Malawi’s top envoy to Japan Major General Reuben Ngwenya has disclosed that he has secured K74 million from the government of Japan meant for the victims of Malawi’s unprecedented floods that has left 176 people dead, hundreds of people still missing and over 200,000 people displaced and in urgent need for assistance especially in most […]
Japanese Ambassador Shuichikiro Nioshioka has appealed to Malawi to groom athletes in judo for 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games. Ambassador Nioshioka made the appeal on the sidelines of a donation of sports equipment to Judo Association of Malawi on Tuesday in Lilongwe. He said Japanese Prime Minister Abe has launched programme to promote sports among the youths. […]
The Japanese Government has handed over to Malawi Government six Community Day Secondary Schools (CDSS) which it re-constructed and expanded at a cost of K 4.3 billion. The six schools namely Matenje CDSS in Salima, Mkwichi CDSS in Lilongwe,Liwalazi CDSS in Nkhotakota, Zolozo CDSS in Mzuzu, Mpamba CDSS in Nkhata-bay and Izondweni CDSS in Mzimba […]
The Government of Japan has promised to continue investing in the country’s education sector through construction of school blocks, girl’s hostels and science laboratories. Japanese Ambassador to Malawi, Shuichiro Nishioka revealed Wednesday on his government’s plans to construct 9 more school blocks for both primary and secondary school in the years 2014-2016 when handing over […]
Mzuzu City Council, which has come under a barrage of criticism from the City’s residents for its failure and lack of capacity to quench a blazing inferno, which on Sunday night razed Mzuzu Market for the second time—destroying assorted merchandise worthy millions of Kwacha’s—can now afford a sigh of relief, thanks to the resourceful Malawi […]
Malawians who buy Japanese cars on the internet can now afford a sigh of relief as they will soon not be subjected to forex burdens in order to transact their business, thanks to Malawi government through its Ambassador to Japan Reuben Ngwenya, for striking a deal to have Be Forward, a leading Japanese Car Exporter […]
The continued upsurge in violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and other countries in central and east Africa has prompted up to 400 refugee arrivals in the country each month, pushing the population of Dzaleka refugee camp to its highest level in 10 years. This was noted when the Japanese Ambassador to Malawi […]
President Joyce Banda has rewarded People’s Party (PP) deputy administrative secretary, Joseph Chikwemba with a position at the country’s Embassy in Japan weeks after he failed in party’s Zomba Central constituency primary elections. This was disclosed during the hearing of Chikwemba’s extortion case against Malawi Voice online journalist Justice Mponda on Tuesday. One of the […]
The newly appointed Japanese Ambassador, Shuichiro Nishioka, who presented his Letters of Credence to President Joyce Banda at Kamuzu Palace, Lilongwe, on Monday, pledged his government’s continued support to Malawi. Nishioka told journalists after meeting President Banda that he was proud to have finally presented his Letters of Credence to the Malawi leader and that […]
President Joyce Banda has met Malawians working and studying in Japan and Japanese who once worked and lived in Malawi at a reception organized by the Malawi Mission in Japan at PIA Yokohama. Banda encouraged the Malawians to be genuine Malawi ambassadors in Japan by being disciplined and hardworking. She also briefed the Malawians on the […]
President Joyce Banda has challenged women on the African continent to use her personal story as a source of inspiration to overcome the obstacles that inhibit progress in their lives. President Banda was presenting a Keynote Address—The Rise of Women in Malawi and on the African Continent—Our Time is Now—at a high-level International Symposium on […]
Malawian President Joyce Banda, on Friday held bilateral discussions with the President of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Akihiko Tanaka at the Intercontinental Yokohoma Hotel and witnessed the signing of a Grant Agreement where Japan will start constructing a multi-million Kwacha state-of-the-art Teachers’ Training College (TTC) for secondary school teachers in Lilongwe. Minister of Economic […]
President Joyce Banda, who is in Yokohama, Japan, to attend the TICAD V, on Friday held bilateral discussions with the Executive Director of Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC), Hideyuki Ueda and members of his delegation. The President was accompanied by Industry and Trade Minister Sosten Gwengwe and PS for Industry and Trade […]
Malawi President Joyce Banda on Thursday arrived in Yokohama, Japan, where she will join other African Heads of State and Government attending the Fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) to be held in Yokohama from June 1 to 3, 2013. This will be the fifth TICAD after the TICAD I (1993); TICAD II […]
Malawi’s President Joyce Banda has decide that her entourage on foreign presidential engagements should now be including members of the private media to enable them service their own audience. President Banda has taken the unprecedented decision to deliver on her commitment of ensuring that the media in Malawi should be an integral partner in the […]
President Joyce Banda on Tuesday left Ethiopia after attending the 21 session of the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and is now heading to Tokyo, Japan where she is expected to attend the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD.) The African Summit coincided with the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Organization of African […]
President Joyce Banda leaves the country for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to attend the African Union Summit and will proceed to Tokyo, Japan for the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD). Presidential press secretary, Steve Nhlane, said in a statement that the President will join fellow African Heads of State and Government at the 21st […]
The Japanese Government has extended an invitation to Malawi President Mrs. Joyce Banda to attend the fifth Tokyo International Conference of African Development (TICAD V) which will be held in Yokohama from June 1 to June 3 this year. Speaking to Malawi News Agency (Mana) on Friday after he extended the invitation to the president […]