Malawi to move from coupon to biometric system in fertiliser subsidy

Malawi Government will abolish the coupon system of identifying beneficiaries in the Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISIP) and start biometric system, President Peter Mutharika has said. Mutharika in his inaugural speech on Monday in Blantyre said in the next agricultural season, government will introduce a finger print system that will only give opportunity to the […]

Fire guts Malawi Fertiliser Company in Liwonde

A fierce fire believed to have started from an electric fault has destroyed K3 million worth of property at Malawi Fertiliser Company (MFC) in Liwonde early Monday morning. The fire started around 2 am and Zomba City Council firefighters managed to contain it a few hours later. According to Machinga Police publicist Constable Andrew Kingston […]