Malawian business leaders based in the United Kingdom have thrown their support behind the national netball team, donating 5 million Kwacha to the Malawi Queens as they prepare for their Commonwealth Games opener against South Africa on Saturday. The donation comes from four prominent business figures: Rhodrick Kalumpha; Abdul Chazolokera Chirwa; Sheriff Kaunde, Managing Partner […]
Airtel Africa Plc has recorded a strong start to its 2026/27 financial year, with revenue climbing 31% on the back of rising customer demand for data and mobile money services, the company has announced. For the quarter ended 30 June 2026, the telecommunications and mobile money giant posted revenue of $1.853 billion, up 31.0% from […]
Ministry of Health says preparations are nearly complete to launch dialysis treatment at Mzuzu Central Hospital in October, in a move officials hope will ease the burden on kidney patients in the northern region who have long had to travel hundreds of kilometres for care. Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Dr Dan Namarika, […]
James Woods, the Malawian diplomat and Business of Sport expert, is part of the senior team at Inspire Academy, where he leads on international pathways, market development and strategic partnerships. He was in Gothenburg for this year’s Gothia Cup, where the academy’s young Nigerian side drew significant European attention. He spoke to Nyasa Times as […]
Gender-based violence (GBV) cases in Malawi have reached record levels over the past three years, according to a report presented by the Parliamentary Women’s Caucus (PWC), which found that cases rose to 24,900 in 2024 and 24,467 in 2025, up from 20,827 in 2022. The PWC, which represents all 49 female legislators in Malawi’s Parliament, […]
A row engulfing Malawi’s beauty pageant scene has exploded, with a veteran former pageant organiser and a prominent lawyer both tearing into Miss Malawi bosses for handing the country’s Miss World slot to a runner-up instead of the reigning queen — and the plot has now thickened further, with new evidence suggesting the snubbed queen […]
There is a certain symmetry to President Arthur Peter Mutharika reaching for Tony Blair as he tries to convince the world that Malawi is open for business again. Both men are practised in the art of the comeback: Mutharika returned to State House after a period out of power promising renewal, while Blair has spent […]
Malawi needs to significantly strengthen rehabilitation and reintegration programmes for prison inmates, a governance expert has warned, following concerns that some beneficiaries of presidential pardons have gone on to reoffend. Dr George Chaima said in an interview on Wednesday that pardons should be accompanied by deliberate interventions to prepare inmates for life outside prison, arguing […]
Malawi’s Parliament says it still needs an additional K400 million to fully fund next month’s hosting of the 55th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Africa Region Conference and Annual General Meeting in Lilongwe, despite intensifying preparations for the event. Speaking at a media briefing in Lilongwe on Wednesday, Speaker of Parliament and CPA Africa Region president […]
A female doctor has spoken of her terror after her home was targeted by burglars in the dead of night — the latest in a string of chilling break-ins striking fear into medical professionals across Malawi. Dr Maria Mang’anda, a Consultant Anaesthesiologist at Mzuzu Central Hospital, was inside her home in Lupaso, Mzuzu, when intruders […]
Local Government Minister Dr Ben Malunga Phiri has fired back at claims government has no money to implement the reformed Constituency Development Fund (CDF), insisting the rollout is well and truly underway. Phiri was grilled in Parliament on Tuesday after several MPs accused government of struggling to get the reformed fund off the ground due […]
Malawi’s Supreme Court of Appeal has granted permission for a man to proceed with a judicial review against the District Commissioner of Lilongwe, the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, and t he President of Malawi, after an earlier application was denied by the High Court. The permission for Sefasi Matthews Jonathan Masula to […]
Mkango Resources’ pitch on Songwe Hill arrives with the polish familiar to junior miners courting political goodwill: bold value-addition claims, a ministerial photo opportunity, and projections of jobs and forex that are, for now, entirely prospective. None of this makes the project fraudulent or even unpromising. It does mean the claims deserve the kind of […]
Digital content piracy is wreaking havoc on Malawi’s economy, driving away investors and starving the government of vital public revenue, a senior official has warned. Director of Government Communication Services Deogratias Mmana issued the stark warning while speaking at a national multi-stakeholder forum on digital piracy in Blantyre, where he laid bare the true scale […]
A close friend of one of the men accused of murdering Agnes Katengeza has told the court he was living with the suspect at the time of his dramatic arrest — and revealed the chilling phone calls that broke the news. Frank Mathyola, 30, took to the witness stand as the second state witness in […]
Simplex Chithyola Banda, Leader of the Opposition and Malawi Congress Party lawmaker, is expected to enter a plea in a corruption case on 7 August 2026, following the issuing of court summons. The Lilongwe Chief Resident Magistrate’s Court has summoned Chithyola Banda, a former finance minister, to appear in person to answer charges relating to […]
Malawi’s opposition leader has launched a scathing attack on President Peter Mutharika’s decision to court former British Prime Minister Tony Blair for economic help, branding it a rehash of a strategy that has already failed the country once before. United Democratic Front (UDF) leader Atupele Muluzi took to Facebook to unleash his criticism, questioning why […]
Airtel Africa Foundation has announced the first cohort of beneficiaries under a new scholarship programme aimed at supporting Malawian students studying science, technology, engineering and maths at university. The Airtel Nzeru Tech Scholarship Programme, delivered through Airtel Malawi plc in partnership with the Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST), was launched in January 2026 […]