Africa countries urged to find alternative methods of managing street vendors
Confiscating food from street vendors as a strategy to keep the city clean has its own demerits. The best approach is to find alternative methods […]
Environment
Africa: Maize breeders reaping benefits of using drones
Using drone technology could cut labour and costs spent in collecting data for maize breeding by at least ten per cent, preliminary findings of a […]
Malawi: Poor farmers turn to urine for high yields
Poor farmers in Malawi are turning to urine to improve their yields. Malawi News Agency’s SOLISTER MOGHA writes She is in her early 80s but […]
Malawi says land laws key to agriculture investment
Authorities in Malawi have said land laws will increase the impact of agricultural investment and production in the African country. ANDREW NDHLOVU writes Malawi’s Lands […]
$65 million grant to Africa Parks boosts wildlife conservation in Malawi
The ambition of South African based conservation organisation African Parks to upgrade Malawi’s national parks has received a huge boost from Wyss Foundation. The foundation […]
Terrorism, poor transport infrastructure, poaching haunt tourism in Africa
Enthralled by its serenity, grandeur and the luminosity of fishermen’s lanterns during silent nights– early Scottish explorer David Livingstone branded Lake Malawi the ‘Lake of […]
Overproduction strangles Malawi’s tobacco industry
Despite being major a foreign export earner, the future of Malawi’s tobacco is uncertain, President Peter Mutharika has observed. Malawi News Agency’s MARY MAKHIRINGA and […]
Women in South Africa use hydroponics to fight hunger
Women in South Africa use hydroponics to fight hunger, thanks to an ambitious plan by the Joburg Municipality. The municipality has decided to fight hunger […]
Villagers in southern Malawi mitigate impact of floods
Good news. Malawi villagers in floods impact mitigation. It is happening at Nakhupe in southern Malawi’s rural district of Phalombe. Malawi News Agency’s GLADYS KAMAKANDA writes. Heavy […]
Good rains may end Malawi’s hunger crisis
Farmers strong belief: Good rains may end Malawi’s hunger crisis. Some farmers in southern and eastern Malawi believe that the onset of good rains […]