Malawian software development and technology services company Easy Books has challenged Government, the private sector and individuals to ditch foreign financial management systems for locally developed alternatives, saying continued reliance on imported software is draining millions in scarce foreign exchange. Easy Books Managing Director Fiaso Samson made the call on Tuesday in Lilongwe during the […]
The Malawi Government and Computers for Enhanced Education (CEE) have reaffirmed their commitment to building a digitally skilled workforce, celebrating the successful rollout of a nationwide Code Club Project that has equipped more than 3,600 secondary school learners with practical coding and digital-making skills. Speaking at the Code Club Project Showcase and Awards Ceremony in […]
Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) director general Mayamiko Nkoloma has been awarded a PhD after successfully defending his doctoral thesis at the Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST). His research examined digital health systems in Malawi. Nkoloma is a well-known figure in the country’s technology sector — an entrepreneur and innovator who founded iMoSy, […]
Malawi has largely played the role of a consumer of everything made in the West, including in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) hardware and software. For decades, Malawians have waited upon Japan, United Kingdom, United States of America and China to develop ICT hardware and software for use in offices and homes. In turn, the […]
Powertex Limited, a whollly Malawian-owned leading business brand, has integrated the use of technology in its business by rolling out EasyBooks Accounting Software. EasyBooks Accounting Software is a locally developed multi-award-winning web-based accounting package that can be used both online and offline and is designed to manage financial data for any small and medium institution […]
The Tonse Alliance administration has abandoned the telecentres projects in favour of an initiative called Connect a School Programme to enhance access to information and communications technology (ICT) in schools. Zomba Ntonya member of Parliament Ned Poya (United Democratic Front) asked Minister of Information Gospel Kazako to consider constructing a telecentre at Mayaka Trading Centre […]
Listed National Bank of Malawi (NBM) plc Saturday night awarded innovators in various categories in the ICT Association of Malawi (ICTAM) Innovation Jam awards in Mangochi. Software systems developer Samson Fiado emerged overall winner in the Fintech category with his ‘Easy Books Accounting’, a simple to use and affordable web-based accounting package developed to manage […]
National Bank of Malawi (NBM) plc has challenged the information and communication technology (ICT) entrepreneurs and young innovators to think globally and compete internationally. NBM said it is ready to provide funding to help them realize their dreams of creating socio economic viability for their initiatives which will positively impact on their communities and the […]
Minister of Information Gospel Kazako has said Information Communication Technology (ICT) and innovation are critical drivers and enablers economic transformation. Kazako spoke on Friday morning in Mangochi when he opened the 2020 ICT Association of Malawi (ICTAM) conference. “ICT and innovation move economies towards more productivity and resilience, especially in these hard times when the […]
The Ministry of Health has lost important database that was collected since March this year after the server for the Health Management Information System (HMIS) crashed. A notice from Secretary of Health, Dr. Charles Mwansambo dated October 28, says the HMIS internet platform for the Ministry, which was operating on DHIS2 server, experienced “an incident” […]
Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Gospel Kazako said there was need for proper audit in the ICT sector for the government to know investments and gaps within the sector. He said this Wednesday in Blantyre where he visited Globe Internet to discuss some of the things which is tapping power from the fiber cable […]
National Bank of Malawi (NBM) plc and the ICT Association of Malawi (ICTAM) have made a call for submissions from Innovators for the 2020 Innovation Jam Challenge, results of which will be announced at the Annual ICT Innovations Awards scheduled for 11-12th December 2020. This follows the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between […]
One of the best ways to deal with the development, delivery and maintenance of complex products that are related to the field of software development is the Scrum Master Certification, which is the use of an agile framework not only in the field of software development but also in other fields such as marketing and […]
Minister of Information, Gospel Kazako, on Monday described the country’s National ICT Policy and the Malawi Digital Broadcasting Policy as “myopic” and “counterproductive” saying they limit the growth of local businesses in the sector. The minister observed this at Sunbird Nkopola in Mangochi at the commencement of a four-day review process for the National ICT […]
The coronavirus pandemic has greatly affected business operations in most Malawian companies due to lockdown travel restrictions and the information and communications and technology (ICT) industry was not spared as it relied its skills training from developed world. The situation prompted one of Malawi’s top ICT companies, SPARC Systems Limited to innovate its training programmes […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has given the nod for Malawi to grant the mobile licence for the country’s third mobile operator. Chakwera signaled the nod when he outlined his new administration’s development agenda and lured investors to come to Malawi during a live virtual interview held at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe and hosted by London-based Invest […]
Some civil society organisations (CSOs) have asked government to reduce the cost of information and communication technology (ICT) services, especially Internet and mobile phones in view of the suspension of physical meetings. The call has been made in a statement jointly issued by leaders of Centre for Human Rights and Rehabiliation (CHRR), Youth and Society […]
As you can imagine barcodes are evolving and are being used in more and more ways in todays world, this would explain why we now have 2D and 3D barcodes whereas when barcodes first started being used they were only 1D. 1D barcodes are the normal linear barcodes which are mainly used on products being […]