Adelaide credits NBM sponsorship for rising standards in Malawi women’s football

Women’s football in Malawi is on the up — and National Women FA president Adelaide Migogo says National Bank of Malawi (NBM) plc’s cash injection deserves the credit. Migogo delivered the praise on Saturday at the launch of season two of the NBM Women’s Premiership League, held at Mpira Stadium in Chiwembe Township, Blantyre, declaring […]

National Bank of Malawi’s K2.3bn football sponsorship kicks off in style

Football-mad fans packed out stadiums across Malawi for a thrilling opening weekend of top-flight women’s football, delighting sponsors who have just ploughed a staggering K2.3 billion into the beautiful game for the 2026/27 season. National Bank of Malawi plc risk and compliance manager Charles Ulaya said bosses were left hugely impressed by both the quality […]

Malawi’s women’s league returns with an eye on the World Cup

After nine months of uncertainty that threatened to stall the momentum of women’s football in Malawi, the National Bank of Malawi (NBM) Women’s Premiership is finally set to return — and this time, with an eye firmly on the global stage. The Football Association of Malawi (Fam) confirmed that the 2026/27 season will kick off […]

Adella hails growing quality of Malawi’s women’s football: ‘We march with power’

Adelaide Migogo, chairperson of the National Women’s Football Committee and leader of Malawi’s delegation at the CAF Women’s Champions League COSAFA Qualifier, has hailed Silver Strikers Ladies’ historic run to the semi-finals as further proof of the rising quality within Malawi’s domestic women’s football league. Speaking after the Bankers thrashed Nsingizini Hotspurs 5-1 to book […]

Taiphula! Malawi erupts as Scorchers book historic WAFCON final spot

The Malawi National Women’s Football Team — the Scorchers — have carved yet another chapter in their fairytale rise, storming into the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) final after a commanding 3–1 victory over Algeria under the Moroccan floodlights on Wednesday night. Malawi began with less possession but far more bite, carving out […]

Nkata blasts ‘loud misogyny’ in Malawi football power structure

Social commentator and former Malawi representative at Big Brother Africa, Fatima Nkata, has weighed in on the ongoing debate surrounding the departure of Women’s Football Association (NWFA) president Adelaide Migogo from Morocco, arguing that the controversy has exposed deeper structural inequalities in the administration of women’s football. In a strongly worded Facebook post, Nkata said […]

‘Adella wasn’t chased away from Morocco!’ FA Malawi clarifies women’s football chief’s Scorchers absence

A social media post has sought to clarify comments about Adelaide Migogo, chair of the National Women’s Football Association, and her departure from Morocco during Malawi’s Women’s Africa Cup of Nations campaign. The post, titled “Setting the record straight, the Adelaide and Scorchers saga,” said Migogo was in Morocco to watch matches up to the […]

Malawi women’s football chief Migogo delivers emotional tribute to Scorchers

The president of the Nationak Women’s Football Committee of Malawi, Adelladie Migogo, has issued an emotional tribute to the Scorchers following their historic qualification for the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup, describing herself as “humbled to tears” and crediting the achievement entirely to God. Taking to Facebook shortly after Malawi’s stunning 2-1 victory over Ghana […]

Women’s national football league in the offing

The National Women’s Football Association (NWFA) has said women’s football clubs in the country will now compete in a national league. This will be a departure or an addition from or to regional leagues orchestrated by the Football Association of Malawi (FAM) and dependence on the Presidential Initiative on Sports (PIS) which has been dangling […]

Women football ex-co member Hellen Chavula dies

Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has announced the death of National Womens Football Association (NWFA) executive committee member Hellen Chavula. According to a brief statement released by FAM, Chavula died on Friday in Mzuzu. “FAM is deeply saddened to inform the football family about the death of National Women’s Football Association Executive Committee Member Hellen […]

Malawi women’s football teams wants body dissolved, organise demo

As one way of showing their anger and passion of the game Malawian local women’s football teams have organised what they call demostrations against National Women’s Football Association (NWFA) which is aimed at forcing Football Association of Malawi (FAM) to dissolve the current NWFA for failing to run women’s football in the country. According to […]

Malawi Womens Football team up 12 places  on Fifa ranking

The Malawi National Senior Womens Football Team has risen twelve places up from 124 to 112 on the latest Fifa Ranking. This is according to the latest Fifa Ranking released on Friday 24th March 2017. Germany is on first position, USA on second while France, England and Canada are on third, fourth and fifth respectively. […]

Women football committee AGM on Sat in Lilongwe

Malawi National Women’s Foootball Committee is set to hold an ordinary session Annual General Meeting at Crossroads Hotel in Lilongwe on Saturday. Malawi National Women’s Foootball Committee president Severia Chalira said the meeting would among other things on the agenda review the progress and development of the game in the year 2015-2016. “Mainly we want to […]

Corporate sponsorship vital to Malawi women football development -Chalira

National Woman Football Committee (NWFC) says absence of corporate sponsorship in women football is hindering the development of the sport in the country, as it has evidently been seen with the lack of participation in tournaments by the national team. The national women football team bounced back from the mashes of hibernation last year with […]

Chalira re-elected chair of Malawi women football league

National Women’s Football League Chairperson Siveria Chalira has won a second mandate to run the affairs of women’s football in the country. Chalira was elected unopposed with women’s football seasoned administrator Catherine Chikandula winning the Vice-Chairperson position with no opposition. Secretary General Lina Mtegha also retained her position unopposed while Winnie Nyondo had a walkover […]

FAM says Malawi women football development on track

The Football Association of Malawi (FAM) says Women Football development in the country is on the right track as more ladies are showing interest to join the game at all levels. FAM General Secretary Suzgo Nyirenda spoke on Monday when he officially opened the first ever Fifa Women Football coaching course at the Chiwembe Technical Centre in […]

Malawian chased Golden Boot award in Sweden

Malawian Sweden-based women’s professional football player Tabitha Chawinga is the top goal scorer for the country’s third tier women football division (Norra Svealand) with a commanding 21 goals lead from the nine games she has played for her team Krokom/Dvarsatts IF. Chawinga, who signed for the Swedish side from DD Sunshine after completing a move in […]

Blantyre Zero are U-20 Fam Cup women football champs

Blantyre Zero on Saturday, December 21, 2013 emerged national champions for the K9 million Fam U-20 Women Football Cup after triumphing during the national finals held at Nankhaka Ground in Lilongwe’s Area 30. The girls from Malawi’s commercial city emerged champions after accumulating the highest number of points during the day-long national finals, which attracted […]