Business leader Kudakwashe Regimond Tagwirei dismissed rumors about replacing Zimbabwe's current president. Tagwirei spoke at a leadership event in Bulawayo hosted by Young Women for Economic Development. He serves as chairman of the Land Tenure Implementation Committee and recently joined the ruling ZANU PF party's Central Committee. The businessman said President Emmerson Mnangagwa will remain in office through 2030. He called talk about presidential openings foolish and wasteful.
Political watchers have suggested Tagwirei might compete for the top government position when Mnangagwa's term ends. Mnangagwa currently serves his final presidency term under constitutional limits. Tagwirei rejected such ideas during his speech at the Land...
Critics say Malawi's judges misled voters about election rules. The courts ruled that presidential candidates must win more than half of all votes cast. Some people believe the judges wanted to force politicians Lazarus Chakwera and Saulos Chilima to work together. The decision changed how Malawi chooses its president. Many lawmakers disagreed with this new rule before judges made it law.
Several democratic nations use different voting systems to pick their leaders. Tanzania, Angola, Singapore, Rwanda, Nigeria and South Korea choose presidents without requiring majority support. These countries allow the candidate with the most votes to win. The current system forces expensive runoff elections when no candidate reaches 50 percent...
A faith group marked twenty years of community work at a ceremony held at Mulunguzi Primary School in Zomba. Passion Centre for the Children has helped transform lives across Malawi through various development programs. The organization built homes for needy children and taught job skills to young people. Staff members also covered education costs for students who could not afford school fees.
Pastor Pilira Chibwana leads the group as National Coordinator and spoke about their accomplishments during the celebration. The organization assisted more than 1,500 individuals who later became medical workers, educators and skilled craftspeople. Clean water projects reached over 300,000 people throughout the region. Workers constructed proper...
Street vendors keep Blantyre's economy running as they sell fruit and clothing throughout Malawi's business center. Women make up most of these traders who support their families through small sales. More than 80 percent of people depend on informal work for money. Police and city workers often arrest these vendors and take away their products. Old laws from colonial times still control how officials treat street sellers.
City rules force traders into crowded markets that cost more money than most can pay. Vendors who cannot afford market fees risk losing everything when authorities seize their goods. Many buy products using borrowed money and face family disasters when police take their items. Children leave school and families skip...
Lilongwe District Council approved a protest march for Citizens for Credible Elections on Thursday. The group received official permission after meeting with council leaders and police on Tuesday. District Commissioner Lawford Palani confirmed the demonstration can happen with safety rules. CfCE will deliver their demands to the commissioner's office during the march. A top Malawi Electoral Commission official must attend the petition ceremony.
Police officers will guide the protesters through the city streets. One hundred CfCE volunteers wearing reflective vests will help keep order during the march. The volunteers will spot troublemakers and prevent problems from starting. Marchers will begin at Community Ground and walk through...
Malawi faces severe childhood nutrition problems as government data shows most young children lack proper food. Only one out of four children between six months and two years old eat enough different foods each day. Fewer than nine percent of these children receive meals that meet basic health standards. Sylvester Kathumba from the Health Ministry shared these numbers during a recent media meeting. Officials plan to launch a new national nutrition policy Thursday.
Poor nutrition damages child development and makes kids sick more often. The problem also leads to higher death rates among young children across the country. Malawi loses about 600 million dollars each year because of malnutrition issues. This amount equals more than ten...
London Internet Exchange will expand operations into west Africa through a new partnership with Digital Realty. The companies plan to launch LINX Accra as their latest internet connection hub. Digital Realty builds a modern data center called ACR2 near downtown Accra. The facility sits close to several underwater cable landing stations that connect Ghana to other countries. This location helps Ghana maintain strong international internet connections across Africa.
LINX Accra represents the third African location for the British company after launching centers in Nairobi and Mombasa. The new internet exchange point should start operating within weeks of the announcement. Ghana attracts technology companies because six major underwater...
Congo plans to host a major cybersecurity exercise this July in Brazzaville-Kintélé. Minister Léon Juste Ibombo announced the regional Cyberdrill at the Cyber Africa Forum 2025. The exercise will take place on July 1st and 4th as a large-scale simulation. Officials want to test how African countries respond to cyber attacks together. The event marks an important step for Africa's digital security efforts.
The International Telecommunication Union will help organize the drill. Interpol and Congo's National Information Systems Security Agency will also participate. The African Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research joins as a partner. Countries will practice detecting and stopping digital threats during the exercise. Teams will...
Cybastion will invest 170 million dollars with Angola Telecom to improve the African nation's technology systems. The American company made this announcement at the U.S.-Africa Business Summit held in Luanda. Corporate Council on Africa hosted the event with American government officials attending. The partnership helps Angola build stronger digital networks and protect against cyber attacks. Cybastion wants to make Angola a leader in regional technology development.
The companies will spend 25 million dollars creating a national cybersecurity agency for Angola. They plan to train workers through programs with Cisco Networking Academy. The investment also funds new underwater internet cables connecting Luanda to Lobito port. These...
