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Social enterprise helps Malawi's poor (BBC News)
03/11/2010 05:17 PM

Drugs alone may not be the only thing needed to help Malawi's poor escape illness and poverty.

Malawi Minimum Tobacco Price Cut 7%, Tobacco Commission Says (Bloomberg)
03/11/2010 03:51 AM

March 11 (Bloomberg) -- The minimum price paid to tobacco producers in Malawi , Africa’s largest producer of the burley variety, has been reduced by 7 percent as the cost of producing the leaf fell, the Tobacco Control Commission said.

Malawi, South Africa: Sub-Saharan Africa Bond, Currency Preview (Bloomberg)
03/11/2010 11:06 PM

March 12 (Bloomberg) -- The following events and economic reports may influence trading in sub-Saharan African bonds and currencies today. Burundi: The central bank will announce the amount of Treasury bills it plans to offer at its next auction.

Britain reduces aid to Malawi over presidential jet (AlertNet)
03/10/2010 09:29 AM

Source: Reuters * Britain cuts aid to 19 mln pounds * Malawi bought $13.26 mln presidential jet By Mabvuto Banda LILONGWE, March 10 (Reuters) - Britain, Malawi's main bilateral donor, has cut aid to the ...

Fighting poverty (BBC News)
03/11/2010 04:53 PM

How Malawi hopes social enterprise will help

Echo helps African youngsters learn English (holdthefrontpage.co.uk)
03/11/2010 10:25 PM

Schoolchildren thousands of miles away have been catching up with the news from an East Midlands county thanks a local daily paper. Pupils at the Kakwale Community Day Secondary School in Kusungu, Malawi, were sent copies of the Lincolnshire Echo as part of a partnership project with the secondary school in Welbourn, near Lincoln.

UK frowns on jet purchase (The New Zealand Herald)
03/11/2010 09:22 AM

Britain, Malawi's main bilateral donor, has cut aid to the southern African nation this year after Malawi bought a US$13 million ($19 million) presidential jet last year, a senior British diplomat said. Gwen Hines, head of the...

UK frowns on jet purchase (The New Zealand Herald)
03/11/2010 08:28 AM

Britain, Malawi's main bilateral donor, has cut aid to the southern African nation this year after Malawi bought a US$13 million ($19 million) presidential jet last year, a senior British diplomat said.

Scott Fifer: Malawi's William Kamkwamba Among The Winners of The GO Ingenuity Award (The Huffington Post)
03/10/2010 03:59 PM

GO Campaign and the Unified Field Corporation have named four inaugural winners of the GO Ingenuity Award, a global prize to celebrate innovation and to inspire youth ingenuity in developing nations.

Kellogg’s sow the seeds of change (Mad.co.uk)
03/11/2010 09:53 AM

Kellogg’s has partnered with charity Seeds for Africa to develop sustainable agriculture projects in Malawi and Kenya.