Chweee- Pa Mo Basketball Bonanza actionThe Mo626 College basketball ‘elite eight’ games return to the courts in Blantyre Saturday to identify the ‘elite four’ who will battle it out in the semifinals and eventual finals next month.

Eight teams in both men’s and women’s categories are expected to battle it out for honours at Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (Kuhes) basketball courts as well as Blantyre Youth Centre and the Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (Mubas) courts in Blantyre.

The ‘elite eight’ in the men’s category include MUBAS Wildcats, MUST Gorillas, ABC Lions, Bunda Buffalos, UNIMA Hawks, KUHES Lumbricals, MAGU Wolves and Mzuni Panthers. In the women’s category, the teams include HUHES Ganglions, MUST Asterix, MAGU She-Wolves, ABC Lady Lions, UNILIA Dark Roses, MUBAS Lady Cats, UNIMA Hawks and Bunda Olivettes.

MHC official Kondwani Nyirenda draws a winner as NBM staff look on

National Bank of Malawi (NBM) plc has announced first winners of the ‘Kwathu Pa Mo’ promotion which encourages Malawi Housing Corporation (MHC) tenants to pay their rentals and other fees through the bank’s premier mobile banking platform, the Mo626 ice.

Three tenants namely Chioniso Moyo, Mary Gondwe and Thokozani Oscar Mbuluma will have their rentals for one month paid by NBM plc after emerging monthly winners for paying their house rentals through Mo626ice while Sheila Kaonga, a C.M Moyo and Mrs. Bernadette Simango got K50,000 shopping vouchers for paying their ground rentals through the mobile platform.

NBM Marketing and Corporate Affairs Manager Akossa Hiwa: The 12 days of Christmas has been very good.The bank of the nation, National Bank of Malawi (NBM) plc has donated items worth K11million to various institutions in a Christmas outreach program dubbed ‘12 days of Christmas’.

Replicated on the famous Christmas carol, 12 days of Christmas started on December 6 and will run up to December 22 where the Bank is donating items to different institutions as one way of celebrating Christmas with different stakeholders within the Nation.

On the first day of the programme 6 December 2021, NBM plc donated various learning aids such as text books and stationery worth K1 million to Kamkodola primary School in Lilongwe rural.

National Bank of Malawi (NBM) plc will celebrate this year’s Christmas with its stakeholders by donating various items to educational and health-care institutions through a programme named ’12 days of Christmas’.

Previously, NBM plc reached out to those in need each festive season through its Christmas Cheer program under which items were donated to three institutions in the South, Central and Northern Regions.   

This year, however, the Bank, has -through its Service Centres, identified 12 areas of need and will touch on each one of these areas from the 6^th to the 21^st of December 2021.

Mzungu (right) presents the dummy cheque to Professor Saka

National Bank of Malawi (NBM) plc has supported the Mzuzu University Vice Chancellor’s fund-raising walk for needy students with K1.5 million.

Speaking in Mzuzu during the cheque presentation, NBM plc Mzuzu Service Centre Manager Samson Mzungu said although some members of the bank participated in the fund-raising walk as part of the bank’s wellness progamme, they also support the initiative by the Vice Chancellor to keep the needy students in college.

“As the Bank of the Nation, NBM plc believes that education is the key to the development of the country and that is why we have supported the education sector especially at tertiary level for more than 40 years through sponsorships, school fees and best students’ awards among others.”

NBM Head of Digital Financial Services William KaundaNational Bank of Malawi (NBM) plc has partnered with Malawi Housing Corporation (MHC) to launch a three-month promotion which aims at encouraging MHC tenants to pay their rentals and ground rentals using the bank’s mobile banking platform, the Mo626 ice.

Speaking in Blantyre, NBM plc Head of Digital Financial Services William Kaunda said the promotion dubbed ‘Kwathu Pa Mo, will increase usage of the Mo626 platform which is secure, reliable and provides a rare banking experience.

“Our customers and tenants for MHC will not be queueing to pay for rentals or ground fees because the Bank of the Nation provides exciting financial solutions to them,” said Kaunda.

Service Centre Manager for Capital City Service Centre George Nyirenda (right) handing over a symbolic cheque to Police Commissioner Stan Kaliza

National Bank of Malawi (NBM) plc has given K2.6 million to the Malawi Police Service (MPS) to help towards the law enforcers centenary celebrations scheduled for early next month.

Presenting the cheque at the Police headquarters at area 30 in Lilongwe, NBM plc Service Centre Manager for Capital City Service Centre George Nyirenda said as the Bank of the Nation, NBM plc values the work that Police do in the country hence the support.

NBM Head of Operations Brian Boby (right) presenting a symbolic cheque to MIPS CEO Feston KaupaWith a spirit of giving, the bank of the nation, National Bank of Malawi (NBM) plc has given K2 million to the Malawi Institute of Procurement and Supply (MIPS) for their annual lake conference scheduled to take place from 23rd to 25th September, 2021 in Mangochi Lakeshore District.

Speaking during the cheque presentation event in Blantyre, NBM Head of Operations Brian Boby said the conference is of great importance to the Bank because it presents an ideal opportunity to engage procurement professionals on financial solutions that the bank is capable of providing to them.