In a move to address some gaps in the insurance industry, United General Insurance (UGI) and Old Mutual Malawi have come up with an initiative that caters for general insurance and life insurance.
December 2025 finds Wakawaka Market in Lilongwe City alive with the hum of trade along the M1 road.
Behind a 10-ton van piled high with tomatoes, three men stand drenched in sweat, their bodies straining as they unload crate after crate.
Inside the van, three more workers keep the rhythm going, passing the heavy loads down in a steady chain. The air is thick with the scent of ripe tomatoes and the effort of human labor.
The Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture has described the cotton industry as key to Malawi’s economic growth, saying it has the potential to raise household incomes and increase foreign exchange earnings if existing challenges are addressed.
LILONGWE — Stanley and Chifundo Khumbanyiwa have a stack of bills on the table and groceries are expensive.
Stressed over a beyond-stretchable budget, they look for financial advice from an unlikely source—the Bible.
Mozambique has expressed concern over slow progress in the rehabilitation of the railway line in Malawi and the construction of a new rail link in Zambia, warning that the delays are undermining the full operationalisation of the Nacala Development Corridor and its potential to drive regional economic growth.
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