Renowned business and leadership consultant Henry Kachaje has denied social media allegations that he run away with a K200 million from a village bank, descring the reports as “fake news.” Kachaje in his rebuttal said the fake news could be work of foes bent on jumping any opportunity to destroy his reputation. He, however, said he […]
Fierce government critic Henry Kachaje has taken a different stance from those opposing the construction of two stadia for privately owned commercial football clubs by the government using public money, saying such a “luxurious” spending might make the difference in people’s lives. Writing on his Kacebook wall, Kachaje said Malawians are just too focused on […]
I would like to humbly applaud the State President, Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika for allowing citizens of this country to ask him questions on issues of national interest. Having seen a promotional video clip on the program “Talk to The President” last week, I eagerly waited for days to watch my President respond to the […]
One of Malawi’s reknowned Economic Expert, Entrepreneur and Motivational Speaker Henry Kachaje has revealed that the current excessive power outage the country is experience will have no any significant impact in the outcome of the highly anticipated 2019 Tripartite Elections. The remarks comes at a time Malawians are experiencing the worst ever electricity service delivery. […]
The Economics Association of Malawi (Ecama) on Thursday elected new executive board with Nedbank employee, Chikumbutso Kalilombe taking over the seat of president from economist, Henry Kachaje. The 10 new office bearers were voted in on Thursday during ECAMA’s annual general meeting at Sunbird Nkopola in Mangochi, and are expected to the economics think tank […]
As Malawi grapples with a power crisis partly caused by years of insufficient investment in infrastructure that is heaping more pain on the country already ailing economy, an economist has warned of far more negative implications for the nation if there will be no solution in short term. Every day the nation is experiencing blackout […]
Wiseman Chijere Chirwa, a professor at the University of Malawi’s Chancellor College, said at Public Affairs Committee (PAC) sixth All-Inclusive Stakeholders Conference underway in Blantyre that lack of visionary national leadership and worsening corruption as some of the factors that have worsened poverty while a few elite become richer. Chijere Chirwa said that in order to […]
Renowned economic commentator Henry Kachaje will make a presentation on the impact if corruption on the economy at the major conference in Malawi where a cross-section of Malawians will be discussing the future of the country at a hotel in the commercial capital, Blantyre. The civil rights , religious leaders and academics will meet from Wednesday […]
Malawi’s tax base cannot meet recurrent expenditures and other projects expenditures and government is being advised by economists to crackdown on corruption, ensure transparency and accountability to win back confidence of donors, who are withholding 40% of budgetary support. Government has been pushing the political narrative that the country can survive without donors supporting the […]
Minister of Information and Communications Technologies Nicholas Dausi is under spotlight for trivialising serious government business through his comedy approach during media interviews. The Minister who is government spokesman, speaks on top of his voice using what is called bombastic words in a stand up comedy style. Within two weeks, there have been condemnation through the social media as […]
One of Malawi’s most decorated motivational speakers and economist Henry Kachaje has surprised the nation for pulling out of a youth empowerment conference after learning that South African based man of God, prophet Shephered Bushuri is the main speaker. Nyasa Times understand that Kachaje was previously billed to be the main speaker, but after Bushiri […]
The operational independence of the Malawi’s graft-busting body, Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has considerably been compromised since President Peter Mutharika appointed Lucas Kondowe as Director General of ACB in October 2014 and the bureau has become immaterial, economist Henry Kachaje has observed. Kachaje made the observation in a presentation he made at Public Affairs Committee […]
Commentators and opposition leaders have criticised President Peter Mutharika’s national address as ‘underwhelming’, saying it was lacking in substance to inspire the nation which is facing economic turmoil. Mutharika on Monday made the address on state controlled Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) Radio and Television and outlined measure to boost water and electricity supply, strides his administration […]
The World Bank has said the Malawi economy is expected to grow by 2.6 per cent this year, sharply contradicting Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe’s prediction of five percent. In its annual report of World Economic Monitor entitled ‘Absorbing shocks, building reslience,` the World Bank attributed the slow growth to the […]
Economics Association of Malawi president Henry Kachaje wrote in a certain forum this week that in basic terms, the Extended Credit Facility (ECF)—Supported Programme is like an economic drip that the IMF puts on ‘‘economically sick nations’’ to help them recover. The ECF mainly supports the balance of payments (BOP). It is a form of […]
The Economics Association of Malawi (Ecama) president, Henry Kachaje has taken with pinch of salt reports of a leaked list of names of people the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is allegedly planning to kill for being critical to President Peter Mutharika. For a week also the social media has been awash with copies of […]
President of Economics Association of Malawi (Ecama) Henry Kachaje has called for “radical reforms” in the 2016/17 National Budget while Institute of Chartered Accountants in Malawi (Icam) has urged government to review some tax policies to cushion Malawians from the economic turmoil. In his presentation titled Financing, Transformation and Productivity during the Blantyre leg of […]
During his address at the 51st independence celebrations, President Peter Mutharika unveiled three pillars namely integrity, patriotism and hard work. What is integrity? It is the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness. It is the honesty and truthfulness or accuracy of one’s actions. Integrity can stand in opposition to hypocrisy. […]