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Upward movements in tobacco selling season
There are upward changes in the 2023 tobacco selling season, from volumes to prices, a recent sales report shows. At the end of Week 3 of the selling season on Friday, April 28, the industry recorded a 2,037% change in the volumes of tobacco sold this year over...
Commission awarded
The Tobacco Commission has been awarded by the Employers Consultative Association of Malawi as 2022 Employer of the Year in the Industrial Relations and Employee Engagement category. The award was presented to the Commission by Malawi President Dr Lazarus McCarthy...
New tobacco buyer on the scene
One more buying company, Hail & Cotton, has been licensed to buy tobacco in the 2023 selling season bringing the number of buyers to 10.TC Chief Executive Officer Dr Joseph Chidanti-Malunga disclosed this on Thursday during a media briefing on the tobacco...
TC has a new board chairperson
Government has appointed former Chief Executive Officer of the Tobacco Commission Dr Godfrey Chapola as the regulator’s new board chairperson. Dr Chapola replaces Mr Michael Nyirenda who has since been appointed into the board of the Technical, Entrepreneurial...
Let’s preserve the environment – TC CEO
The Tobacco Commission has reiterated the need for efforts to preserve the environment, especially in the context of tobacco farming and marketing in the country. Chief Executive Officer Dr Joseph Chidanti-Malunga made a fresh call on environmental preservation at a...
Board Chair for more tobacco, team work
The new Board Chairperson of the Tobacco Commission has urged staff to encourage small holder farmers to grow more tobacco because they are assured of a market. Addressing Lilongwe-based staff on Wednesday, Mr Michael Nyirenda said there were a lot of companies...
TC pledges continued Consultations on cost of production
The Tobacco Commission has assured tobacco growers in the country that the regulator will continue with consultations on the cost of the production of the leaf. Tobacco Commission Chief Executive Officer Dr. Joseph Chidanti-Malunga gave the assurance during a...
TC must be proud – Minister
Minister of Agriculture, Honourable Sam Kawale, M.P., has called on the Tobacco Commission to be proud of its work because of its contribution to the national economy. The minister said this on Friday when he met Management of the Commission at its head office in...
First Round of Crop Estimates Survey in progress
The tobacco industry in Malawi on Monday 16th January, 2023 embarked on 2023’s first round of crop estimates surveys. Coordinated by the Tobacco Commission, the exercise is expected to run for three weeks in tobacco growing areas across the country. Ten teams...
President Chakwera for compliance with global standards in tobacco
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...