Malawian President Peter Mutharika has declared his diplomacy and trade trip to London a success and has said he is set to undertake an State visit to Scotland. Mutharika said in his post on his Instagram page that he had been in London for his participation at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, describing it […]
President Peter Mutharika who left Malawi on Friday – with a stop over in South Africa – on Monday arrived in the United Kingdom (UK) for the 2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2018. UK will host the meeting where leaders will gather in London and Windsor to address the shared global challenges we face […]
President Peter Muthalika is expected to leave the country on Friday to London with a lean delegation for the Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM) summit, Foreign Affairs Minister Emmanuel Fabiano has said. Fabiano told the news conference in the capital Lilongwe on Wednesday that President Muthalika will travel with a lean entourage to the UK trip […]
Malawi’s fairytale run in the netball at the Commonwealth Games is hanging on by a thread, following a one-goal victory over Scotland that went down to the buzzer. Needing a win to stay in medal contention, the African side were ahead 51-49 with 27 seconds left on the clock when the Scots won back possession. […]
Scottish government funding has helped in the training of 20 women in a business mentorship program that will enable them start and manage their small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The programme was made in partnership with First Merchant Bank (FMB) and the Opportunity Bank of Malawi. During a graduation ceremony at Crossroads Hotel in the […]
The main opposition Malawi Congress Party’s (MCP) outspoken Member of Parliament (MP) for Salima North-West constituency, Dr. Jessie Kabwila this week tabled a motion in Scottish Parliament on how to sustain women Parliamentarians seats during elections. The motion aimed at invigorating ideas from Scottish lawmakers on how best Africans female legislators should retain their seats. […]
Leaders of all Scotland’s political parties were dressed in Malawian Chitenjes and shirts, to celebrate the fact there are now 1,000 Scottish organisations with civic links to Malawi, spread across every single constituency of the Scottish Parliament. The political leaders met organisations in their constituency that are linked with Malawi and were dressed by friends […]
Two Malawian trainee surgeons Takondwa Itaye-Kamangira and Wone Banda who work at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi but currently in Scotland for training, are joining a number of their Scots colleagues in a £50,000 fundraising drive to help support future medics from Malawi by going on a 51-mile cycle on Saturday. The two […]
Malawi will get £300,000 (K285 million) from the Scottish Government to be used for training psychiatrists in the country. Several students will undertake a four-year psychiatry course at Malawi’s College of Medicine and South Africa’s University of Cape Town. Upon finishing the course, the students will be practising in the country’s hospitals which currently have […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika personally welcomed to his official Kamuzu Palace a UK cabinet minister and Secretary of State for Scotland, David Mundell – the first openly gay man to serve in a Conservative government. The 53-year-old MP, a divorcee with three grown up children, came out as a homosexual this year describing his decision to acknowledge […]
The Secretary of State for Scotland, David Mundell, will make a three-day visit to Malawi from 16th to 18th February 2016 to meet staff and partner organisations working to deliver the £80m Aid development programme, including those involved in providing the humanitarian response to Malawi’s current maize shortage. According to a statement from British High […]
Government of Scotland says it is set to market investment opportunities that exist in Malawi to Scottish companies. Minister for External Affairs and International Development Humza Yousaf was speaking at Kamuzu Palace in Malawi’s Capital Lilongwe during his meeting with President Peter Mutharika. The Scottish Minister said his visit seeks to cement cordial relationship that exists […]
Former President Bakili Muluzi’s 26-year-old son, Zake, is Scotland’s third strongest man following a recent competition and the young man, knick-named “Malawi’s Monster” is now eying World Strongest Man feat. In an interview with Malawi News Agency (Mana) via email, Muluzi, who lives in Inverness in the highlands of Scotland, said he emerged from 16 […]
Scotland’s former First Minister Lord Jack McConnel has hailed the existing coordial relationship between Malawi and Scotland which dates back around 150 years ago when a Scottish Missionary Dr David Livingstone first came to the then Nyasaland. He signed a co-operation agreement between Scotland and Malawi in 2005, and continues to be a regular visitor […]
Principal Secretary in the ministry of education science and technology responsible for higher education Charles Msosa has warned against the abuse of £9 million Scottish aid. Msosa was speaking in Lilongwe during the 2015 National Symposium for Scottish Government Malawi Grant Partners. The Scottish Government has invested more than £37 million over the last decade in […]
The Scottish government will provide more than £9 million in funding to projects aimed at helping poor people in Malawi. International Development Minister Humza Yousaf has announced that total of £9,245,384 is being made available over the next three years which will help projects working to improve health education, economic development and renewable energy in […]
The Scottish Government has announced £150,000 to support the current humanitarian crisis caused by severe flooding in Malawi. The Minister for Europe and International Development Humza Yousaf on Friday met with the Scotland Malawi Partnership and pledged £30,000 for the organisation to support its members to deliver local aid to communities in Malawi. An additional […]
Scotland’s richest woman, Ann Gloag, has donated £1 million aiming to improve healthcare in Malawi . The Scottish tycoon gave the money to St Andrews University’s new Global Health Implementation programme. Gloag, co-founder of transport company Stagecoach and former Businesswoman of the Year, announced the funding package on Tuesday. The Global Health Implementation initiative is a […]