The World Bank and the Malawi Government have signed a USD45 million (MK80 billion) grant agreement for the implementation of Phase 2 of the Malawi Food Systems Resilience Program under the Agricultural Commercialization (AGCOM) project.
To a country like Malawi, impacts of climate change are not new. From the Cyclone Gombe to Idai, Ana and Freddy among others have been catastrophic in the country for the past years.
The Malawi government has signed three grant agreements with African Development Bank (AfDB), totalling to US$46.27 million (about K81 billion) which is meant to address climate and economic shocks, strengthen agriculture as well as Humanitarian support for El Nino.
Stakeholders have warned that the predicted La Niña could wreak further havoc to the country’s tourism economy due to rising water levels in Lake Malawi.
Scores of people living surrounding the National Oil Company of Malawi (NOCMA), government officials among other stakeholders gathered to witness the inauguration of the first block train carrying 640,000 litres of fuel from Nacala Port to Lilongwe in Malawi.
Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Simplex Chithyola Banda, has urged state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to enact significant cuts in expenditures in a bid to align with government imposed austerity measures.
Vice President Dr Saulos Chilima has urged Rotary clubs across the country to focus their efforts in supporting mental health programs, emphasising its critical role in ensuring the social well-being of individuals as a fundamental human right.
Dr. Saulos Chilima, Vice President of Malawi, highlighted the potential of sports as a key economic driver and called for corporate sponsorship during the Malawi Sports Awards. Committing to sports development and talent nurturing, he praised the Malawi National Council of Sports' event management and success in advancing sports, with individuals like Temwa Chawinga and coaches Kalisto Pasuwa and Lovemore Fazili winning prestigious awards.
President Dr Lazarus Chakwera has led hundreds of Malawians to pay last respects to former President of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP), Late John Zenus Ungapange Tembo in a ceremony conducted at the party’s Headquarters in Lilongwe on Monday.
The British High Commissioner to Malawi, Fiona Ritchie has said the Chevening scholarship is a great milestone towards improvement of Social Economic Transformation of the country to achieve the Malawi 2063 agenda.
Shortage of school materials continues to haunt some primary schools across the country as 1,600 learners at Nankhonde Primary School in Lilongwe have 19 desks only.