Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Ben Phiri has questioned the relevance and performance of local government authorities in Malawi.

A local non-proft organization and its partners have embarked on an innovative project to provide electricity to rural communities that have no electricity. Two pilot “energy kiosks” now bring solar ...

Malawi is set for a major boost in rural electrification as government accelerates efforts to connect more households than ...

Despite the centrality of religion and fertility to life in rural Africa, the relationship between the two remains poorly understood. The study presented here uses unique integrated individual- and ...

This paper attempts to isolate the causal link of income on health status and subjective well-being for the rural population in Malawi using three waves of household panel data spanning the period ...

A new financial agreement signed today between the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Republic of Malawi, will help more than 437,000 rural households improve their access ...

Information is key to protecting the health and the livelihoods of people in areas affected by economic development. And that is why a 10 percent cut in the Malawi Human Rights Commission's budget ...

A group of Malawi women is changing lives in villages that have long lived without power by installing and maintaining solar equipment in homes and schools. The women, known as the Solar Mamas, were ...

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NBS Bank has supported Malawi International CoVID-19 Response Group (MICRG) with MK9.6 million sponsorship towards its rural communities CoVID-19 vaccination uptake acceleration programme in ...