UNDP Malawi in partnership Royal Norwegian Embassy in Lilongwe, Malawi are supporting a Market Test that aims to support 10 to 12 emerging entrepreneurs with financial and technical assistance to scale up their ventures. These entrepreneurs stand a chance of winning up to $40 000. The programme, called Growth Accelerator will be implemented by Malawi’s […]
Government officials, Party Secretary Generals and the civil society organizations on Monday started a three day collaborative leadership and dialogue (CLD) training to enhance collaboration amongst them as the country approaches the 2019 tripartite elections. The training seeks to equip stakeholders with skills of dialogue and collaboration to effectively handle challenges that may arise during […]
Though it takes decades for a least developed country to graduate to a middle earner country, Malawi has potential to improve her status through diversification of its energy sources and enhance sustainable development in the country. This was revealed during a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)’s presentation of the 2017 Least Developed Countries (LDC) Report […]
About 20,000 households to will access clean and safe drinking water through an innovative Household Water Treatment and Storage product that’s being produced by Arkay Plastics Limited and SAFI with financial support from UK AID and UNDP through the Malawi Innovation Challenge Fund (MICF). The product, which was launched earlier this week in Blantyre, can […]
Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security Grace Chiumia has said the government has asked for extra funding from UNDP to increase the daily allowance for those working for the national identity registration. Chiumia told parliament on Thursday that the government would like to increase the daily allowance from the current K10, 000 per day to K20, […]
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched the flagship 2016 global human development report under the theme: “Human development for everyone” which has ranked Malawi 170 out of the 188 countries in the world a clear indication that more work needs to be done. According to the report, more Malawians continue to live in acute poverty […]
Malawi has made “slight” improvement in its Human Development Index ranking over the previous year and ranks 170 among the 188 countries surveyed for human development, a new UN report has said. The report, released annually by the United Nations Development Programme, indicates that Malawi’s Human Development Index (HDI)—a composite index of life expectancy, education and income—improved […]
Malawi is not among the countries to 48 countries designated by the United Nations as Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to graduate from the LDC category by 2025 a report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development(UNCTAD) has indicated. The report entitled; the path to graduation and beyond: making the most of the process […]
The office of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Malawi has warned Malawians against bogus adverts circulating on various social media. According to a statement issued on Thursday, there is a bogus advert circulating on the social media indicating that UNDP wishes to recruit Food Security Enumerators. “The UNDP in Malawi wishes to categorically […]
United Nations resident cordinator in Malawi, Mia Seppo has said the country’s development path is not sustainable and has called for a collective and compassionate leadership across all sectors of the society at a time of social economic challenges. Seppo was speaking during the opening of the two day Public Affairs Committee (PAC) 5th All […]
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Tuesday 9th February, 2016 launched a Human Development Report (HDR) in Malawi at a function held at the Bingu International Conference Centre (BICC) in the Capital Lilongwe. Initially, the Human Develoment Report- was officially launched in December last year on global level under the theme ‘Work for Human Development’ […]
Senior Chief Chikumbu of Mulanje has noted that Malawi progress has been stifled by the rising tide of corruption in both the public and private sector. She noted during the International Anti Corruption Day held in Mulanje on Thursday that corruption amounts to nothing more than greed and that it deprives communities of much needed […]
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has placed Malawi on 170th position out of 187 countries in dealing decisively with gender based violence despite huge sums of money injected in the programme to fight the vice. The 2015 UNDP report means that Malawi has to do more to deal with gender based as the report shockingly […]
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Administrator, Hellen Clark, will visit Malawi for three days beginning on Monday to assess the aftermath of the floods which caused widespread destruction and displaced thousands of people. .According to a statement from UNDP Malawi Office on Sunday, Clark will meet President Peter Mutharika to discuss the UN’s support […]
Malawi’s former President Joyce Banda has said the serious challenges women face, especially in the developing countries, include being caught up in the vicious cycle of poverty resulting from lack of income, education, poor health, maternal mortality and HIV/aids, among others. Banda made the remarks during a high-level interactive panel ‘armchair discussion’ in Buenos Aires […]
Former President of the Republic of Malawi Dr. Joyce Banda delivered a keynote address at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Africa Retreat in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Monday, February 24, 2015. UNDP recently went through a corporate restructuring exercise resulting in the regionalization of its assets and capacities. Now the staff and capacities for […]
Most of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) have failed to meet most of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), says a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report. The LDCs are a group of 48 nations, most in Sub-Saharan Africa, which have been recognized by the UN as requiring transformative economic change to lift their peoples from […]
Vice President Saulos Chilima has said conflicts were a threat to peace as were political conflicts and should be treated with equal prominence. Chilima was speaking on Saturday in Lilongwe during national prayers to mark the commemoration of the United Nations (UN) International Day of Peace. “I have noted with concern that political conflicts are […]