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George Lumwira

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Indexed articles, last 90 days
47
Latest publication
Sep 25, 2026
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Top 500K sites
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Jul 7, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · George Lumwira

    CSOs call for extractive industry transparency law - Nation Online (opens the original)

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    The Natural Resources Justice Network (NRJN) has called for the enactment of the Malawi Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (Mweiti) Bill to promote accountable governance of the country’s mineral, forestry, oil and gas resources. The network, which comprises 45 civil society organisations (CSOs), made the call as Malawi undergoes its third independent Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (Eiti) validation this month, four years after the Bill was drafted. The call also comes mont

  2. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · George Lumwira

    Mwapata study outlines Malawi’s rice potential - Nation Online (opens the original)

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    Maalawi agricultural think-tank Mwapata Institute has highlighted that the country only exports two percent of its rice despite some varieties such as kilombero and super faya having significant demand in the region. Speaking when unveiling the findings of its research in Lilongwe on Tuesday, Mwapata Institute research fellow Christone Nyondo attributed this to low productivity due to poor agronomics and seed systems, among others. Titled ‘Issues, potential and options for commercialising the ri

  3. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · George Lumwira

    Nitl reports K27 billion loss, analysts say firm exposed - Nation Online (opens the original)

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    National Investment Trust plc (Nitl), a collective investment scheme listed on the Malawi Stock Exchange (MSE), has reported a K27 billion loss in the first half (H1) of 2026, reflecting weaker investment income on the 17-counter bourse. The decline underscores how falling share prices between January and June, have eroded returns for institutional investors reliant on equity income. The setback follows a broader downturn in pension and life insurance assets, which dropped by two percent and 5.3

  4. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · George Lumwira

    Pension, life insurance assets drop in H1—data - Nation Online (opens the original)

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    Pension and life insurance assets have dropped by two percent and 5.3 percent, respectively, in the first half of this year as the sectors suffered a knock due to poor performance of the 17-counter Malawi Stock Exchange (MSE). But financial experts have described the drop as minimal considering that the MSE registered a negative return of up to 12.3 percent. The Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) Financial Stability Report for June 2026 shows that pension assets dropped from K7.9 trillion in December

  5. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · George Lumwira

    Study charts banana production revival - Nation Online (opens the original)

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    The latest study has recommended sound investment in seed systems, disease control, irrigation and market linkages to unlock the commercialisation of Malawi’s banana value chain. Conducted by agricultural research think-tank Mwapata Institute, the study comes at a time when Malawi is yet to fully recover from the Banana Bunchy Top Virus (BBTV), which decimated banana plantations in 2016. Published in a policy brief titled Banana Commercialisation and Investment Options for Malawi, the paper says

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