Your Excellency, Please permit me to congratulate you on becoming Malawi’s president. I also wish to condole with you, and with your Malawian people, for the manner in which this position was made available to you. Your appointment to the office of Vice-President was thanks almost entirely to the late Bingu wa Mutharika. Your elevation to the Presidency […]
The British Department for International Development (DfID) says it has decided to withdraw £50,000 from the Energy Server Light bulb Programme following the unexpected revocation of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Government of Malawi and the Consumer Association of Malawi (CAMA). CAMA was selected by the Government to prepare and implement a marketing […]
A delegation of six members from cross-party grouping of parliamentarians from all major parties in the UK, International Development Committee (IDC), will visit Malawi from 12-14th March to review the fragile situation in the country. The six MPs to visit Malawi, will be led by Liberal Democrats MP, Malcolm Bruce, Chair of the Committee and they are expected to meet Cabinet ministers, […]
Britain’s Department for International Development (DfID) head in Malawi, Sarah Sanyahumbi, has added her voice to the chorus that the zero-deficit national budget has been a disaster that has resulted in economic hardships for the majority of Malawians. But Minister of Finance Ken Lipenga presenting a Mid-Year Review of the Budget in parliament on Friday, […]
A group of over 50 people from different Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO’s) have started a long week training in Blantyre on how to use analysis of scorecards initiative (Kalondolondo project) funded. Speaking to Nyasa Times at the end of the first day session at Dorvic Hotel, the facilitator of the workshop Jephter Mwanza from Plan Malawi […]
The Governments of the United Kingdom, Norway, and Germany are pleased to announce a grant of $33 million for emergency procurement of selected essential primary health care medicines and supplies for Malawi to supplement the Government of Malawi’s purchases over a period of 18 months. The United Nation in Malawi say the project is a […]
While the Malawi government continues to play down the fact that it its broke, Nyasa Times investigations can reveal that some World Bank and Department for International Development (DFID) funded projects have stalled for the past 3 months due to non payment of funds to consultants and contractors by the treasury following aid freeze. According […]
By Nyasa Times Reporter UK Department for International Development (DFID) in Malawi has a new Head of Office, Sarah Sanyahumbi, who succeeds Gwen Hines and assumes her duties on Monday. According to a statement from DFID, Sanyahumbi is an experienced Senior Civil Servant with over 17 years working in development, primarily in Asia. “I am […]