The $10 Billion Mega-Airport Financing Partnership Between Ethiopian Airlines And African Development Bank Takes Off

(MENAFN- African Press Organization) ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, August 13, 2025/APO Group/ -- Ethiopia's ambition to build a new international airport that will rival some of the world's biggest, took off on Monday with a monumental signing ceremony...

Agroecological market gardening: Benin’s climate-resilient farming solution

Young entrepreneurs from the Agro-Eco Cooperative are bringing fresh energy to market gardening in southern Benin. They have adopted environmentally friendly methods and techniques such as using fertilizer made from ash and animal manure, along...

Sharp Focus on Malawi’s Media Giants: The fear of conducting elections’ opinion polls is a betrayal of democracy

Malawi’s so-called media giants—Blantyre Newspaper Limited (Times TV), Nation Newspaper, Zodiak, and the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC)—claim vast reach and influence, yet when it comes to conducting election opinion polls, they shy away...

MEC declares Lawrence Chaziya as winner for Lilongwe Chilobwe Constituency without a vote

LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has declared Lawrence Chaziya of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) as the duly elected Member of Parliament for the Lilongwe Chilobwe Constituency. This decision follows the nomination...

African Stars vs Chula Chula Available to Corporate Namibia for N$400,000

By: Hee-Dee Walenga Chairperson of the Brave Warriors 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Committee, Tim Ekandjo, announced that African Stars will face off against Eeshoke Chula Chula on 31 August at the Independence Stadium. Currently the most...

Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum  announces keynote speakers for 2025 conference in Cape Town

Africa BADEA, OCP Africa, DCO, City of Cape Town, UNDP and others to headline AWIEF’s 11th flagship event THE Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) has announced a powerful line-up of headline and international speakers for...

World Bank appoints new country director

Nathan Belete THE World Bank Group has appointed Mr Nathan Belete as the new country director for Zimbabwe, Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia. An Ethiopian national and a development professional with over 25 years of work experience across Africa, East...

Time for Kwala move

TANZANIA: GOVERNMENT has made a decision for all institutions that carry out port-related activities to immediately relocate to the Kwala Dry Port, in adherence to President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s directive. The Permanent Secretary (PS) in the...

Democracy on Trial: HRDC Warns Malawians—Your Vote Decides Whether Our Nation Rises or Falls

As Malawi gears up for its September 16 general elections, the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has issued a stark warning: This election is not just about casting ballots; it is a critical test of Malawi’s democratic integrity and national...

Malawi moves to sustain HIV gains

Malawi is bolstering efforts to protect its phenomenal progress in the fight against HIV as sudden donor funding cuts, especially from the United States (US), threaten vital services. Like many countries, Malawi has long relied on support from the...

Taylor Swift’s Company Files New ‘TLOAS’ Trademark Ahead of Album Release

Donald Trump trade tariffs: Country-wise, product-specific taxes. Check full list

U.S. President Donald Trump has launched a global trade war with an array of tariffs that target individual products and countries. Trump has set a baseline tariff of 10 per cent on all imports to the United States, as well as additional duties on...

World Vision Malawi bid farewell to Nkhoma Area Programme, transition into Vision Fund programme

World Vision Malawi has bid farewell to a 20 years Nkhoma Area Programme (AP) which has seen improved access to quality education, potable water, children welfare as well as good nutrition services in the area of Traditional Authority Chitekwele...

Race for inaugural National Bank Women’s Premiership title now in earnest going into Week 4

* Week 4 headline fixture is between 2nd-placed Kukoma Ntopwa and 4th-placed Mighty Wanderers Queens to be played at Mpira Stadium while leaders, Silver are up against Topik Academy on Saturday at Silver Stadium By Duncan Mlanjira Silver Strikers...

Kabambe Bets on K100 Billion Per District to End Malawi’s Economic Woes

As Malawi’s campaign season intensifies, presidential hopefuls are pulling out all the stops — and Dr. Dalitso Kabambe, the United Transformation Movement (UTM) flagbearer, is no exception. Speaking during a whistle-stop tour at Thavite Trading...

OPINION | Malawi Needs Kabambe–Mtumbuka Leadership Now, Not in 2030

Malawi is stuck. While the world races ahead, we’re trapped in the same old problems—no jobs for our youth, a crippling cost of living, collapsing hospitals and schools, and a government that always looks exhausted. With the September 16 elections...

Atupele Muluzi slams Chakwera: “Malawians are angry — Use your vote to end the suffering”

LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-United Democratic Front (UDF) leader Atupele Muluzi has launched a fierce attack on President Lazarus Chakwera’s administration, accusing it of subjecting Malawians to five years of relentless suffering. Speaking at a...

Jaa Kev Madness Slams National Bank Over Delayed Forex Access

Published on August 12, 2025 at 9:44 AM by Evance Kapito 241 words • approx. 2 min read Malawian entertainment industry figure Kelvin Ngumuya, popularly known as Jaa Kev Madness, has blasted the National Bank of Malawi (NBM) over what he described...

Southern Africa Launches US$16 Billion Smart Trade Corridor

Seven nations have agreed to transform Africa’s busiest trade route into an integrated “smart economic corridor,” aiming to unlock $16.1 billion in new GDP and create 1.6 million jobs. Botswana, DR Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia,...

Mumba ‘Coming in Hot, Hot’ Against Cement Cartels: Reaches Deal with Zambia to Flood Market with Cheap Cement

In a bold move to protect Malawian consumers from exploitative cement price hikes by local ‘cement cartels’ allegedly aimed at influencing the upcoming elections, no-nonsensical Vitumbiko Mumba, Minister of Trade and Industry, has stepped up to...