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Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Airtel Malawi Plc, a leading provider of mobile telecommunications services in Malawi, wishes to inform its customers of a major restructuring of its Chezani Voice and Data bundle portfolios to simplify the portfolios for our customers and also change in prices effective from December 5, 2023.<\/p>\n

This follows President Lazarus Chakwera\u2019s Tonse government\u2019s 44% Malawi Kwacha devaluation effected early last month which has pushed prices for goods and services up.<\/p>\n

In a press statement issued on December 1, 2023, Airtel says, \u201cThe prices have on average been revised upwards by 15% and 20% for voice and data bundles respectively. The prices for some bundles have been reduced while others remain unchanged.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe change is just a partial cost recovery and has been necessitated by the country\u2019s recent developments in macro-economic factors which include cumulative loss of value of the Kwacha by 64% since June 2023 and subsequent increase in electricity tariffs by 18% in September 2023 and the increase in diesel price by 42.4%,\u201d reads part of the statement.<\/p>\n

Airtel\u2019s statement adds, \u201cThese costs form a major part of our operational costs daily and have since significantly increased the cost of doing business for Airtel Malawi plc. At this level of cost escalation, it is unsustainable to continue at the current price levels.<\/p>\n

\u201cAirtel must continue to be sustainable so that it can further invest in the network and ensure better service delivery to its customers. All these changes have been approved by MACRA\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Malawi. Airtel Malawi Plc, a leading provider of mobile telecommunications services in Malawi, wishes to inform its customers of a major restructuring of its Chezani Voice and Data bundle portfolios to simplify the portfolios for our customers and also change in prices effective from December 5, 2023. 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