Malawi on Tuesday joined the rest of the world in commemorating the Labour Day which falls on the first day of May every year. Speaking during the celebrations, President Joyce Banda said her administration “values the contributions of all the workers in this country both past and present.” The celebrations in Blantyre, whose theme was […]
Youths in Malawi have been assured of government’s commitment towards efforts that seeks to bail them out of the labyrinth of challenges they are currently facing which among them is unemployment. Statistics show that 85 percent of the country’s youths are unemployed. Economic Planning minister Ralph Pachalo Jooma and his counterpart from Trade and Industry […]
Speaker of Malawi Parliament Henry Chimunthu Banda has called on youths in the country to have a spirit of entrepreneurship for them to be self- employed. Chimunthu Banda made the call Monday during commemoration of Commonwealth Day at Katoto Secondary School in Mzuzu. The theme for this year’s commemoration was ‘Opportunity through entrepreneurship’. He explained […]
A labour expert with vast experience in labour migration, University of Malawi (UNIMA) professor Wiseman Chijere Chirwa has examined President Joyce Banda’s job creation initiative that will see 1000 youths in the country going to South Korea to be equipped with agricultural skills. According to President Banda, who launched the initiative on Friday, it is […]
President Joyce Banda on Friday launched the youth job creation initiative that will see 1000 youths in the country going to South Korea to be equipped with agricultural skills. The launch which took place at Kamuzu Palace’s grand marquee, Lilongwe is set to promote young men and women aged of 19 – 25 to be […]
By Thom Chiumia, Nyasa Times Australian uranium miner Paladin Energy would restructure the mining operations at Kayelekera in Karonga that would result in the retrenchment of 110 employees. The miner confirmed to Nyasa Times when asked about the job cuts. Paladin international affairs General Manager Greg Walker told Nyasa Times: “We have reviewed staff numbers and […]
Vice President Khumbo Kachali has emphasized the need for Malawi to adopt and implement the employment and labour policy if the country’s economy is to be stabilized. The Vice President said this on Monday in Lilongwe when he opened a two-day high level national policy dialogue workshop. He said in any country, the labour force […]
Management of a professional consulting and business development service provider in Malawi, Business Consult Africa (BCA) on Thursday launched a five-year entrepreneurship revolution which aims to reduce unemployment problems facing the country. BCA managing director Henry Kachaje told those attending the launching ceremony at Comesa Hall in the commercial capital Blantyre that during the period […]
The Ministry of Trade and Industry on Monday stressed the need for the private sector to play its rightful role, saying the sector was crucial to poverty eradication efforts. Secretary for Trade and Industry, Nebert Nyirenda, said the important role of the private sector in realizing government’s mission of eradicating poverty could not be overemphasized. […]
A Malawian man masquerading as director of a non-existent organisation has been handed seven years of jail term by the court for indecently assaulting young women job seekers. The 54-year-old man is reported to have been going around the country deceiving young jobless women that he would offer them employment at his organisation only to […]
Poverty remains high in the country and therefore it needs serious handling, Minister of Economic Planning and Development Atupele Austin Muluzi has noted. Muluzi speaking in Lilongwe when he presented the results of the third Integrated Household Survey (IHS3) conducted by the National Statistical Office (NSO) from March 2010 to March 2011, said poverty levels among […]
Experts have disagreed with Malawi government figures that put the country’s unemployment rate at 3 percent margin. In a published report in Business Times midweek publication, the country’s medium term development strategy, the Malawi Growth Development Strategy (MDGS II) put Malawi among the fastest developing countries in the world with low unemployment levels like Singapore, Austria, Switzerland, […]
Government of Malawi has lined up a mega employment plan that would see over 30,000 youths between the age of 18 and 30 joining the civil service from July 1st 2012, Nyasa Times can reveal. According to highly placed sources, the plan will drastically reduce the high levels of unemployment in the country which has […]
Malawi presidential aspirant, Machinga north east MP Atupele Muluzi, has explained his job creation proposals as one of the solutions to the economic problems the country is currently facing. Responding to President Bingu Wa Mutharika’s State Opening of Parliament, the 33-year-old son of former president Bakili Muluzi, offered some solutions. He gave an interview with […]
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved $41 million funding to improve the employment prospects of graduates and students in Malawi through training and skills development. The financing, the AfDB said is to support efforts of the Malawian government in improving the quality and relevance of skills for job creation. The main beneficiaries of the […]