Concern as Malawi kids’ social media appetite in free fall
In Malawi, children are no longer just consumers of social media, they are creators, broadcasters and influencers in their own right. One just has to...
NICO Group launches One NICO Lived Experience
By Justin Mkweu NICO Group has unveiled an internal initiative dubbed the One NICO Lived Experience, aimed at unifying its diverse subsidiaries under a...
Ridding children’s education of divisive wedger
By George Banda For years on end, young, bright boys such as 12-year-old Asher Machinjiri could only watch in wonder as their peers of...
Vivo splashes prizes on customers
By Justin Mkweu Three people have won a night for two at Thawale Lodge, a full tank of fuel, and lunch for two at...
’It is dirty and unsafe’: A school without walls, desks and water
A classroom at Mafunde Junior Primary School in Blantyre. Photo by Chisomo Break When Dorcas Mabedi, a passionate trainee teacher, arrived at Mafunde Junior...
How power infrastructure vandalism in Malawi is becoming a regional menace
Linesperson fixing a fault. Photo credit: Escom Lights go out mid-surgery at a clinic in Blantyre. A nurse freezes. For a few seconds, there...
Regional digital payments to boost trade, ease forex pressure – RBM
Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of Malawi, Kisu Simwaka, says regional efforts to harmonise and modernise payment systems will boost cross-border trade and reduce...
Profits abound as biodiversity weeps
By Justin Mkweu Illovo Sugar Malawi commands a large share of Malawi’s sugar market through its product, from which it makes billions of money in...