CENTRAL AFRICA Why invest in Malawi - the warm heart of Africa[Issa Sikiti da Silva] Ranked Africa's second most peaceful and stable nation after Botswana, Southern Africa's Malawi is a relatively poor nation but a ‘golden mine' flooded with untapped economic opportunities waiting to be explored and exploited by potential investors. Not even the global recession could manage to shake the modest but well-organised economy of this ‘overlooked' but magical country. | |
CENTRAL AFRICA Malawi's Mutharika sticks to his guns on currency devaluation[Gregory Gondwe] Malawi is now ranked world second from Qatar as the fastest growing economy. To achieve this it has, to an extent, been deaf to some of the dictates from the Bretton Wood Institutions; the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). | |
CENTRAL AFRICA Malawi to identify seven wonders for tourism industry[Gregory Gondwe] Malawi is set to identify seven amazing wonders that will be used to promote its tourism industry, according to Access Communication Limited, a company which is developing the concept. | |
CENTRAL AFRICA Malawi launches US$18.7m business project[Gregory Gondwe] Malawi, on Monday, 13 October launched the Business Environment Strengthening Technical Assistance Project (BESTAP) worth US$18.7m, in order to help growth within the country's private sector. | |
CENTRAL AFRICA Mutharika complains of poor telecommunication services[Gregory Gondwe] President Bingu wa Mutharika has complained through the Malawi Communication Regulatory Authority (MACRA) that poor telecommunication services in the country is embarrassing when communicating with his international colleagues. | |
CENTRAL AFRICA Malawi: Mutharika calls for referendum to decide national budget fate[Gregory Gondwe] Malawi's President Bingu wa Mutharika has called for a national referendum to decide whether parliament should discuss the national budget or Section 65 of the Constitution which empowers the Speaker to declare vacant seats of parliamentarians deemed to have crossed the floor. | |
CENTRAL AFRICA Malawi commissions green power[Gregory Gondwe] Malawi has commissioned a K50m solar and wind electrification plant in one of its Lakeshore district of Nkhotakota, which it says, is the first of its kind in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) region. |