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Malawi’s Mobile Money Tax: A Good Idea Gets Lost in the Noise
The Government of Malawi’s (GoM) proposal to introduce a 1% tax on mobile money transactions in Malawi was ill-timed and ill-defended....
Tiunike Online
Oct 8, 20194 min read


Malawi at the Intersection of Morality, Politics and the Economy
The Nation on Sunday of 15 September 2019 reported the government's position relating to the fears that many had in the heated...

Tiunike Online
Sep 30, 20195 min read


The Dead Specialist: Implications of Dealing Away Specialization for Development in Malawi and Elsew
How far are tertiary education institutions willing to take interdisciplinary studies? Why does combining chemistry and economics,...

Tiunike Online
Jul 29, 20194 min read


An Unhappy Independence: How Did Malawi Miss Her Vision?
“By the year 2020, Malawi, as a God-fearing nation, will be secure, democratically mature, environmentally sustainable, self-reliant with...

Tiunike Online
Jul 15, 20195 min read


Restructuring Agriculture in Malawi: Let the Hoe Rest in Pieces
Agriculture, food security and nutrition in Malawi bears the image of a poor rural farmer. And while males are most associated with...

Tiunike Online
Jul 1, 20195 min read


Fait Accompli: To Be A Government Intern in Malawi
It’s worth saying that every hearsay and every whisper about the inner workings of our civil service had always seemed fictitious....

Jessica Mandanda
Apr 29, 20195 min read


Floods of Dependence: Letting the Grief Repeat
56 Malawians have been confirmed dead as a result of the devastating impacts of Cyclone Idai. More have died in Zimbabwe and its direct...

Tiunike Online
Apr 15, 20194 min read


Kwerekwere, Go Away! The Choty Goty’s Mine!
Barely four years since President Jacob Zuma addressed the South African Parliament on xenophobic killings, what he sketchily termed...

Tiunike Online
Apr 8, 20195 min read


Why Investing in A Toyota Corolla “Today” Makes Sense for Malawi’s Development
Even Malawian millennials will be proud to recall the EU stickers that were pasted on EU project Volkswagens in the 1990s and 2000s....

Tiunike Online
Mar 25, 20195 min read


The Second-Hand Wardrobe in Africa – A Treasure or A Shame?
The sighting of compatriots clad in fancy GAP or H&M brands on the streets of Lilongwe, Blantyre, Mzuzu, Zomba or any other town for that...

Novilhelha Moleni
Mar 4, 20195 min read


Humanity on Sale: Will 2019 Be the Same for Persons with Albinism in Malawi?
Tiunike Online has reported, commented and shared in the lament on the predicament of persons with albinism (PWAs) in the last 3 years on...

Tiunike Online
Feb 4, 20195 min read


Prison Reform in Malawi: Let's Valorize Inmates' Talents
Malawians who will have been of age (or just sane) during the eighties and early nineties will recall the famous Kasungu Prison field...

Tiunike Online
Jan 21, 20195 min read


To Be in the World, Malawi Must Speak the Languages of the World
For a few Malawians, it is not too astonishing to hear that the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) offers a Chichewa...

Tiunike Online
Nov 5, 20185 min read


MRA Reforms: Will the Portrait of a Hardliner help in a Lighter Tax System?
The determination of taxes in Malawi, or anywhere in the world, for that matter, remains an incessantly debatable matter. The idea of...

Tiunike Online
Oct 1, 20185 min read


Chasing the Good in a Bad Situation
“People-centered!” has been the new mantra of development work as the world lives in limbo regarding the feasibility of reaching desired...

Tiunike Online
Sep 17, 20184 min read


Just Another Day In Malawi
The headlines on the news the other night told us of the planned demonstrations for the coming months. In particular, the Teachers Union...

Jessica Mandanda
Sep 3, 20184 min read


Why We Should Raise Electricity Tariffs in Malawi…Because It Is Cheaper!
The opinions and views expressed in this article are the author's and do not represent those of any institution. Of late I have been...

Tiunike Online
Aug 27, 201812 min read


Relating with Mutharika’s Wisdom on Zitete
Two years ago, President Peter Mutharika was quoted daring all Malawians, in the face of a looming disastrous hunger, to turn to patching...

Bertha Lilian Munthali
Aug 6, 20185 min read


Timid and shy: Malawi’s businesses beyond dictatorship
Times hit hard since embracing multipartyism in the early 1990s in our small country. And while capitalism under our young democracy was...

Tiunike Online
Jul 2, 20185 min read


Not Hired! Changing the Business Mindset for Youth Employment in Malawi
The Malawi labour force is clogged with jobseekers that will take a long time to be matched by vacancies, if they will be matched at all....

Tiunike Online
Jun 25, 20185 min read
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