First Merchant Bank says it will next week start retrenching some members of staff after it closes two of its branches and merge some of them in what the bank says business rationalization. In a statement, the bank says all those who will lose their jobs will receive their retrenchment packages. “First Merchant Bank wants […]
Malawians have taken up to social media to critique President Peter Mutharika for suggesting that it was impossible to create one million jobs in Malawi in a year. State Vice-President Saulos Chilima , who is leading the newly established United Transformation Movement (UTM), has said he would create one million jobs once voted into power. […]
University of Malawi political analyst Henry Chingaipe has hailed the job creation policy on Vice-President Saulos Chilima’s 12-point plan which he said he would implement if elected president in next year’s tripartite elections. Chilima unveiled his 12-point plan on Saturday at Masintha Ground in Lilongwe where he officially launched United Transformation Movement (UTM). Among others, […]
Lilongwe based youthful entrepreneur Joshua Mwendo has urged the country’s youth to embrace entrepreneurship, saying it is only weapon to end the alarming levels of unemployment hitting the country where many victims are young people thereby lowering crime and poverty levels. Mwendo trades under Joshua Mwendo PR and Marketing Company which focuses on Public relations Management, Web designing, […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) vice president Muhammad Sidik Mia has promised that his party will shake up things when elected to govern in 2019 for effective in service delivery and job creation is on the top priority. He said this when he distributed MCP clothes to students who study close to MCP offices at Chichiri in Blantyre on […]
The opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has criticised government for the newly-created youth internship and tree planting initiatives announced in the proposed K1.504 trillion 2018/19 National Budget. Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe announced a K4.8 billion allocation to the Youth Internship Programme designed to recruit 5 000 youths aged between 18 and 30, […]
A civil society leader has described as politicking the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) assertion that the administration is set to create up to 17000 jobs this year. Countless down-and-out young jobseekers, particularly rural dwellers, are drifting from town to town scouring for work as labourers or ‘ganyu’ as the unemployment crisis knocks them further […]
Minister of Labour, Youth, Sports and Manpower Development, Francis Kasaila has said government will create over 17, 000 jobs for the youth with support from the African Development Bank as one way of empowering the youth to actively participate in national development activities. Kasaila disclosed this Saturday at Milonga Community Technical College in Thyolo when […]
Government has come in the open to acknowledge the high unemployment rate among the youth in the country. The sentiments were made by the minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism, Henry Mussa during a conference for the Malawi Growth Accelerator Market Test project at the UNDP offices in Lilongwe on Thursday. Mussa said it is […]
Government said it is committed to creating decent and sustainable jobs for youth of poor and marginalized communities as a way to the poverty alleviation efforts in the country. Ministry of Labour, Youth, Sports and Manpower Development, Francis Kasaila made remarks Wednesday during discussion on employment promotion in Malawi breakfast meeting at Bingu International Convention […]
Lilongwe based Souls Savers church pastor Steve Wingolo has advised the newly graduated students from University of Malawi and private institutions to venture into entrepreneurship saying this is the only tool against high rate of unemployment in the country. Recently a bunch of students have made their exit from the university of Malawi Chancellor College, […]
Edukans, an international organisation whose focus is education, has said it is committed to end the youth employment ‘rhetoric’ that has continuously haunted the country. The organisation’s country representative, Limbani Nsapato, said Edukans—which will officially launch in the country later this year—has a number of priority areas including curbing youth unemployment. “Edukans response in Malawi […]
A total of 150 Malawian citizens who were staying in South Africa without proper documents have been deported back to Malawi. Immigration spokesperson at Kamuzu International Airport in Lilongwe, Martin Ngongolo , said the deportees – 148 men and two women – arrived in the country on Monday. “We have currently received 148 Malawians that were deported from South […]
Minister of Labour, Youth, Sports and Manpower Development Francis Kasaila has said government is focusing on providing entrepreneurship skills to enable youths carry out some small-scale businesses rather than providing employment to them. Kasaila said young generation is living in a new economic climate, one that is replacing the older employment model their parents grew up with. […]
The Malawi Government has warned private employment agencies it will take drastic action against those deviating from the Labour Export Guidelines (LEG). The warning comes amid reports that two young Malawian women alleged to be working in Iraq as domestic workers are subjected to harsh working conditions. In a press statement issued on Tuesday, Minister […]
About 300 Malawian citizens have been deported by South Africa for living in the country without proper documents days after Zimbabwe deported 72 Malawians for being illegal immigrants as Centre for Development of the People (Cedep) executive director Gift Trapence has called for curbing high levels of unemployment in the country which he said was […]
Construction of Lilongwe Grand Business Park, a Chinese project worth around K73 billion (100 Million US dollars), would help to create 1500 direct jobs and 2000 indirect job opportunities to youths and other people in Malawi. Member of Parliament for Lilongwe City West Constituency, where the park will be constructed, Aggrey Masi said this Wednesday […]
President Peter Mutharika has pledged to continue providing support to the youths through entrepreneurship trainings and provision of funds to help them venture into business. Mutharika made the pledge when he presided over certificate presentation to the first cohort of the community Technical college graduates at a function that took place at Bingu International Convention […]