MRA collects surplus
As the Treasury’s pressure on the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) continues to feed the national budget, the authority has beaten...
George Lumwira
Forex auction flop, sign of acute shortage
Friday’s flopped foreign exchange auction, evidenced by the authorities’ failure to attract many authorised dealers, proves that local commercial banks...
Kwacha depreciates as demand and supply imbalances persist
Official figures are indicating that the Malawi kwacha depreciated against a majority of key trading currencies in late 2022 amid...
‘Wrong turn’- Financial specialists describe RBM forex auctions
The Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) is set to start conducting foreign exchange auctions as a strategy for determining the...
Extend NEEF to tax registered SME-government told
Local fiscal and revenue collection activities have the potential to flourish, if existing SMEs were to begin accessing National Economic...
Private sector call for cushioning measures
Captains of Industry and other groups are proposing various incentives and tax reviews to cushion the citizenry from the rising...
PML dissolution retrogressive -former energy Minister
The government is being faulted for dissolving the Power Market Limited (PML) and transferring its responsibility to ESCOM. This follows...
Local banks thrive in 2022
Listed banks are expecting significant profit increases in 2022 –affirming the already established notion of the banking sector’s supernormal profits....
Three agro industries’ GDP contribution drops
The agricultural, forestry and fishing sector’s contribution to the country’s Growth Domestic Product (GDP) has shrunk– a recent Reserve Bank...
Malawi exports to Tanzania thrive
Malawi’s exports to neighboring Tanzania doubled in 2021 to register a rare positive trade balance of 15 billion kwacha. The...
