Airtel connects Malawi parliament

Airtel Malawi has given the Malawi National Assembly's 193 legislators internet dongles worth a sum of MK965,000. National Assembly speaker Henry Chimunthu Banda announced in the national assembly on Thursday, 24 February 2011, that the mobile company has donated the gadgets which will help them be efficient.

By Gregory Gondwe

28 Feb 2011

"The dongles will enable members to access internet and become even more useful to their constituents," he said.
In an interview with Bizcommunity after the speaker's announcement, Airtel PR manager Edith Tsirizani said they saw the need after learning that the National Assembly has bought laptop computers for all the legislators earlier this year.

"We want them to be able to access internet at all times," she said.

Gregory Gondwe

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Gregory Gondwe is a Malawian journalist who started writing in 1993. He is also a media consultant assisting several international journalists pursuing assignments in Malawi. He holds a Diploma and an Intermediate Certificate in Journalism among other media-related certificates. He can be contacted on moc.liamg@ewdnogyrogerg. Follow him on Twitter at @Kalipochi.