Former senior civil servant who joined the private sector Patrick Kabambe has been appointed new chief executive officer for the Public Private Partnership Commission (PPPC) effective February 1 2020. Economist Kabambe served as Principal Secretary (PS) various ministries including at Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Education before he quit in 2016 to join […]
Vice President Dr Saulos Chilima who is also Minister for Public Sector Reforms on Tuesday held a Zoom meeting with management of Malawi’s Public Private Partnership Commission (PPPC), formerly Privatisation Commission (PC), which outlined a number of game changer reforms to improve service delivery. Writing on his Facebook page, Chilima said the PPPC reforms strive […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has appointed a cabinet committee on Public Private Partnership (PPP) which will, among other things, provide high level strategic and policy advice to government, with a view to promote private sector growth. PPP is a contractual relationship in which the private sector is allowed to invest and deliver service in areas that […]
New United States of America (USA) Ambassador to Malawi, Robert Scott said private sector is the engine of growth for every country as such the US government would put emphasis in the promotion of the sector. He said this at Sanjika palace in Blantyre on Tuesday after presenting his letters of credence to President Peter […]
The Privitization Commission of Malawi has changed its name to Public Private Partnership Commission (PPPC). PPPC board chair Alex Chitsime said following the enactment of PPP Act, its projects will be developed in various sectors of the economy including energy, transport and tourism for consideration of government. But when the DPP regime pushed the Public Private […]
Malawi Parliament on Wednesday approved Bill No. 13 of 2011: Public-Private Partnership, which could see the private sector filling gaps in projects that would otherwise be executed by government. Opposition lawmakers criticised the bill as a ploy by the “broke” government to use the private sector in infrastructural development. But Finance Minister Dr Ken Lipenga […]