The Malawi Government has unveiled an ambitious economic recovery blueprint that seeks to fundamentally transform how the country produces food, earns foreign exchange and finances development, ...

Malawi’s manufacturing employment rate has dropped from 4.3 percent in 2010 to 3.9 percent in 2024, highlighting a worrying decline in the country’s industrial sector, according to the African ...

Malawi's manufacturing employment rate has dropped from 4.3 percent in 2010 to 3.9 percent in 2024, highlighting a worrying decline in the country's industrial sector, according to the African ...

By Elizabeth Kamundia and Samer MuscatiNAIROBI, Jun 3 2026 (IPS) - When Patricia J. looks for work or shops at the outdoor markets near her home in rural Malawi, fear still follows her. Years after ...

A massive industrial farming project promises investment and fertiliser production in a country gripped by hunger, debt and ...

For the past five years, Malawi has remained classified as a “mostly unfree” economy, with its Index of Economic Freedom score showing a downward trend over the period. The Index of Economic Freedom ...

Melinda French Gates is giving $215 million to improve women’s health. Her first-ever grant to benefit menopause and women in ...

As trade unions negotiate minimum wage hikes, low-income earners, especially shopkeepers, remain below the current legal wage ...

Global supply chains lead to companies capturing most of the value, while suppliers – and especially workers – get a much ...

Protests in multiple provinces required police intervention as demonstrators began threatening the safety of foreign ...

Malawi’s industrial strategy has achieved only 40% of its targets, while core industrial capacity continues to weaken ...