS. The facility has over 47 news, lifestyle and entertainment channels and a total of seven sports channels namely SuperSport 7, SuperSport 9, SuperSport Blitz, SuperSport 10, TellyTrack, ESPN and ESPN Classic. 23 Aug 2010 12:56