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The Department of Registrar General on Friday 3rd May launched the long-awaited first ever National Intellectual Property (IP) Policy for Malawi at Bingu International Conference Centre (BICC) in Lilongwe. The Guest of Honour was the Honorable Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Mr Samuel Tembenu, SC. In his opening remarks, he expressed his delight to finally have the IP policy launched, signifying that the country indeed identifies the critical role of intellectual property (IP). Earlier Read more…

Biodiversity is critical to all sectors of the economy be it energy, tourism, Agriculture and health. It is also essential for supporting national efforts towards developing a green economy and attracting direct investment. It is for this reason that the Africa Biodiversity challenge (ABC) was instituted in 2018 by the South Africa Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) to encourage African countries to mobilize biodiversity data and produce information products that will inform government decision making process and Read more…

Delegates from the National Commission for Science and Technology (NCST), various institutions across Africa and the United Kingdom (UK), are in Malawi for a week long Recirculate Knowledge Exchange (KE) and Engagement capacity building training workshop at Bingu International Convention Centre (BICC) in Lilongwe from Monday 25th March to Friday 29th March, 2019. The highly interactive and collaborative workshop is centred on working together and sharing solution driven innovative ideas which can be used to address the Read more…

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation launched its first ever diaspora portal at the Bingu International Convention Center (BICC) on 18th February, 2019.  The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Dr Emmanuel Fabiano, MP presided over the function on behalf of His Excellency the President, Prof Arthur Peter Mutharika.  During the event, two policy documents, the Malawi foreign policy and the Malawi Diaspora engagement policy were also launched. The Malawi Diaspora portal Read more…

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