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Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) Business Council says the Malawi’s digital payments infrastructure is fairly ripe for implementation of the integrated regional retail platform system. The system is expected to be rolled out in the fourth quarter (October-December) of this year. Zambia-based Comesa Business Council chief operating officer Jonathan Pinifolo said this
The African Union (AU) has pledged more support to Malawi to help the country recover from effects of Tropical Cyclone Freddy and improve in its preparedness to avoid future disasters. AU Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development Minata Samate Cessouma said this in Blantyre after visiting cyclone-affected areas in Chilobwe and Soche. She
Secretary for Health Sam Mndolo has said the country is too far from being free from malaria as every year, the number of new malaria cases exceeds six million. He said thousands of lives continue to be lost due to preventable and treatable diseases. Mndolo said this in a statement released yesterday as Malawi joined
Pharmacy and Medicines Regulatory Authority (PMRA) and police have pounced on a Central Medical Stores Trust (CMST) supplier First Mark Suppliers for allegedly tampering with expiry dates of medical products. First Mark Suppliers is also suspected of keeping medical supplies in unlicensed premises and dealing in medical suppliers without appropriate licences. In a written response
Centre for Development Communications has said the coming of Cyclone Freddy has affected its effort to fight Covid-19 in Mulanje District. The organisation’s executive director Fred Yiwombe said this in Mulanje on Wednesday during the training of journalists on Covid-19 where he explained what his organisation is doing to fight the epidemic in the district.