Malawi’s new president Lazarus Chakwera has dissolved the board of directors managing the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) and that of the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), barely a week after his election. According to a statement from the office of the Chief Secretary Zangazanga Chikhosi, the action is with immediate effect. Chikhosi said Chakwera has...
…mbora’s community Wi-Fi hubs provide affordable and reliable internet access and essential services and content to people living and working in rural areas… Leading pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom today announced that it is providing its multi-award-winning managed VSAT connectivity services to mbora, a pioneering new social enterprise in Malawi. mbora providespeople living and working...
Beleaguered Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) former Director General Godfrey Itaye is clinging to his post even after the government sacked him from his position and redeployed him to Malawi Post Corporation (MPC) as Postmaster General.
Malawi’s telecoms operator Telecom Networks Malawi (TNM) has signed an agreement with the country’s Ministry of Education to provide free internet services to learners following the closure of schools across the country in the wake of the COVID-19 epidemic.
The Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) plans to roll out a mobile network, leveraging the Universal Services Fund (USF), to ensure at least 2G connectivity in under-serviced rural areas. According to MACRA head of universal services Emily Khamula Lungu 16% of Malawians live in areas that are under-served by mobile phone coverage of any kind....
Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) is set to roll out a special system, the Universal Service Fund, to provide means to the majority of Malawians in the rural areas who do not have adequate access to information and communication technology (ICT) services. Being briefed on the technical part of MACRA services The Committee was led...
Airtel Malawi Plc, which listed on the Malawi Stock Exchange (MSE) this week, became the first digital IPO as it transacted, among other platforms through mobile money. The IPO’s lead advisor Standard Bank of Malawi applauded the Reserve Bank of Malawi for accommodating several transaction platforms during the offer. Enock Kondowe, Standard Bank’s head of...
Africa-focused telecom and payments group Airtel Africa said an initial public offering of its Malawi unit has been priced at around $37.5m based on current exchange rates. A fifth of the unit’s outstanding shares would be sold in the initial public offering on the Malawi Stock Exchange. The price has been set at MK 12.69...
Airtel Malawi has confirmed its mobile money service is not included in the Initial Public Offer (IPO) which closed on 31 January 2020 because it is a different entity. The public offer for Malawi’s largest mobile phone services provider opened on 27 December 2019. Managing Director Charles Kamoto explained that the company has two affiliates...
Malawi has announced a US$72.4m international connectivity contract to improve access to ICT infrastructure for the public and private sectors. The contract was signed recently in Blantyre and forms part of the Digital Malawi Project, a government initiative being implemented by the Public Private Partnership Commission (PPPC) and funded by the World Bank. According to...
