 | [Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] Barely four months after bringing into the ICT market a search engine they call 'C-Finder', Mzuzu University Bachelor of Science graduates, Kondwani Chimatiro and Daniel Chiwinga, have brought another ICT innovation with a social network platform, almost designed to work as international social network set-up called 'Sahebo'. |
|  [Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] Malawian president Joyce Banda has engaged Steve Nhlane, editor of the Malawi News as her press secretary. The country's media fraternity has hailed his appointment, saying he will bring sanity into the president's office because of his level headedness.
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| [Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] Media practitioners in Malawi underwent a science and health reporting workshop in Blantyre over the weekend, as part of an initiative by Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust (MLW), to equip journalists to establish health as a regular journalism beat. |
| [Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] President Joyce Banda announced on Friday, May 18 2012, that her government will repeal a piece of legislation that was meant to oppress the media which was being championed by the late president Bingu wa Mutharika. |
|  [Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] Blantyre Newspapers Limited (BNL) and Zodiak Broadcasting Station (ZBS) triumphed over all other media institutions in Malawi to emerge as the Best Print and Electronic Media House of the Year respectively at the 2012 MISA-Malawi Annual Media Awards. The winners were announced at a ceremony marking this year's World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) commemoration in Lilongwe on Saturday, 5 May 2012.
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| [Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] Stakeholders and policymakers in the ICT industry will, at a workshop next month, review the status of broadband wireless access (BWA) and determine the roadmap and roll-out strategies for the new broadband and mobile systems in their respective countries. |
|  [Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] The Malawi chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA-Malawi) has asked government to consider repealing all laws that are inconsistent with the constitution and those considered as an insult to the media fraternity in Malawi.
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|  [Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] The Association of Environmental Journalists in Malawi (AEJ-Malawi) has hailed the country's new president Joyce Banda for creating a ministry responsible for environment and climate change management and subsequently appointing Catherine Gotani Hara as minister responsible.
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|  [Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] Steven Nhlane, editor of the Malawi News has asked president Joyce Banda to investigate the Malawi Communication Regulatory Authority (MACRA) after the high court in Blantyre ordered the regulator to pay Malawi Mobile Limited (MML) a sum of US$66 million for breach of contract last week.
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| [Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] Although the late president of Malawi, Bingu wa Mutharika has passed, his past relationship with the media still continues to show face. |
|  [Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] The Malawi chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA-Malawi) has announced how charged media practitioners are for this year's celebrations of the World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) on 3 May 2012.
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| [Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] Malawi's daily newspaper, The Daily Times has told newly instated president Joyce Banda to change the status of Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) from being a state broadcaster to a public broadcaster. |
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|  [Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] Telekom Networks Malawi Limited (TNM), reportedly the first mobile phone service provider in Malawi, has announced in its 'results for the year ended 31 December 2011' report over the weekend, that it has registered a 35% growth in subscriber base.
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| [Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] Malawian journalist Vales Machila has been put at the helm of the Media Council of Malawi (MCM)'s top secretariat post as the acting executive director, following the death of George Dambula who lead the institution on an acting capacity. His appointment was announced earlier this week. |
|  [Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] MultiChoice Malawi have called on its subscribers to replace the old smartcards after changing its software to avoid hackers.
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|  [Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] Cartoonists and online publishers have cried foul after the Malawi chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA-Malawi) announced the inclusion of five more categories for the 2012 NAMISA Annual Media Awards. The media groups said MISA-Malawi should not have left them out because they are also at the heart of media products worldwide.
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|  [Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] MultiChoice Malawi has announced that M-Net, the South Africa-based pay TV channel, will be increasing their range of Africa Magic channels in celebration of a decade long service to their viewers.
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| [Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] The Malawian government has yet again launched an attack on The Sunday Times newspaper for coming up with a cabinet assessment that has labeled the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government a total failure. |
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