Communities in Malawi’s northern district of Nkhata Bay are up in arms against the country’s Ministry of Education following a K314 million (US$762 136) school project which was earmarked for the district and despite being approved in 2010, the project has not yet started. The communities suspect that funds for the construction project at St. […]
Four delegates from Malawi’s Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Development led by Minister Sidik Mia are in Mozambique to discuss with authorities of the most strategic country in the entire Nsanje world inland Port which has been unused since it was launched in October 2011. This is the 11th of joint technical meeting on Shire […]
Malawi is finalising a review of the concession of the country’s rail operator, Central East African Railways (CEAR), to ensure the company, which has incorporated Brazilian mining giant Vale Emirates as a major shareholder, is entirely responsible for the operation, maintenance and development of the railway network in the country. Malawi Privatisation Commission CEO Jimmy Lipunga says […]
Malawi’s Minister of Transport Sidick Mia has said government has signed a $1 billion deal with Brazil’s Vale for the construction and rehabilitation of a rail line that will transport 18 million tonnes of coal from Mozambique. Vale Logistics, a subsidiary of mining giant Vale, will build a new 138.5 km (86 mile) line from […]
The long awaited rail rehabilitation deal signed by the government of Malawi and new owner of Central East African Railways (Cear) would see the country’s good now going and coming by rail using Beira port. The government put pen to paper on Thursday in Lilongwe with Vale Mining of Brazil that to reconstruct the rail-line […]