ICT syllabuses must be relevant, says Minister Botomani

Minister of Information, Civic Education and Communication Technology, Mark Botomani on Thursday challenged universities in the country to develop Information Communication syllabuses that are relevant to the country’s development. He said Malawi Government attaches great importance to ICT development as a catalyst for national economic development, more so where such initiatives target the youth. Botomani […]

Huawei joins Standard Bank Malawi for Be More Race as technology partner

Global ICT and telecoms giant, Huawei, has partnered Standard Bank for this year’s Be More Race finale scheduled for June 15 in Lilongwe. Huawei, renowned globally for manufacturing smart devices for a range of sporting activities such as athletics and aquatic events, has joined the race as a technology partner As part of the partnership, […]

TNM, Huawei in joint donation of K12m medical equipment  to Chikwawa Hospital

As a continuation of  its festive season celebration, Technology partners TNM Plc and Huawei on New Year’s eve cheered the sick at Chikwawa District Hospital and donated medical equipment andassorted food items worth K12 million. This is TNM’s continuation of Festive Season initiative through which the company’s every year share goodies to those in need […]

Huawei Technologies train Malawian University students in China

Huawei Technologies believes Malawian students need to be exposed to emerging Information Communication Technologies (ICT) in order to contribute positively to the sector in the country. Huawei Public Relations Officer (PRO) Leo Liu said this at Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) in Lilongwe when he welcomed six Malawian University students who were in China trained in […]

Parliamentary committee satisfied with National Fiber Backbone Project progress

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 […]

Huawei says Malawi fiber optic backbone project has so far covered four districts: Blantyre, Chiradzulu, Zomba and Machinga

Huawei Technologies, a company implementing the Fiber Optic Backbone Project has started mounting fiber cables on Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi Limited’s (Escom) poles marking the official take off of the long awaited internet connectivity project. So far, the cables have covered a distance of 45 kilometers connecting four districts of Blantyre, Chiradzulu, Zomba and […]

Malawi President Mutharika sternly warns social media abusers

President Prof. Arthur Peter Mutharika has warned individuals abusing social media by insulting others that the law will soon catch up with them. Mutharika was speaking in Tuesday at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe when he summoned a group of Chinese contractors to brief him on progress Malawi’s Optic Fibre Project is making. The group led […]

Huawei partners TNM in #share the food initiative: Donates to Samaritan Trust

As a continuation of its festive season cheer, TNM, in conjunction with Huawei; on Wednesday 21st of December  tookits #Share the Food initiative to Samaritan Trust, an orphan care and skills development centre in Blantyre. The #Share the Food is TNM’s 2016 Festive Season initiative through  which employees from the company’s four regions are sharing […]

TNM, Huawei brings 4 day-long  battery life smart phones to Malawi

Malawi’s integrated mobile network and ICT service provider, TNM in partnership with Huawei is pleased to announce the launch of ‘superior battery life’ Huawei Y6 Pro smart phones that  give  up to 416 hours of standby time and 39 hours of talk time once properly charged. TNM’s  Senior Manager (Consumer  Services) Madalitso Jonazi also said […]

Huawei hails Malawi’s TNM for growth in technology

Huawei has hailed TNM for the newly launched packages that enable customers to enjoy of its 4G/LTE network back bone, which provides faster and dependable mobile internet. Few months ago TNM launched four packages namely 4G/LTE, Video Conferencing, TNM Hotspot, a WIFI service as well Customer Contact Centre and all these are supported by Huawei state […]

Huawei ICT show gives Malawians opportunity to see future of technology

Some Malawians and experts in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) have expressed hope that Huawei Technology’s latest innovations being showcased at Bingu International Conference Centre (BICC), will enable Malawians and service providers move with new trends in the ICT. Huawei Technologies in Malawi, launched on Tuesday evening the Huawei 2016 Malawi ICT Road Show themed ‘Open Roads […]

Huawei offers Malawi ICT scholarships in China’s top universities

Huawei Technologies Company has given Malawi government scholarships that would enable young Malawians to train in areas of Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) at top Universities in the People’s Republic of China. Huawei Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Xu Wenwei disclosed this during an audience with Malawian President Peter Mutharika in Dalian, China on Wednesday. According […]

Huawei exploiting Malawian companies

Barely few days after a Chinese technology company Huawei was threatened with a legal suit from Bengol Construction over delayed payments, the company has been embroiled in another scandal for failing to pay its local Malawian sub contractors, three years after finishing the contracted job. Huawei sub-contracted several Malawian companies in its contract to construct […]

Huawei, ZTE dragged to court for failing to pay Malawian  company

Malawian company, Bengol-Tele Construction Ltd has dragged to court two foreign companies, Huawei Technology Investment and ZTE Corporation for failing to pay about 1.5 million US dollars (about K600 million) after completion of work the two companies subcontracted the latter. The two companies subcontracted Bengol to perform some optical fibre cable installation engineering works in […]

Malawi awards Huawei of China $5m digital migration contract

]Malawi government has offered a $5 million (about K1.7 billion) digital migration contract to a Chinese Company Huawei Technologies to install and commission Malawi’s Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT), Nyasa Times has learnt. Huawei confirmed on their website to have won the contract to install Malawi’s DTT equipment to enable the country to switch to digital […]

President Banda warns traditional birth attendants, ‘use hospitals’

Malawi President Joyce  Banda has urged traditional leaders, communities and all stakeholders to ensure that no woman delivers at traditional birth attendants to avoid maternal deaths which could otherwise be avoided. The President cautioned traditional birth attendants to avoid carrying out deliveries in the communities urging them instead to play the role of referring expectant […]