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President Dr Lazarus Chakwera has called for serious commitment to compliance with global requirements for the health of the country’s tobacco industry, saying all stakeholders have a role to play. President Chakwera made the call when he opened the 2022 tobacco marketing season in Lilongwe on Thursday. “Compliance issues have become very critical on the…

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Minister of Agriculture Honourable Lobin Lowe on Friday unveiled a new tobacco buying company, Protrade Group Limited. Protrade, which is wholly owned by Malawians, will participate in the auction side of the marketing during the selling season that starts later this month. With Protrade on board, the number of tobacco buying companies in Malawi comes…

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TC Chief Executive Officer Dr Joseph Chidanti-Malunga has challenged communities in which the industry regulator has planted trees to assume the responsibility to ensure high survival rate. Speaking after planting trees in the area of Traditional Authority Kayembe in Dowa, Central Malawi on Saturday, Dr Chidanti-Malunga said everyone in the community needed to play a…

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Getting every TC staff to embrace a new mindset has been key in transforming the tobacco industry regulator’s performance, Chief Executive Officer Dr Joseph Chidanti-Malunga has revealed. Dr Joseph Chidanti-Malunga says since he occupied the office of Chief Executive Officer for the Commission over a year ago, it has been his strategy to get everyone…

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Saturday, 12th March, 2022, we will be planting trees in the southern, central and northern regions of the country. The tree planting exercise is part of our environmental conservation efforts. Through the exercise, we also hope to encourage growers to produce tobacco using environmentally friendly approaches.

The Tobacco Commission has announced that preparations for the early opening of this year’s marketing season later this month are at an advanced stage, with the licensing of key stakeholders expected to be finalised by Friday, 11th March. TC announced this in Lilongwe on Wednesday when the industry regulator met the country’s floors operator, AHL,…

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The Tobacco Commission has announced the roll out of a new information management system that will allow the public easy access to Malawi tobacco industry information and is expected to improve efficiency in regulatory work. TC Chief Executive Officer Dr Joseph Chidanti-Malunga says the new system called the Tobacco Information Management System (TIMS) will allow…

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The 2022 Tobacco Marketing Season will open earlier than has usually been the case in previous years. Chief Executive Officer Dr Joseph Chidanti-Malunga says the early opening has been planned in the economic interest of growers whose tobacco will be ready by March, 2022.  “The Commission is aware that the late onset of rainfall this…

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