United Nations Development Programme

Minister calls for scaling up youth led ecosystem restoration

Minister of Natural Resources and Climate Change Dr Owen Chomanika, has called for the mainstreaming and upscaling of youth led ecosystem restoration programmes as a strategy for climate adaptation, job creation, and green economic transformation.

Chisi Island lights up after years in darkness

For the first in many years, the people of Chisi island in Zomba now have electricity, thanks to the  46.2 Kilowatt Min grid that the government in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have constructed.

265 Energy Ltd receives new consignment of 3kg gas cylinders

Malawi's leading supplier of gas and solar equipment, 265 Energy Limited, has announced the arrival of a new consignment of the affordable three-kilogramme gas cylinders in the country.

15.25% LPG price hike sparks outrage among energy advocates

The Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) has announced an upward revision of the maximum retail price for Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG), a move that has ignited concerns among environmental advocates and stakeholders across the country.

MHRC launches its 2024-2025 strategic plan

Chairperson of the Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC), Chikondi Chinjoti has disclosed that the MHRC aims to promote and protect human rights with a more results-oriented approach to investigations.

UNDP helping Mw. access Green Carbon Market, Loss & Damage Fund

Natural disasters have plagued Malawi year on end since 2015 from Tropical Cyclones, floods to El Nino all which are having a huge negative...

Many countries off-track in achieving SDGs, international dev. at a gridlock

Despite huge progress made earlier in the century in achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs, progress has plateaued and in many countries there is a...

Uneven development progress is leaving the poorest behind-HDR

The 2023/24 Human Development Report (HDR) assesses the dangerous gridlock resulting from uneven development progress, intensifying inequality, and escalating political polarization, that the world...

Project surpasses targets as 2,700 adopt clean cooking technologies in Kuphika Moganizira Chilengedwe 

Around 2, 700 households in Blantyre and Zomba Cities have switched to clean cooking technologies through the ‘Phikani Moganizira Chilengedwe [Environmental Friendly Cooking] Project’.

Malawi Govt sees potential in science and technology, commits to financing it for wealth creation

Secretary to the Treasury (ST) Dr. MacDonald Mafuta Mwale has expressed Malawi Government’s commitment to providing continued financing for research, science, technology and innovation in an effort to achieve import substitution and wealth creation.