Malawi is on the brink of a digital identity revolution, with the government confirming it will launch the long-awaited Nzika Digital ID wallet next week — seven months after President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika ordered officials to bring the country’s identity system into the digital age. The groundbreaking initiative will allow citizens to carry a […]
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Malawi’s integrated mobile network and ICT service provider TNM Plc, is proud to announce expansion of its mobile money payments service, Mpamba into terrestrial television subscription services with Kiliye Kiliye or Clear Digital TV. Kiliye Kiliye TV—run by the Malawi Government-owned Digital Broadcast Network Limited (MDBNL)—becomes the fourth television subscription plan to be successfully integrated on the […]
Information and Communications Technology Minister, Henry Mussa, Thursday toured Malawi Digital Broadcasting Network Limited (MDBNL), and said was impressed with the work the institution does to promote digital broadcasting. Mussa urged MDBNL staff to continue working hard so that they deliver the best services to Malawians. “We switched from analogue to digital as many countries […]
Malawi Digital Broadcasting Network Limited (MDBNL) popularly known as Kiliye Kiliye television has introduced a pay service of K6000 (US$40) as subscription fee per month to its viewers in order to view foreign entertainment content which it has acquired. Director of Marketing and Public Relations, John Mchilikizo said Friday that the company has reached at […]
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 […]
The Media, Information and Communication Committee has disclosed that it is impressed with the progress made on the implementation of the National Fiber Backbone Project. Samuel Kawale, who chairs the committee, made these observations in Dowa when the committee toured some transmitting sites organized by the Malawi Digital Broadcast Network Limited (MBDNL). Kawale, who is […]
People of Malawi’s northern border district Karonga will for the first time, start watching all local television channels following the installation of a digital transmitter in the district Tuesday. Paramount Chief Kyungu of Karonga has since hailed the government for the development, saying it was overdue. The Chief made the sentiments after the Minister of […]
Minister of Information, Communications, Technology and Civic Education, Patricia Kaliati, has asked officials from Department of Civic Education to intensify awareness on digital migration ahead of the switch off from analogue to digital broadcasting in Mzuzu and its surrounding areas. Malawi has migrated from analogue to digital broadcasting and Mzuzu will be the first to […]
Following the analogue switch off being implemented in phases, Television viewers in Mzuzu and the surrounding areas will not be able to watch any local television channel using analogue equipment starting from the 1st of July, 2016, Ministry of Information, Tourism and Civic Education has disclosed. This development has also coincided with the launch of […]
Government says there is need for concerted effort and collaboration among all stakeholders, including content providers and the private sector in various aspects to ensure effective implementation of the migration process. Speaking at the official opening of a one-day training of Television Installers and Postal Staff at Lingadzi Inn in Lilongwe Acting Chief Executive Officer […]
Malawi is among five countries in the Southern Africa Development Cooperation (SADC) region that beat the 17th June 2015 International Telecommunications Union deadline to migrate to Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) broadcasting. Other countries are Mauritius, Namibia, the United Republic of Tanzania and Zambia. SADC Executive Secretary Dr Stergomena Lawrence tax said this in her remarks […]
Malawi government has further reduced the price of Set Top Boxes (STBs)—hours after rolling out the digital television transmission—to enable more people have access to the gadgets. The STB gadget has been reduced from K20,000 to K15,000. The initial price was K25,000. Minister of Information, Tourism and Culture, Kondwani Nankhumwa said the Digital Terrestrial Transmission […]
Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Tourism and Culture Chimwemwe Banda has described the progress in meeting global analogue terrestrial television switch off date as a mixed bag. She said others have migrated while others have not. Speaking in Mangochi during an official opening of the Eighth Southern Africa Development Community (Sadc) Digital Terrestrial […]
Following the switching on of the Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting Second Generation (DVB-T2) network, the Malawi Government is inviting interested potential suppliers to submit bids for the supply and delivery of set top boxes. The US$5 millionworth DVB-T2 was switched on December 31st, 2013 in Lilongwe by the Vice President Khumbo Kachali but was turned […]
Malawi Government has turned off the newly integrated Digital Broadcasting Network following failure by television broadcasters to subscribe for operational signals. Digital Broadcasting Network Services coordinator in the Ministry of Information and Civic Education Denis Chirwa confirmed the switch off. The $5 million-worth Digitial Broadcasting Network has been operational just for a week after Vice-President […]
Malawi has switched from analogue to digital terrestrial television with Vice-President Khumbo Kachali challenging broadcasters to produce adequate and high quality programmes for their audiences. The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has set a global deadline of 15 June 2015 for the migration from analogue to digital terrestrial television (DTT) broadcasting. However, the Southern African Development Community […]
Minister of Information and Civic Education Brown Mpinganjira has appealed for measures that would protect the country from becoming an e-waste dumping ground as the country switches by December this year. “Consumers need to be adequately educated on the kind of gadgets they can buy as they switch to the digital platform, as such there […]