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New licensing system to eases costs for Zanzibar tourist vehicle operators
The Citizen
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Unguja. Tourist vehicle operators in Zanzibar are set to enjoy significant cost reductions following a government decision to overhaul the licensing system, a move expected to save businesses up to Sh1.3 million annually. Under the current...
Tourism players root for open skies to boost tourist numbers
The Standard
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June 30, 2025
From left: National Chair of all non IATA under Kenya Association of Travel Agents, Grace Ndungu, Deans Travel Centre MD Patrick Maina Kamanga and Mombasa Tourism CEC Mohamed Osman during KATA, Annual General Meeting and convention in Mombasa, on...
Chakwera to launch Youth Innovation Fund tommorow
The Maravi Post
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July 1, 2025
By Sheminah Nkhoma LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-National Youth Council of Malawi (NYCOM) has disclosed that President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera will launch the K2 billion Youth Innovation Fund (YIF) during the 2025 National Youth Summit scheduled for 2 to 4...
From darkness to light: Malawi’s journey up the energy ladder
The Times Group Malawi
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June 30, 2025
Tropical Cyclone Ana roared across the country with unprecedented violence, but its most devastating blow struck at the heart of Malawi’s power grid. In a single, catastrophic moment, the massive Kapichira Hydropower Station, supplier of nearly a...
Chakwera Courts Africa’s Richest Man: Dangote Eyes Investment in Malawi’s Key Sectors
Nyasa Times
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June 30, 2025
President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera has met with Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, in Abuja, Nigeria, where he is attending the 32nd Afrexim Bank Annual Summit. Chakwera and Dangote Hot on the heels of another high-level meeting with...
Malawi Embassy in Kenya Reported to Anti-Corruption Bureau
Malawi 24
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June 29, 2025
Whistleblower Report Deepens Concerns Over Corruption in Malawi Embassies Chakwera Faces Mounting Pressure Ahead of Presidential Elections Nairobi, Kenya – The Malawi Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has received a damning whistleblower report...
Chess lover introduces game to Malawi’s prisons, schools, and street kids
The New Zealand Herald
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June 30, 2025
“Chess is for everyone,” she said, in a recent interview in Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi. Her first encounter with the game occurred when she was 9. One school holiday, an older sister, Gladys, returned home with a chessboard, a gift she had...
Chakwera coaxes Dangote to invest in Malawi’s ATM
The Maravi Post
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June 29, 2025
ABUJA-(MaraviPost)-President Lazarus Chakwera has extended an invitation to Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Founder and President of Dangote Group, to invest in Malawi highlighting the country’s potential in key sectors including Agriculture, Tourism and...
Africa Matters: Mobile courts take justice to rural Malawi communities
TRT World
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For many in Malawi's remote areas, justice can feel out of reach. Villagers often have to travel about 20 kilometres or more to the nearest courtroom. But a new mobile courts initiative is bringing legal services directly to communities and...
Malawi seeks Afreximbank support
The Times Group Malawi
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June 27, 2025
By Cathy Maulidi in Abuja, Nigeria: President Lazarus Chakwera has asked for Afreximbank’s support to address Malawi’s economic challenges, including debt refinancing and climate-resilient financing. The President also called for investments in...
Malawi lags behind neighbours on FDI
The Nation Malawi
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June 27, 2025
Foreign investors seem to be shunning the Malawi market in preference for neighbouring countries, a development observers say is largely due to macro-economic instability. Published data from United Nations Conference on Trade and Development...
Chessam to host Malawi Open Championship
The Times Group Malawi
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June 28, 2025
DEFENDING CHAMPION—CastroChess Association of Malawi (Chessam) has said all is set for the 2025 Malawi Open Chess Championship which attracts foreign players. The three-day championship is set for Salima next week. It promises to be a highly...
Region 5 team to travel by chartered plane
The Nation Malawi
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June 28, 2025
Malawi National Council of Sports says it is finalising logistics for Team Malawi to travel to Windohoek, Namibia, by a chartered flight for the 2025 African Union Sports Council (Ausc) Region 5 Games. Sports Council board chairperson Sunduzwayo...
Bhutan acts to stay off travel ban list
The Bhutanese
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June 28, 2025
After working very hard to stay off any travel ban list and cooperating with United States (US) authorities, Bhutan was congratulating itself when the USA, earlier this month, announced a list of countries facing full and partial travel ban that...
Malawi courts rutile investorsat US-Africa Business Summit
The Nation Malawi
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June 26, 2025
Ministry of Trade and Industry says rutile and graphite projects are among the 23 identified bankable projects earmarked to be marketed at the ongoing Unite States (US)-Africa Business Summit in Luanda, Angola. In an interview on Tuesday, the...
Dr Kabwila pushes for Malawi’s AI regional hub establishment
The Maravi Post
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June 27, 2025
LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-The Higher Education Minister Dr Jessie Kabwila is pushing for Malawi to be Artificial Intelligence (AI) hub for Southern African countries. The Minister observes that the move will create a number of opportunities for Malawi...
Malawi takes ATM to Afreximbank meeting
The Times Group Malawi
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June 25, 2025
By Cathy Maulidi in Abuja, Nigeria: President Lazarus Chakwera arrived in Abuja, Nigeria, Tuesday. He is expected to court support and investment for the Malawi’s Agriculture, Tourism and Mining sectors (ATM) Strategy and other aspects of...
Chakwera Secures Investment Breakthrough as African Billionaire Tony Elumelu Eyes Malawi
Nyasa Times
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June 27, 2025
President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera has scored a potential economic breakthrough for Malawi after holding high-level talks with African business mogul Tony Elumelu—Chairman of Heirs Holdings, Transcorp, United Bank for Africa (UBA), and founder of...
Ghanaian Police Rescue 76 Youths Trafficked to Nigeria in Fake Recruitment Scam
Face of Malawi
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July 1, 2025
Published on July 1, 2025 at 11:41 AM by Evance Kapito 260 words • approx. 2 min read Ghanaian police have successfully rescued 76 young Ghanaians who were trafficked to Nigeria under the guise of football contracts and lucrative job opportunities...
Fake flags flow through Baltic as an uneasy stand-off continues
Lloyd's List
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AS DANISH prime minister Mette Frederiksen was taking over the rotating EU presidency on Tuesday, vowing to make security her top priority, a fraudulently flagged tanker loaded with Russian crude was heading towards Danish waters. The now routine...