2018

Travel experts in the United States and Europe have branded Malawi as one of the recommended tourist destinations in 2018; these experts hail from a magazine panel with global appeal; Cosmopolitan. Malawi in their analysis is an underutilized tourist destination; it has successfully conserved over 480 elephants. Malawi is home to the third largest lake in Africa; Lake Malawi on which tourists have enjoyed...

A case filed by Center for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and Youth and Society (YAS) in Supreme Court seeking to control the Salima- Lilongwe Water Project has been thrown out. The two civil society groups who were seeking to substitute Malawi Law Society (MLS) in the water project were also slapped with litigation costs of k80 million by the Malawi Appeal Supreme Court. Judge Lovemore Chikopa of...

A $25m hotel in Blantyre, Malawi commercial capital is part of the city project that is aimed at conferences as well as other businesses attraction. As a way of reviving the city as a major trade hub in the region, the investor is optimistic about the Sogecoa Business Park set to consist of a hotel rated at five stars, a recreation center which will include a shopping mall, a casino, and a cinema. Xia...

Rich Mind, a new company contributed K2 million for the building of an office block for Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Malawi chapter during a media body fundraising dinner and dance held at Golden Peacock Hotel, Lilongwe. In a presentation, the company’s president and founder Otis Bushiri insisted on financial security for Misa Malawi as it is the hub for media journalists and...

Madonna, the ‘material girl’ is set to open more learning institutions in Malawi. She challenged her followers on Instagram to rise, get together and be the change each would want to the world. Madonna said that she would begin 2018 by building additional four new schools in Malawi, Kasungu District which totals to 14 schools that will help many kids. Madonna, dubbed as ‘daughter of the nation’...

Malawi Polytechnic which is a constituent college of the University of Malawi is upgrading its old annex wing. This follows after African Development Bank (AfDB) funded $ 4,424,l43 for the project. The funds will be used to build a four-storey building. The annex wing of the Polytechnic was built in 1960. This was before the construction of the current main campus which is located along Masauko –...