Minister of Labour, Manpower Development, Youth and Sports, Francis Kasaila said urged the youth in the country to venture into entrepreneurship and not just wait to secure white collar jobs. Kasaila made the remarks on Friday in Zomba, when he opened the first ever trade fair organized by Center for Free Market Business Enterprise aimed […]
Young people in the country continue to face challenges on the labour market despite them constituting 70 percent of the country’s population hence the need for joint efforts by government and other stakeholders to address it. Acting Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Labour, Youth, Sports and Manpower Development, Joseph Mwandidya, observed this in Lilongwe […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika has called on African countries to invest more in the youth and women if the continent is to have meaningful economic growth. Mutharika made the call while opening the 4th ordinary session of Pan-African Parliament in Johannesburg, South Africa on Monday May 8th, 2017. Mutharika said women constitute almost half of […]
A well known Nigerian pastor, Prophet T.B. Joshua of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) says the illegal migration to Europe and the xenophobic unrests in South Africa by the African youths is as a result of frustration because governments like Malawi and others in Africa have failed to economically empower them. He called […]
A 37-year old Lilongwe man, Asma Mponda, who is hitting it big in the hairdressing business has challenged young people in the country to embrace entrepreneurship, arguing this is not an age where one must waste time hunting for white collar jobs. Mponda, owner of Mponda Salons, told Nyasa Times that there are many opportunities that can […]
When Lamu Port, South Sudan, Ethiopia Transport Corridor Project (LAPSSET) won the prestigious Global Infrastructure Leadership Forum Award in Washington DC on March 10th this year, the project was up against equally critical multi-billion dollar programmes including Mexico City New International airport and Seine-Nord Europe Canal, connecting northern European countries such as Belgium, Germany and […]
President Peter Mutharika Wednesday appealed to all Malawians including graduates to stop looking for jobs but rather create some for themselves. Mutharika made the appeal when he presided over the first congregation of the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) since its deletion from the University of Malawi (UNIMA). About 886 students were […]
With youth unemployment at record levels in Malawi, the capital city Lilongwe on Wednesday witnessed long queue at Golden Peacock Hotel as youths search for jobs. A long winding queue at the hotel, situated just less than a kilometre away from Capital Hill, the seat of government surprised guests to the Chinese run hotel. The […]
Malawi government has warned job seekers in Arab countries to take extra precautionary measures after reports of rampant abuses and in most cases non- payment of salaries by Arab employers. Minister of Foreign Affairs Francis Kasaira said the government has coughed huge sums of money to repatriate to Malawi a family that lived in Kuwait […]
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 […]
The new International Labour Organisation (ILO) country director responsible for Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia has says Youth Employment will be his one of the priority areas of focus for Malawi. Alexio Mushindo the new ILO director for the three countries, currently in Malawi for talks with number of partners and Government officials has been introduced […]
Job seekers in Malawi will soon have an official platform to look and find jobs, equally for employers will know where to find potential candidates. Minister of Labour and Manpower Development Henry Mussa told journalists in Lilongwe that Government would like to end burden that people are facing when searching for employment, as well, to […]
Malawi Government will soon open its Embassy in Geneva, Switzerland, Nyasa Times understands. Government intends to tap into number of opportunities from international institutions headquartered there. Minister of Labour and Manpower Development , Henry Mussa announced on Wednesday in the Capital, City Lilongwe that this follows President Peter Mutharika directive that there has to be permanent office […]
China Ambassador to Malawi, Zhang Qingyang, has said Chinese are not taking jobs for Malawians but are creating employment in the country and contributing to economic development. There have been concerns that Malawi’s open door on Chinese immigration is costing Malawians jobs and also that the Chinese traders are displacing locals. The issue has been […]
Bicycle taxi (kabanza) operators in Mzuzu City have heaped blame on the Malawi Police Service (MPS) in the region for rekindling unemployment following an ongoing operation whose aim is let out bicycles in Mzuzu’s central business district. Several operators who talked to Nyasa Times on Thursday said police were taking too long before “releasing” their bicycles. “They […]
Mzuzu University Biomedical Students Association (MUBSA) has warned it will petition government over a worrisome unemployment rate currently rocking lab technicians and biomedical scientists who have graduated in recent years. MUBSA president Binton Tchuwa threatened unspecified action should government cast a blind ear to their problem. “Government is spending a lot of money training us, […]
A team of medical laboratory sciences graduates from the University of Malawi (Unima) are facing dire unemployment hurdles, with some still gallivanting in the streets eleven months after getting their honours degrees. Nyasa Times has established that the Ministry of Health (MoH) has no posts for the graduates at a time when countries world over […]
Bettie Kawonga says business incubators for diary farmers can provide livelihoods for young people in Malawi, and the World Food Prize agrees Bettie Kawonga, a 31-year-old lecturer and entrepreneur from Malawi, recently won a $150,000 prize for her idea to encourage underemployed young people to become dairy farmers. Her concept is to create business incubation centres that will help […]