Malawi Forum

11/01/2026

Malawi is addicted to a dying product.

And it's ignoring $343 million sitting right next to it.

Here's what the policy makers miss:
To***co = 59.5% of Malawi's exports. To***co = $570 million in 2024. To***co = a product whose customers are literally dying.

Meanwhile:
→ Soya-bean oilcake: $74 million unrealised
→ Legumes: only 49% of potential captured
→ Soybeans: 36% of potential captured

The UK offers zero tariffs on Malawian agricultural goods. Buyers are actively looking for these products. The soil grows them easily.

Yet the country clings to to***co like a swimmer holding driftwood while a lifeboat floats nearby. Familiarity is not safety.

The question isn't whether Malawi can diversify. It's whether it will choose to before the leaf pulls it under.

Malawi's to***co addiction blinds it to agricultural riches within easy reach. To***co generated $570 million for Malawi in 2024.

11/01/2026

Malawi stands at a crossroads. The withdrawal of USAID support, which will cost 5,000 jobs, is a major blow to an economy already struggling with unemployment hovering around 90 percent. This means thousands of previously self-sufficient individuals will be thrown into dependency, deepening poverty and economic stagnation.

Malawi stands at a crossroads. The imminent withdrawal of USAID support, which will cost 5,000 jobs, is a major blow to an economy already struggling with

11/01/2026

Let’s be honest. At this point, Africa’s version of democracy has become a grotesque reality show — a festival of incompetence dressed in campaign regalia. Every five years, we cast ballots not for visionaries or economists or nation-builders, but for whoever can shout the loudest at a rally, hand out the most T-shirts, or dance awkwardly to a trending TikTok song.

Let’s be honest. At this point, Africa’s version of democracy has become a grotesque reality show — a festival of incompetence dressed in campaign regalia.

09/01/2026

09/01/2026

Burned bone fragments found in northern have revealed the oldest cremation pyre ever found in Africa, and unearthed new mysteries that may be hard to solve.
By analyzing the bones and pyre sediments, researchers believe that hunter-gatherers cremated the body of a woman about 9,500 years ago, according to their study published Thursday in the journal Science Advances.

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/06/science/oldest-known-cremation-pyre-africa?edit=true&fbclid=IwY2xjawPN_yxleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETB4bjdMRk9PeE84NWIyRzRkc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHnJ6lDNxVVn-qCXviHU2lEW6fDbAWZGSVbt3bnjc_gUe84XJ7te47_S_LAXH_aem_rGB5AghUZ3nEElGM8qN3Ng

The oldest known cremation pyre in Africa is shedding light on the complex funeral rites of ancient hunter-gatherers 9,500 years ago.

29/07/2022

https://www.newsday.mw/index.php/2022/07/30/malawi-demands-k340-trillion-from-us-company-for-unpaid-mining-taxes/

NewsExclusive Malawi demands K340 trillion from US company for unpaid mining taxes By Jack McBrams July 30, 2022 0 3 Share FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Malawi rubies on sale in an international online store Must read Sovereign Metals to invest K440 billion in Kasiya mine July 27, 2022 Government...

27/07/2022

https://www.newsday.mw/index.php/2022/07/27/sovereign-metals-to-invest-k350-billion-in-kasiya-mine/

NewsExclusive Sovereign Metals to invest K350 billion in Kasiya mine By Jack McBrams July 27, 2022 0 7 Share FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Part of the mining work at Kasiya Must read Government bemoans proliferation of counterfeit seed July 27, 2022 ‘Water treatment plants should be modified’...

27/07/2022

https://www.newsday.mw/index.php/2022/07/27/malawis-struggle-with-deadly-witchcraft-violence/

NewsExclusive Malawi’s struggle with deadly witchcraft violence By Jack McBrams July 27, 2022 0 8 Share FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp The incident happened in the fishing village of Lupembe in Karonga Must read Sovereign Metals to invest K350 billion in Kasiya mine July 27, 2022 Government bemo...

27/07/2022

https://www.newsday.mw/index.php/2022/07/27/water-treatment-plants-should-be-modified/

NewsEnvironment ‘Water treatment plants should be modified’ Water treatment plants should be modified to handle heavy metals, says environmental chemist, Chikumbusko Kaonga By Mzati Nkolokosa - July 27, 2022 0 7 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Chiku Kaonga Chikumbusko Kaonga, PhD, is an Associa...

27/07/2022

https://www.newsday.mw/index.php/2022/07/27/government-bemoans-proliferation-of-counterfeit-seed/

NewsGovernance Government bemoans proliferation of counterfeit seed By Diana Liabuba July 27, 2022 0 4 Share FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Soko making his presentation Must read Sovereign Metals to invest K350 billion in Kasiya mine July 27, 2022 ‘Water treatment plants should be modified’ Ju...