Tendai Tambala is the new Miss Malawi College of Accountancy (MCA) after being crown during the pageant last weekend, beating out 5 other contestants. Lusubilo Mwaungulu who is studying IMIS, and Maggie Maonga who is studying CIPs were the runners-up during Saturday’scompetition at held at Amazon (formerly Zanzi) in Lilongwe. Tendai Tambala currently studying higher...
Miss Malawi College of Accountancy: Tendai Tambala
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Barry One says next album to target wider audience
Musician Barry One has said his upcoming gospel album targets a heterogeneous audience, diverting from his previous approach in which he targeted the hip/hop world. The artist, also known as Uno recently revealed that he was working on his untitled gospel album which could also be his last package in his musical career. “My album...
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Mzuzu’s Ernie the DJ opens recording studio
Ernie the DJ one of Mzuzu’s finest DJs has opened a new music lab in the green city, called Studio Creative. The studio opens its doors with an aim of promoting artists from Mzuzu wit quality sound. Studio Creative has since employed P-Nice of One Vybe Beats as the main producer. P-Nice has produced several...
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Last chance saloon to buy tickets for Malawi Achievers Awards UK: Star studded artists lined up
Malawi Association UK, organisers of the Malawi Achievers Awards, have said that all is now ready and set for the grand showcase of the second edition of the awards set for March 28 and have given an extension of selling the “remaining few tickets” to this Friday March 13. The event will take off with...
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Malawi artist ‘Kafula’ to release album: Clement Banda
Up and coming musician Clement ‘Kafula’ Banda is anticipating to release his debut album titled‘Anthu Ngoipa’ in three-months time. The artist said on Sunday that the 9 track album is not only meant to entertain but also educate the citizenry. “One of the reasons I have decided to release this album is to both entertain Malawians...
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Zuku TV donates to Malawi flood victims
Wananchi Group, providers of Zuku TV services in the country, has supported victims of Malawi’s worst floods in half-a-century that has since been declared a State of Disaster by the government. Wananchi joins a growing list of corporates, individuals, relief agencies, NGOs and governments that have so far contributed in raising over Kshs 91 million(US$...
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Malawi First Lady fashion gaffe -observers
Malawi First Lady Gertrude Mutharika was against the talking point on Wednesday for her sense of style. The President’s wife was criticised for dressing like a character in a drama play when she put on her dark blue head gear, with many people commenting on social media that she “failed to kill it” but that...
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Radio Maria needs K70 million to extend its transmission in Malawi
Radio Maria Malawi a Catholic radio station is in the process of expanding its evangelization work that will see the station reaching out to about 16 million Malawians all over the country. While confirming the development in an email response to Nyasa Times, Radio Maria Director Rev. Fr. Dr. Joseph Kimu said the total cost...
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Joy TV launch in Malawi expected soon
Joy Media Group will soon launch a fully digitalized television station which has already started beaming and employed over 60 Malawians in different fields. According to sources, Joy Media Group which is owned by the family of the former president Bakili Muluzi is one of the first television stations to transmit through digital. Malawi like...
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Lulu hails Akitivi: New kid on Malawi music bloc
Malawi’s Afro-R&B singer and guitarist, Lawrence Khwisa, popularly known as Lulu has revealed how excited he is with the positive response his production is getting after his Mathumela Studio released a single from new singer Mike Akitivi. “Christina”, which was released on radio in Malawi and on the internet on 16th February, is becoming an...
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Piksy sings about love in Tifatse, features Gwamba: Malawi music
The lovable afro-pop star not only announced the release of his second album called “Mthunzi” last week Sunday, but they also premiered a new song, “Tifatse” which features rapper Gwamba. Tifatse is a fusion of Pasada and afro-pop with a rhythm and a touch of R’n’B. The song addresses issues of love and purity. It...
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Music platforms: The puzzle of who will succeed in a crowded field
There are well over 100 runners in the race to succeed as Africa’s best and biggest online and mobile music platform. Even now there are new entrants waiting in the wings. Russell Southwood looks at why the race to the top is so hard to call. Only a few weeks ago a Malawian music platform...
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Nyasa Films to establish Malawi film academy
Following the positive response the movie B`ella has received internationally, its director, Tawonga Nkhonjera has decided to form Nyasa Films International Academy. According to Nkhonjera, the academy is aimed at supporting and encouraging filmmakers in Malawi. “There is no film school in Malawi and this will bring together filmmakers from around the world and young...
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Bucci’s single Malungo out: A love story
RnB artist Bucci has proved his prowess as a singer in his new single Malungo – the first since he signed a contract with Ndefeyo Entertainment last November. Malungo is a song that tells a love story of a partner who misses the other so much that he or she that is experiencing signs and symptoms of malaria...
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Malawi’s Muthi Nhlema in $15, 000 Int’l Short Story Award
Blantyre-based short story writer Muthi Nhlema has been accepted for a $15, 000 (about K7 million) international short story award being administered by freeditorial.com. Nhlema, a civil engineer by training, is in for his story ‘Ta O’reva.’ It is a story of a troubled young man who brutally murders an Afrikaner farmer in modern-day rural South...
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Airtel Malawi gives Mjura warm send-off to Trace Music finals
Malawi’s representative to the pan-African music contest, Airtel Trace Stars, Samuel Mjura Mkandawire on Thursday received a warm send-off from the sponsors as he prepares to leave for the finals. Mkandawire, 27, won Malawi edition and will be flying to Nairobi in Kenya where he is going face his counterparts from 12 countries, of Kenya,...
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Cassper Nyovest arrives in Malawi for weekend shows
South African Hip Hop superstar, Cassper Nyovest, arrived in Malawi Friday afternoon ahead of his concerts in the country on Saturday and Sunday. The Channel O and Metro FM awards winner is slated to perform at College of Medicine Sports Complex in Blantyre Saturday afternoon before travelling to Lilongwe for his second show at Alexander’s...
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Great Angels in nationwide Mwasankha Ine CD re-launch
Gospel music makers Great Angels have announced a nationwide tour to re-launch its Mwasankha Ine CD album so that fans who haven’t patronized live performances of the newly released album get a chance. Great Angels’ music director William Zonda told Nyasa Times that the choir will target the cities of Zomba, Blantyre and Mzuzu. In...
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Che Nkope moves to Times TV, Mbonela quits MIJ
Nancy vs Che Nkope comic-maker Nicolas Mbonela has resigned from Malawi Institute of Journalism (MIJ) radio with his comic series now on television. Mbonela, who was, until his resignation Head of Programmes at MIJ Radio, told Nyasa Times he has secured a contract for the comics to be aired on Times television. ”We are on...
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Blantyre Joint Choir to host Easter Cantata on Palm Sunday
As Christians are fast approaching Easter Period, Blantyre Joint Choir, an inter-domination choir group, has announced that it will hold Easter Cantata that will be a “mixture of singing and bible readings” as part of celebrating the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. This Easter Cantata will take place on Palm Sunday, March 29, 2015 at the...
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