Malawi government is set to benefit over and above $100 million from the $60 billion in aid and loans for Africa which Chinese President Xi Jinping announced on Monday while hosting more than 40 of the continent’s leaders including Malawian President Peter Mutharika in Beijing. The money would be spent on eight initiatives over the next three […]
Shaanxi Polytechnic Institute of China could boost the teaching capacity of community technical colleges in Malawi. This follows an expression of interest for cooperation between Shaanxi Province acting governor Hu Heping to Malawi leader Prof. Arthur Peter Mutharika. Hu expressed the interest on Saturday when President Mutharika visited the polytechnic to appreciate the technical skills […]
President Prof. Arthur Peter Mutharika has said he is pleased to note that his government’s bold decision some years ago to establish diplomatic ties with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is bearing desired fruits. Malawi switched diplomatic ties from Taiwan to China in 2008. President Mutharika was speaking when he met the Secretary of […]
Malawi President Prof. Arthur Peter Mutharika met his Chinese counter-part President Xi Jinping on Saturday September 1 2018 during which Mutharika asked for deeper co-operation between the two countries and lobbied for more development projects for the southern African nation. The two leaders met at the Great Hall of People in Beijing. President Mutharika told […]
President Prof Arthur Peter Mutharika is scheduled to meet President Xi Jinping, the President of the People’s Republic of China on Saturday the 1st of September 2018 , as Nyasa Times understand is aimed to further deepening relations. President Xi Jinping, who is head of the world’s second largest economy China, is the most powerful man […]
President Peter Mutharika has said developing economies have a lot to learn from the Chinese economy taking into consideration the fact that not long ago China was a developing country on the same economic scale to countries such as Malawi. Mutharika was speaking at the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) after he was […]
The University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) in China has honored President Prof. Arthur Peter Mutharika with an honorary professorship for economic prudence. Speaking when he conferred the Professorship, the university’s President; Wang Jiagiong said the UIBE which is the second ranked university in China in terms of specialisation in economics has decided to […]
One of the biggest Chinese construction investment companies the China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) has expressed interest to join the government of Malawi in the construction of the Blantyre City bypass roads to ease traffic congestion in the city, especially the Limbe area in the wake of growing population of motor vehicles. The bypass roads […]
The University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) in China is to honor Malawian President Prof. Arthur Peter Mutharika with an honorary Professorship, Nyasa Times understands. The ceremony honouring Prof. Mutharika has been scheduled for Friday at the University’s campus in Chaoyang Qu, Beijing Shi, China. The University of International Business and Economics is a […]
Malawi President.Peter Mutharika seems to be making good use of his time in Beijing, China where he has gone to attend the 2018 Forum for China-Africa Corporation (FOCAC) as on Thursday, two days before the official opening of the summit, he met Chinese consortium of companies to discuss energy generation project to build a coal-fired […]
Parliament’s International Relations Committee is urging the government to swiftly talk to Beijing over the arrested 29 year old Malawian lady who is facing death sentence in China because of drug trafficking. The committee’s chairman Alex Meja said the government should take this as a matter of urgency before the Chinese courts sentence her to […]
A 29 year old Malawian woman is facing death sentence in China after she was arrested for being found with two kilograms of cocaine. Reports from China say Estina Kansela is expected to appear in court in China on October 24 2018 to answer charges of drug trafficking offences which carries a maximum sentence of […]
Malawian President Prof Arthur Peter Mutharika has gotten straight to work in Beijing, China where he has primariry gone to attend the 2018 Forum for China-Africa Corporation FOCAC. A day after arrival on Wednesday, the President met the Executive Vice President of China North Industries Company (NORINCO) where the companies executive management committed to invest […]
Malawian President Peter Mutharika has arrived in Beijing, capital of China, August 28, 2018. Mutharika is on an official visit to China and attend the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). The summit will be held under the theme, “China and Africa: Toward an Even Stronger Community with a Shared Future through […]
President Peter Mutharika on Monday left Malawi for China where he will attend the third Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) from Spetember 3 to 4. The summit will be held under the theme, “China and Africa: Toward an Even Stronger Community with a Shared Future through Win-Win Cooperation.” Speaking on his departure at Kamuzu International […]
President Peter Mutharika is expected bolster his re-lection bid next year with support from China as he is set to visit Beijing this week for the Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) which could bear fruits for his plans for infrastractual development. t is believed that with the joint efforts by China and […]
Malawi Police in Karonga have nabbed five people for issuing threats to Chinese contractors working on the Karonga-Songwe road after the Malawians were sacked from their jobs for stealing diesel and cement from the contractors. Police say the five have since been charged with theft. Minister of Transport and Public Works Jappie Mhango who went […]
President Arthur Peter Mutharika has commissioned a project dubbed Access to Satellite TV for 500 Malawian Villages which will see some households in rural areas being connected to satellite television and says he wants rural communities to join urban counterparts in digital migration to enjoy access to information. The project being financed by the Peoples […]