Malawi Government and the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) on Monday formally inaugurated the US $350 million (about K612 billion) second compact at a ceremony held in Dallas, Texas. The launch, which coincided with the MCC’s 20th Anniversary celebrations held at…
Business mogul and philanthropist Dr Thomson Mpinganjira has lived up to his promise to award 17 Malawi National Football Team players from the 1978 to 1988 cup winning squads as well as veteran administrator and tactician Yasin Osman. Dr Mpinganjira,…
The M’Bona Cult is a mythological story about a rainmaker named M’Bona who lived in the Shire Valley. According to the myth, M’Bona was a powerful rainmaker who was accused of witchcraft and killed by his enemies. After his death,…
The World Bank has released $57.6 million to Malawi in relief food aid to people severely affected by hunger. In a statement, dated April 26, 2024, the Bank states that the aid is a quick-release in innovative grant financing to…
It is all smiles for 20-year-old Chikondi Kamwendo who has emerged as the first beneficiary of the Kuthandiza Omwe Alibe Kuthera Kupita Patsogolo Project an initiative of businessperson and philanthropist Triephornia Mpinganjira. The social media influencer, who is wife to…
A 43 year-old Damiano Satha has launched a lone battle against child marriage scourge amongst girls in Mtandile, Lilongwe. Satha has been canvassing against the vice since 2021, stopping dozens of girls from falling prey to early marriages and rescuing…
Just like any other hand work in agriculture, cultivating rice is another tedious farming which requires considerable resources and energy. But Johannes Kabango from Mkaika Trading Centre in Nkhotakota District has made life easier for rice farmers. Kabango, in his…
A 24-year-old Shadreck Kamwana has invented a voice command artificial intelligence software that allows an individual to communicate with both softwares and hardware. The software called Grace, allows a user to communicate verbally with devices such as phones, computers, various…
Innocent Mandili, a prolific innovator from Phalombe district has urged government and other organisations to support innovators for the country to realise its dream of becoming Africa’s tech superpower. Mandili, who is a renowned innovator himself, believes the country can…
The Effie Namwali Foundation (ENF) has planted 125 trees at January primary and secondary school in January village, Traditional Authority (T\A) January in Thyolo district. According to Henry Chipiku, programs director for ENF, “The tree planting exercise is one of…