Airtel creates borderless network

Bharti Airtel, the global telecommunications services provider with operations in countries across Asia and Africa has introduced the ONE AIRTEL service which will further ease the burden of roaming costs whilst travelling. 6 May 2013 10:10

COMESA Summit ends, new chair appointed

[Gregory Gondwe] The 15th COMESA (Common Market for East and Southern Africa) Summit of Heads of State and Governments came to an end on Saturday 15 October 2011 with the announcement of the newly appointed chairman of COMESA, Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika. 17 Oct 2011 12:19

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

Game store opens in Lilongwe

[Gregory Gondwe] Game Stores, which touts itself as Africa's largest discount retailer, opened its doors in Malawi's capital city Lilongwe on Thursday, 18 November 2010 - an investment worth MWK2 billion. The Lilongwe store is number 45 in Africa. 22 Nov 2010 07:58

Malawi creates a digital migration communication strategy

[Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] With 31 December 2013, the day Malawi is expected to switch to digital broadcasting, fast approaching, Malawi has put in place a Digital Migration Communication Strategy expected to provide a framework for communication of the Digital Broadcasting Migration Project. 21 Jun 2012 10:06

African people disillusioned with leadership - Moeletsi Mbeki

[Issa Sikiti da Silva: @sikitimedia] "African people - like me - are completely disillusioned with the performance of their leaders because of what they have done and what they are doing, and for me these people should not be called leaders, but rather the elite," Moeletsi Mbeki, brother of former South African president Thabo Mbeki and chairman of the SA Institute of International Affairs, said, speaking at the CNN-MultiChoice media forum currently taking place in Bryanston, Johannesburg, today, Friday, 24 June 2011. 24 Jun 2011 11:56

US$1.2m cigarette company to open in Malawi

[Gregory Gondwe] In a move to add value to Malawi's green gold, the tobacco crop, a local investor has said a cigarette manufacturing company is to go full throttle into manufacturing business in two months time. 22 Jun 2009 12:03

Malawi establishes credit reference bureau

[Gregory Gondwe] The Bankers Association of Malawi (BAM) has joined hands with Kenyan-based CRB-Africa to form the first of its kind Credit Reference Bureau (CRB-Malawi). BAM President George Partridge who is also the country's CEO for Malawi's largest bank by assets, the National Bank of Malawi (NBM) said the bureau would help commercial banks stop wasting time and resources trying to establish history of customers. 14 Aug 2009 09:19

Can you hear your brand?

[Lars Deutsch] Audio Branding comes to Africa... Audio branding, also known as sound branding or sonic branding, is the use of sound to reinforce brand identity. Sound branding is increasingly becoming a vehicle for conveying a memorable message to consumers by taking advantage of the powerful memory sense of sound. 16 Apr 2012 12:08

Malawi cartoons in Germany exhibition

[Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] Just when Malawian cartoonists cried foul after being left out in this year's Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA-Malawi) best performance awards, the Germany government through its embassy in Lilongwe have brought them an online exhibition, where the German Embassy says it will pay respect to the art form of political cartoons in Malawi. 26 Mar 2012 09:50

Consumer Confidence Survey: Economy again top global concern

NEW YORK, US: Global online consumer confidence fell for the seventh consecutive quarter as confidence in 31 of 56 global markets measured declined, according to from Nielsen, a leading global provider of insights and analytics into what consumers watch and buy. 9 Nov 2011 09:36

e.tv Africa launches on DStv

[Gregory Gondwe] e.tv Africa is now available on DStv's channel 144, Multichoice Malawi manager for the Central and Northern region has revealed. She said the 24-hour African version of the South African free-to-air channel e.tv started broadcasting on the pay television satellite platform on Tuesday, 14 December 2010. 20 Dec 2010 12:14

Malawi government drafts 'E-bill'

[Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] The government of Malawi has announced the completion of the drafting of the electronic legislation called 'E-bill', which now awaits input from institutions and individuals before parliament passes it into law. 1 Oct 2012 10:07