Malawi: NBM Plc Year-End Interest Credit Excites Customers

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Malawi: RBM Gives Final Call to Alliance Capital Investors to Submit Details or Risk Losing Money

The Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM), through its office of the Liquidator, has issued a final and urgent notice to all eligible investors of Alliance Capital Limited, instructing them… Read more »

Malawi: CDEDI Asks Parliament to Probe Portland Cement Mining Licence Over Environmental Concerns

The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has formally petitioned Parliament's Natural Resources and Climate Change Committee to investigate the… Read more »

Malawi: Fired Former Escom CEO Kumwenda Seeks K1.1bn Payout Settlement, Rejects Mubas Deployment

Fired former Escom CEO Kamkwamba Kumwenda is seeking a K1.1 billion payout settlement and has since rejected his deployment to Malawi University of Business and Applied Science… Read more »

Malawi: NBS Bank Partners With Beautify Malawi to Donate K100 Million Items to Charity

Listed NBS Bank, in partnership with Beautify Malawi Trust (BEAM Trust), have donated festive season hampers amounting to K100 million to 500 elderly and underprivileged people in… Read more »

Malawi: Admarc Defies Govt Price Promises, Sells Maize At K65,000 As Buyers Walk Away

Public anger is mounting after ADMARC was found selling maize at K65,000 per 50kg bag at its Monkey Bay market--far above both government assurances and prevailing market… Read more »

Zambia: APM Delivers - Over 100,000 Tonnes of Maize From Zambia Begin Arriving in Malawi

President Peter Mutharika is keeping his promise to fight hunger in Malawi as the first batch of 103,000 metric tonnes of maize--part of the 200,000MT procured from Zambia--begins… Read more »

Malawi: Muli Brothers Chair Hails Improved Business Environment, Calls for Support of Local Enterprises

Leston Muli, chairperson of Muli Brothers Holdings, has hailed a significant turnaround in Malawi's business climate under the new government, describing it as a much-needed relief… Read more »

Malawi: NBM PLC Projects Double Profit to K211.0 Billion

Listed National Bank of Malawi (NBM) has projected a double profit after tax for the year ending December 31, 2025, to range between K189.9 billion and K211.0 billion. Read more »

Malawi: Forex Drought, High Inflation and Power Cuts Choked Business in 2025 - MCCI Report Lays Bare the Damage

Malawi's private sector limped through 2025 under the weight of a deepening foreign exchange crisis, stubborn inflation and rising operating costs, leaving most firms producing far… Read more »

Malawi: Mwanamvekha's K20,000 Maize Claim Sparks Outrage, Mockery and Hard Questions

Finance Minister Joseph Mwanamvekha has ignited a fierce national debate--and open ridicule--after boldly claiming that the price of maize will tumble to below K20,000 per 50kg bag… Read more »

Malawi: High Court Blasts National Bank, Upholds Minority Shareholders in Landmark CDAP Takeover Case

The High Court of Malawi has delivered a landmark judgement against the National Bank of Malawi (NBM), ruling that the bank acted illegally and unfairly in taking control of Carbon… Read more »

Malawi: Economy in Crisis - - World Bank Exposes Dangerous Path of Debt, Waste, and Broken Trust

A new World Bank report has revealed that Malawi is facing one of the worst economic crises in its history, driven by rising debt, wasteful spending, and poor investment in people… Read more »

Malawi: Trade Deficit Widens 20% in 11 Months, Deepening Cost-of-Living Crisis

Malawi's economy is bleeding through trade, with new data showing that the country is buying far more from the rest of the world than it is selling--an imbalance that is worsening… Read more »

Malawi: Malawi to Review Labour Export Policies Amid Concerns Over 'Trapped' Citizens

Malawi has intensified efforts to redesign its existing labour export agreements with the Middle East and Asia, as well as the pending deal with Russia to ensure safety of… Read more »

Malawi: PPPC's Kabambe Envisions Bright Future for Shipping Industry.

Public Private Partnership Commission, PPPC Chief Executive Officer Patrick Kabambe says the termination of the shipping and ports concession agreement was taken in the best… Read more »

Malawi: Dzombe's Dowa Fertiliser Plant to Pump Out 40 Tonnes an Hour, Redefining Malawi's Agriculture

A fertiliser manufacturing plant capable of producing about 40 metric tonnes per hour -- enough to supply Malawi's entire fertiliser needs in just 150 days -- is taking shape in… Read more »

Malawi: 'No More Talk' - CSOs Issue Hard Ultimatum to DPP On Corruption, Austerity and Economic Recovery

Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have issued a blunt and uncompromising set of demands to the new Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration, insisting that governance… Read more »

Malawi: Years of Delays, Billions At Stake - Malawi's Public Infrastructure Projects in Crisis

A stark symbol of Malawi's continuing struggle with public infrastructure development stands incomplete in its commercial capital. The K6 billion Blantyre Police Complex, now three… Read more »

Malawi: NBM PLC Tops Imm Superbrand Awards in Banking Category

National Bank of Malawi (NBM) plc has emerged first in the Financial Services - Bank category at the 2025 Superbrand Awards organised by the Institute of Marketers in Malawi (IMM),… Read more »

Malawi: 2025 Year in Review - the Year Malawi's Economy Buckled Under Debt, Inflation and Hunger

Malawi closed 2025 bruised, battered and poorer--an economy trapped in high inflation, crushing debt and deepening hunger, with ordinary citizens paying the price for years of… Read more »

Malawi: Government Silent On Costs of Jane Ansah's UK Trip As Austerity Bites

The government has come under growing pressure to explain its silence over the cost and justification of Vice President Dr Jane Ansah's private trip to the United Kingdom, at a… Read more »

Malawi: Gangata Launches Kabaza Day to Honour Victims and Confront Rising Motorcycle Accidents

Minister of State Alfred Gangata on Monday launched Kabaza Day, a national initiative aimed at remembering people who have died or sustained life-changing injuries in… Read more »

Malawi: Overloaded and Abandoned - Malawi High Commission Steps in After SA Authorities Impound Bus Carrying 117 Passengers

The Malawi High Commission in South Africa was forced into emergency intervention after South African authorities impounded a dangerously overloaded Malawian bus, leaving more than… Read more »

Malawi: FDH Bank, Lions Club Partner in Nationwide Tree-Planting Drive

FDH Bank Plc has partnered with Lions Club Malawi in a nationwide tree-planting initiative, committing K12 million towards the procurement of seedlings as part of its environmental… Read more »