Monday, 13 December 2010

Waste management challenges in Lilongwe

Lilongwe is the largest city in Malawi with 670,000 people growing by a rate of 4.3 percent per year, one of the makes fastest growing regions in the country. But with that growth comes major challenges dealing with waste management.

The city has experienced the influx of rural immigration in the recent past years due to anticipation of good life in urban areas through employment and businesses; no wonder the city registers an urbanisation rate of about eight percent making it one of the fastest growing cities in the world.

Puma Energy to acquire BP Malawi

Puma Energy, a Swiss-based energy is to acquire BP Malawi following the company’s interest to buy off the remaining 50 percent shares of the country’s largest fuel provider which are owned by Press Corporation Limited (PCL).


Puma Energy, a subsidiary of a Dutch-based Trafigura Limited oil group, already bought off the other 50 percent shares from BP Malawi.

Wednesday, 1 December 2010

Malawi sets to fight corruption in HIV funds


The Malawi National AIDS Commission (NAC) has launched the fraud and corruption prevention strategy to create awareness of corruption and fraud issues amongst all implementers of HIV/AIDS activities.

Chairman of NAC Archbishop Emeritus Bernard Malango said the policy is one of the key products of the cooperation that was facilitated by the MOU which they signed with the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB).