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Fuel Shock and Leadership: Tanzania's Action, Malawi's Struggle

Fuel Shock and Leadership: Tanzania’s Action, Malawi’s Struggle

Africa-Press - Malawi. The recent fuel price shocks in Tanzania and Malawi have exposed a stark contrast in leadership response, policy urgency, and public...
Balaka Rare Earth Project Secures K120 Billion Boost

Balaka Rare Earth Project Secures K120 Billion Boost

Africa-Press - Malawi. Balaka is fast emerging as a strategic industrial hub after Lindian Resources Limited secured a massive $100 million (about K120.8 billion)...
K189bn Unpaid as Medf Targets Defaulters Amid Failures

K189bn Unpaid as Medf Targets Defaulters Amid Failures

Africa-Press - Malawi. The Malawi Enterprise Development Fund (Medf) is racing to recover a staggering K189 billion in unpaid loans after a 60-day ultimatum...
ACB Faces Pressure Over K65 Million Bribery Claims

ACB Faces Pressure Over K65 Million Bribery Claims

Africa-Press - Malawi. The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) is facing mounting scrutiny after confirming it has yet to make a decision on explosive bribery allegations...
FDH Bank plc profit doubles to K147.8 billion

FDH Bank plc profit doubles to K147.8 billion

Africa-Press - Malawi. FDH Bank plc has reported a strong financial performance for the year ended 31 December 2025, with profit-after-tax rising to K147.8...
Rights Activists Challenge Mutharika on Fuel Levies

Rights Activists Challenge Mutharika on Fuel Levies

Africa-Press - Malawi. Rights activists under the National Advocacy Platform (NAP) have formally written to President Peter Mutharika, demanding an urgent review of fuel...
Malawians React to Minister's Fuel Price Hike Defense

Malawians React to Minister’s Fuel Price Hike Defense

Africa-Press - Malawi. Malawians across the country have reacted with growing anger and frustration to remarks by Minister of Energy and Mining, Jean Mathanga,...
A Nation Taxed to the Bone Must Pause Before Crisis

A Nation Taxed to the Bone Must Pause Before Crisis

Africa-Press - Malawi. There comes a point in every struggling economy where leadership must stop, look inward, and confront an uncomfortable truth: when survival...
K4.1 Billion for Chihana's Vice President Office Criticized

K4.1 Billion for Chihana’s Vice President Office Criticized

Africa-Press - Malawi. A storm is brewing over the K4.15 billion allocation to the Office of Second Vice President Enoch Chihana, with accountability experts...
$23 Million Power Lifeline for Malawi's Economic Growth

$23 Million Power Lifeline for Malawi’s Economic Growth

Africa-Press - Malawi. Malawi has secured a major energy breakthrough after the government signed a $23 million (about K44 billion) financing agreement with the...