The Malawi Government through its Washington D.C. Embassy and New York Mission, will engage with the UN- and D.C.-based Malawi Diaspora, in two high level consultative meetings to be hosted by Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Professor Emmanuel Fabiano in New York this Sunday and next week. According to a communique from the Malawi Embassy in Washington, […]
Renown Malawian hip hop artist Jay Bee left the country six years ago for the United States, since then very little has been heard about him musically back home but the rapper says he is still making gains and recording songs. Jay Bee real name Alberto Zacharias, established himself as one of the passionate local […]
US based RnB singer Maskal returns to active music with a new record titled ‘Maria’. Maria features GD, the one half of the Hip Hop duo Daredevils. Maskal has been on hiatus for over a year and some months. His last release was in 2015. Speaking in an interview with Nyasa Times from the United […]
Malawian national Francis Msonthi, 47, in United States, Montgomery County, was arrested after he allegedly assaulted his wife in their car and then tried to keep her from leaving until bystanders intervened, according to the Annapolis Police Department. The confrontation happened about 3:40 p.m. Sunday in the unit block of Market Space. According to Annapolis […]
A snippet of what went down at the Big D Big Night event in Dallas Texas last Saturday. One of the patrons that attended had this to say: “Zani Challe is a breath of fresh air, and Tay Grin proved once again why he is known as the Nyau King” This Saturday July 8, the […]
Continuing on his world tour, fresh from his performance at the Secret Summer Solstice festival in Iceland, where he shared the stage with the likes of Rick Ross and Big Sean, Malawian rapper Tay Grin is off to America for performances in Dallas, Texas, and South Bend, Indiana. The Nyau King is joined by Malawi’s […]
Wealth tends to create more wealth, but a rich background is not the only way to the top. Chawezi Sibongile Banda, daughter of Malawi’s former Finance Minister, the late Aleke Kadonamphani Banda, may have born with a silver spoon in her mouth but she started out her own journey from being ‘dirt poor’ to a […]
US-based Malawian student MacRester Zacarias has a charity project called ‘A is for Africa’ aimed at raising funds to help underprivileged children in Malawi with tuition fees and other school accessories. The link of his post on gofundme.com is also on Facebook that says so far 18 children have been helped since the project was […]
Malawians living in the United States have welcomed President Peter Mutharika’s order to Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Samuel Tembenu to draft new dual citizenship legislation, saying it is a step in the right direction which could see them contributing towards the growth of the country’s economy. Malawians in Texas Organisation (Mito) and Malawians […]
A Malawian academic, Prof Paul Tiyambe Zeleza has been appointed Vice Chancellor of the United States International University-Africa (USIU-A), with effect from January 1 2016. According to a statement from the institution’s Board of Trustees, Zeleza’s appointment was made Wednesday after a rigorous, extensive recruitment process which kicked off a few months Zeleza, who was also […]
A group of Malawians livining in United States of America have launched Zambezi Equipment and Cargo Services, a new venture that sources household, farm, trucking and small business equipment and provides highly discounted inexpensive shipping options by consolidating cargo destined to Central Africa with emphasis on Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. In the US, cargo shipping […]
The Malawi Washington Association (MWA) is inviting Malawians who reside in the United States and those that can travel to come to Washington DC for Malawi Independence day celebrations which mark 51 years since Malawi’s independence. The Celebrations will start Friday 3rd with a Family Picnic at Valley Mill Special Park in Silver Spring Maryland. […]
A US-based Malawian university lecturer Dr. Zipangani Vokhiwa, who is an associate professor of science in Mercer University’s Penfield College, has been named to the board of the Georgia Chapter of the Fulbright Association. In a statement made available to Nyasa Times , Dean of Penfield College Dr. Priscilla Danheise says he is delighted that […]
Concerned with the plight of their country men and women who were recently affected by devastating floods, Malawians living in the Washington DC area in the United States of America and their Southern African counterparts recently organized a fundraising cocktail night in aid of the flood victims. The event which took place at Avante Garde […]
President Peter Mutharika has told Malawians living in the United States of America (USA) that his government has expanded the hunt for cash-gate suspects in Malawi by shifting personnel around and increasing resources to accountability institutions and law enforcement agencies. During a meeting with them which was held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New […]
President Peter Mutharika has assured Malawians in Diaspora that their request to be allowed to hold dual citizenship would be looked into so that the National Assembly can debate and agree on such laws. The President was speaking on Thursday when he interacted with Malawians living in the United States of America in Washington DC, […]
Diaspora Malawians in United States of America (USA) will on Friday July 4th join native Americans countrywide in celebrating the Independence Day, but for them it will be a double header as it be a day on which they kick-start the carousing hooked on the commemoration of Malawi’s Golden Jubilee celebrations. On this day, while the […]
Malawi’s Afro-Soul Gospel musician, Lawi and Afro-R&B singer Maskal will headline a big party organised by Malawian community in Washing DC in commemorating Malawi’s 50th independence. One of the organisers Eddie Naming’ona told Nyasa Times that the celebrations will run from July 4 to the actual Independence Day July 6. The event will be held […]