Kenya faces growing problems with its plant exports. Industry experts worry that more shipments are being stopped at borders due to pests and rule violations. This happens just as the farming sector keeps expanding rapidly. Agriculture leader Kiprono Rono points out that fruit and vegetable growing remains one of Kenya's fastest-advancing farm businesses.
The industry struggles with market access and health requirements and needs better roads and storage facilities. Climate change hits Kenya hard, creating problems for water-hungry plant processing operations. Small farmers face extra challenges like limited seeds and fertilizers, difficulty meeting regulations, finding buyers, securing loans, and accessing farming information. They...
When the United States stops helping HIV/AIDS patients, Malawi will face big problems. Our country has always needed outside money for healthcare, especially in fighting HIV/AIDS. UNAIDS leader Winnie Byanyima warned on March 24, 2025, that HIV would rise again worldwide. She said people might die like they did years ago. Her words made me remember losing friends and family to this disease back then. People became skinny from what locals called "kawondewonde" during the 1990s and 2000s. Free medicine later stopped many deaths.
Malawi will likely see more HIV infections because prevention programs will shrink. Many patients might lose access to life-saving drugs, causing more sickness and death. Our public hospitals could become...
Lorraine Shaquan Kljajic will accept the UMP Fashion Lifetime Achievement Award from Chitoliro at the 2025 ceremony. This big event happens October 21-27 during the UMP Festival at Cape Maclear in Mangochi. The awards showcase fifteen different categories, including Model of the Year, Fashion Designer of the Year, plus Best Urban or Streetwear Designer. Anyone can send nominations starting June 1, 2025.
Ken Zizwa Limwame, executive producer at Chitoliro, talked with Malawi24 about these awards. He explained how they pick lifetime award winners based on leadership, fresh ideas, and years of hard work. Limwame thinks Kljajic changed fashion forever. According to him, her impact reaches everywhere. He believes her passion makes other...
Malawi could really grow fast if its leaders actually wanted that to happen. Sure, money, plans, roads, schools, and outside cash matter a lot. But the main thing that drives any country forward is whether the big bosses decide to make brave choices and stick with good plans for the long haul.
Political leaders in Malawi have held the country back for years because they care more about themselves than everyone else. They make choices that help them win elections instead of decisions that build up the nation. Money disappears into private pockets, which scares away businesses and makes regular people lose faith in their government. Many great ideas that could have created factories and jobs never became real because nobody followed...
Zimbabwe Vice President Constantino Chiwenga says he has nothing to do with protests planned for March 31st. He told reporters at a Harare press conference on Monday that regular citizens created this movement because they felt upset, not because of any political schemes. The Vice President made clear that the public voice drives these demonstrations against bad economic conditions and government problems across the country. Many people learned about these protests through social media, where the movement keeps growing every day.
Chiwenga strongly denied any part in organizing these events, saying that everyday Zimbabweans started them because they felt frustrated. Many who disagree with the government see his statement as proof that...
Jonathan Moyo speaks out against people who keep comparing current officials to his actions from 2017. He calls these people fools who waste time making useless comparisons that lead nowhere except to the fantasy worlds they create in their heads.
Many critics mock government officials like Nick Mangwana, telling them to learn from Moyo's famous "zete moment" tweet from November 13, 2017. These critics miss four important points about tomorrow's planned March 31 protests. First, nobody saw the military events coming better than Moyo did back then. He even warned everyone through a documentary months earlier that accurately predicted what happened.
Moyo reveals his tweet about sleeping peacefully came from his office, not his bedroom...
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa just picked a new army leader right before Monday's protests. Former major general Emmanuel Matatu starts the job immediately. Many previous supporters want Mnangagwa to quit because they say he mismanages the country and allows corruption. Mnangagwa recently moved his previous army chief to run the sports ministry.
Matatu comes from Mnangagwa's home area of the Midlands. At 72 years old, he remains fairly unknown to most people. Political expert Eldred Masunungure told the BBC that this marks the fourth army commander since Mnangagwa took power less than eight years ago. He says this shows shaky relations between the party and military.
Matatu fought in the liberation wars during the 1970s, which...
The One Economy Foundation brought journalists together at their second Media Summit and Awards last Friday in Windhoek. They wanted reporters to learn better ways to cover stories about sexual health, gender violence, and mental wellness. Editors and frontline workers joined the talks to share what works best when writing about these sensitive topics. The media shapes how people think and act toward important issues, according to Veronica Theron, who runs health programs at One Economy.
She believes good reporting creates safer communities by changing attitudes, behaviors, and even government policies for everyone's benefit. Josina Ziyaya Machel spoke as the main guest at this year's event. She started the Kuhluka Movement after...
Zimbabwe faces a political storm as President Mnangagwa wants to keep ruling after his term ends in 2028. People across the country might join protests next Monday that war veterans have planned. These former fighters want Vice President Chiwenga to take charge because they believe Mnangagwa has done a poor job of fixing the bad economy.
Professor Ricky Mukonza from Tshwane University says this looks just like what happened in 2017 when Robert Mugabe lost his position. Chiwenga ran the army back then and made that change happen. According to Mukonza, military power matters a lot in Zimbabwe politics. Chiwenga still has many friends in the armed forces today.
The real question remains about who actually controls the army right now...
