Malawi

African Union (AU) member-states including Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Malawi and Senegal have agreed to actively further the implementation of the Common African Position on Asset Recovery (CAPAR) Working Group.…

Telecommunications giants and leading provider of telecommunications and mobile money services, Airtel Africa on Wednesday announced the successful signing of a new $500 million loan facility with a group of relationship banks. The…

Despite complications brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic, Standard Bank has provided funding worth $3 million as well as ongoing support through financial literacy and other programmes to support women that are into farming in…

OMOTAYO ARAOYE As a way of mitigating the impacts of covid-19 crisis on four southern African countries, the African Development Fund (ADF),  headed by African Devlolment Bank (AfDB) has approved a total sum of UA100.4 million loan…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a $91 million loan for Malawi to help fund a balance of payments deficit exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Fund said in a statement. “The COVID-19 pandemic is having a severe…

Sierra Leone has recorded its first case of the new coronavirus, the government said on Tuesday, making it the latest African country to register an infection. In a televised press conference, President Julius Maada Bio said that a…

Britain’s Prince Harry attended a summit for leaders of 21 African countries in London hosted by Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday, the day after he spoke of his sadness that he would shortly be giving up royal duties. Harry said on…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has on Wednesday stated why malaria still infect millions of people every year and kills more than 400,000 people mostly children in Africa - the primary reason is that the fight against the…

Malawi is set to roll out the world’s first malaria vaccine in a landmark pilot programme for children on Tuesday in a bid to prevent the disease which kills hundreds of thousands across Africa each year. The RTS,S vaccine, which will be…

From James Awano, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has sent condolences to families who have lost loved ones, homes and means of livelihood in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi as Tropical Cyclone Idai takes a toll on Southern Africa.…