May 19
Malawi: Luthando Holdings Rejects Allegations Amid Procurement Fallout, Citing Ongoing Court Battles Over Yamaha Dealership Dispute
Luthando Holdings Managing Director Hendrix Laher has raised concern over what he describes as a coordinated attempt to undermine the company's credibility, after Karonga Diocese… Read more »
Malawi: Middle East Conflict Sends Fertiliser Prices Soaring, Deepening Malawi's Cost of Living Crisis
The escalating conflict in the Middle East is now hitting Malawians where it hurts most -- on food prices, transport costs and farming inputs -- with a new regional report warning… Read more »
May 15
Malawi: ACB Faces Salary Disparities Row As Senior Staff Get Up to 45.9 Percent Raise While Juniors Receive 16 Percent Increase
Tension is quietly building inside the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), where senior officers have been awarded salary increments of up to 45.9 percent, while lower-graded staff have… Read more »
May 13
Malawi: RBM Admits Forex Crisis As Malawi Struggles to Pay for Fuel and Drugs
The Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) has made a rare and troubling admission that the country is struggling to manage foreign exchange allocations for critical sectors such as fuel and… Read more »
May 12
Malawi: Kamuzu Stadium Turned Into a Place of Tears As Malawi Received 15 Bodies From Zimbabwe Bus Tragedy
Last evening, Kamuzu Stadium was no longer a place of football songs, celebration and roaring crowds. It became a place of unbearable grief, silence and heartbreak as 15 coffins… Read more »
May 11
Malawi: Bushiri Pumps Over K200 Million Into Malawi Football Talent Hunt, Calls On Citizens and Companies to Rescue the Game
Prophet Shepherd Bushiri has made an impassioned call for Malawians and the corporate world to take a leading role in reviving and transforming football in the country, warning… Read more »
Malawi: Cost of Living Crisis Deepens As Household Expenses Jump 8 Percent in One Month
Malawian families are being crushed by a rapidly worsening cost of living crisis after household expenses surged by more than 8 percent in April alone, exposing the brutal impact… Read more »
Malawi: Mining Sector Set to Generate $43 Billion As Experts Demand Fair Share for Communities
Malawi's mining sector is projected to generate a staggering $43 billion over the next 14 years, but growing concern is emerging that the country's districts and ordinary citizens… Read more »
May 08
Malawi: Malawians Mock Fuel Price Cut As 'Cosmetic' Amid Soaring Cost of Living
The Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) is facing a wave of ridicule and public anger after announcing what many Malawians are calling a "laughable" reduction in petrol… Read more »
May 06
Malawi: Inside Malawi's Vat Shake-Up - Why Shops Are Closing, Why Government Is Pushing Hard, and What It Means for Your Money
Something unusual is happening across Malawi. Shop doors are staying closed. Business owners are stepping back from their own counters. Shelves are stocked, but tills are silent. Read more »
Malawi: MMRA Reviews Kangankunde Mining Project As Calls Grow to Upgrade It to Large-Scale Status
The Mining and Minerals Regulatory Authority (MMRA) has responded to calls from the Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) over how the Kangankunde Rare… Read more »
Malawi: Tobacco Earns K22.8 Billion in Two Weeks, but High Rejection Rates Raise Concern for Farmers
Malawi has earned about $12.8 million (around K22.3 billion) from tobacco sales in just the first two weeks of the 2026 marketing season, but farmers are still facing major… Read more »
May 05
Malawi: Mutharika Wraps Up Month-Long Blantyre Stay, Courts Global Investors and Reaffirms Economic Recovery Agenda
President Arthur Peter Mutharika has concluded his nearly month-long working stay in Blantyre and is expected to return to the capital, Lilongwe, after a series of high-level… Read more »
May 04
Malawi: Aid Cuts Hit Malawi Hard - IMF Warns of Rising Debt Pressure and Urgent Need for Reforms
Malawi's economy is coming under serious pressure as global aid is being cut, putting the country in a difficult financial position. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says… Read more »
April 30
Malawi: Unions Demand Salary Hike for Public Servants, Slams Govt for 'Token' Increase
The newly formed Federation of Civil Service Unions (FOCSU) has demanded a major overhaul of salaries and allowances for civil servants, rejecting the government's recent 10-20… Read more »
April 29
Malawi: PAC Cracks Down On Yusuf Investments Over Defiance in Amaryllis Deal Probe
Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is moving to cite Yusuf Investments Limited for contempt after its chairperson, Shiraz Yusuf, abruptly walked out of proceedings when… Read more »
Malawi: Ecama Demands Fuel Levy Cuts As Prices Soar, Shortages Bite
President of the Economics Association of Malawi (ECAMA), Bertha Bangara, has thrown her weight behind growing calls to scrap non-essential levies on fuel--warning that the current… Read more »
April 28
Malawi: Tobacco Earnings Surge to $48m in Week One--but Cracks Emerge Beneath the Numbers
Malawi's tobacco sector has opened the 2026 marketing season with a dramatic surge in earnings, raking in K83 billion (about $48 million) in just the first week. But beneath the… Read more »
Malawi: FDH Bank Posts Record Profit, Doubles Earnings to K147.8 Billion As Expansion and Dividends Surge in 2025
FDH Bank plc has recorded a very strong performance for the 2025 financial year, doubling its profits and expanding its asset base significantly despite a tough economic… Read more »
Malawi: IMF Urges Malawi to Let Businesses Drive Growth As Government-Led Model Struggles
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is urging Malawi and other countries in sub-Saharan Africa to change how they grow their economies. Instead of relying mainly on government… Read more »
April 27
Malawi: Malawi Secures U.S.$80 Million Lifeline As Government Turns to Local Councils to Fix Service Delivery
Malawi has received a significant financial boost after Minister of Finance Joseph Mwanamvekha returned from high-level meetings in Washington DC with an US$80 million (about K140… Read more »
Malawi: Shock Rejections Rock Tobacco Market As Growers Face 100 Percent Turnaways in Opening Week
Tobacco growers across Malawi are heading into a new trading week gripped by uncertainty and quiet desperation after the 2026 marketing season opened with an unprecedented wave of… Read more »
April 25
Malawi: Power Crisis Turns Political
The ongoing nationwide power blackouts have ignited a blame game within government, with the current administration shifting responsibility to the previous Malawi Congress Party… Read more »
April 23
Malawi: Malawi Stuck in Costly Export Ban Cycle As Experts Demand Trade Policy Overhaul
Malawi risks remaining trapped in a damaging cycle of export bans unless government urgently shifts to predictable, rule-based trade policies, agricultural experts have warned. Read more »
Malawi: Ex-RBM Boss Drops Hammer - Revoke Pension Fund Licence Over K128bn Amaryllis Scandal
A former Governor of the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) has delivered a blistering indictment of the Public Service Pension Trust Fund, calling for its licence to be revoked over… Read more »
