The increasing need for raw materials in infrastructure development, such as road and housing construction, has significantly spurred the mining sector's growth in Malawi. However, despite this growth, the country’s extractive industry remains relatively small, contributing less than one percent to the gross domestic product (GDP) as of 2020.
265 Energy Limited, Malawi’s premier energy company specializing in the supply of gas and solar solutions, has disclosed that it has extended its free delivery special offer following the overwhelming response to the promotion.
President Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera has nodded to an idea of establishing a Museum of African Liberation, stressing that this will serve as a reminder to the future generations about the struggles of the African continent.
Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Dowa district in Malawi has registered the first Somalian national who has volunteered to return to his country. All along, they have been Burundians and Rwanda who have been flying back to their countries.
Reunion Insurance Company Limited has made a MK2.5 million towards, “An Experience with Mr. Jokes Comedy Night”, an event scheduled to take place at the Bingu International Conference Centre (BICC) in Lilongwe on 29th June 2024.
The National Advocacy Platform (NAP) – a network of civil society organizations advancing principles of good governance, transparency and accountability – has called upon the Government of Malawi to level the field in the recruitment of the new Director General of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB).
President Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera has said 123,000 Malawians will get jobs when companies start building their factories in the places identified and earmarked for industrial park projects across the country.
Women’s Coalition Against Cancer (WOCACA) has asked the Government of Malawi to implement and enforce stringent regulations on the marketing, sale, and distribution of tobacco products in order to protect the youth from the harmful effects of tobacco and the manipulative tactics of the tobacco industry.
Malawi Council for Disability Affairs (MACODA) has asked the government to prioritise disability responsive budgeting, warning that inadequate funding to Disability Trust Fund (DTF) poses a serious threat to the realization of disability inclusive development.
The Lilongwe Chapter of the Malawi alumni of the Global Health Corps have donated assorted medical drugs to Mitundu Community Hospital to ease the pressure the facility continues to face as a result of rapid population growth in communities surrounding it.
