Lilongwe TNM Customers Gets Business Starter From TNM Tikolore Promo

Madalitso Jonazi presenting Tricycle to previous winner

Three TNM customers from Capital City, Lilongwe will become possible millionaires after winning Tricycle each, from the promotion dubbed 'Tikolore' being run by the Malawi's leading mobile company.

The three winners, Haswell Banda, Amidu Bwanali, and Kafelapangira Chunga received their prizes from TNM at a presentation ceremony held on Thursday at area 49 Zebra in Lilongwe.

Through the promotion TNM is giving out four Tricycles (mini vehicle with three wheels) to four lucky customers every month as the main random prize in the promotion. There are 4 more mini vehicles to be won and other prizes are sprayers, fertilizer and other farming tools.

“I have got a very big plan for this tricycle which at the end will make my dream come true." says Kafelapangila Chunga a teacher at St. Gallen Private School in Lilongwe,

"I want to do a taxi business using this Tricycle and the money will be used to pay for my education because I desperately need money to proceed with my education” he said

Another winner, Amindu Bwanali said; “Am happy that I have won this Tricycle because I have never thought I can be one of the winnersa and at first I thought it was a joke when TNM contacted me to inform that I have won. He said, 

"This prize will help my family, and relatives because I will use this Tricycle for taxi business.”

Tikolore Promotion aims to celebrate the harvest season and help Malawians prepare for the coming farming season

Speaking in an interview after presenting the three prizes, TNM’s Commercial Manager, Chimwemwe Mganga expressed the companies grattitude for overwheling support it gets from subscribers since the begining of the promotion on 1^st May.

"We were supposed to end the promotion on 31^st of July but due to overwhelming response we extended this promotion to August but after being overwhelmed again, we extended again to this month of September 30^th. Said Mganga who also indicated that the promotion continues to attract an increased response from customers and that there has been subscriber base increment.

With one more draw ahead, before winding up the promotion, Mganga encouraged customers to continue participating in the promotion and win the prizes that are designed to reward customers with farming inputs as they prepare for the next farming season.

To date TNM has given out bags of fertilizers, sprayers and farming tools to over 1200 customers, 400 customers have won 2 bags each, 400 customers have won sprayers and the other 400 have won 400 sets of farming tools.

During the seventeenth draw TNM splashed out 100 bags of fertilisers to 50 luky customer, sprayers to 50 people and other 50 customers walked away with farming tools. In addition to the main prizes, TNM subscribers also stand a chance to earn 50% bonus on their daily airtime recharges during the promotion.

To enter the promotion subscribers are only required to top up their phone with a minimum of K50.

The promotion ends on 30th September 2015 and only prepaid customers are eligible to enter. 

Steve Bedi Tips Malawi Pupils to Nurture Their Talents

Steve Bedi (Left) and Bright Malopa (Right)

The UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador on HIV/AIDS, Steve Bedi a Ghanaian Jazz Saxophonist encouraged Malawi primary school pupils to use their school break time for recreational activities as a way of developing their talents and skills.

Bedi was speaking over the weekend at a Mlumbwira full primary school where he donated 40 classroom desks on behalf of Telecom Networks Malawi (TNM).

At welcoming the donation Steve Bedi watched pupils performing Mganda and other traditional dances. 

Bedi said was reminded of his musical career beginnings after watching the performance and that he was impressed with the pupils dancing skills. He therefore appealed to parents and teachers to encourage them to utilise the break time for recreation activities so that their skills are cultivated.

"They (pupils) don't have to be restricted to only class staffs but they have also to do recreational activities to entertain themselves" he appealed "because may be tomorrow they will be future Michael Jackson or Jenifer Lopez” 

Bedi also encouraged the pupils to work hard in class as well advance skills they feel are good at, like singing and dancing.

Bedi who narrated of how he rose from playing a pipe at school to a world class skilled Saxophonist said Malawi pupils can do the same and become future famous celebrities.

“It is really important because recreation is not just entertainment, but is something that recreates the mind and body, and it heals also.” he said,  "So recreation is very important for the students in schools because they get refreshed during their break time"

A 1926 Primary School Gets First Classroom Desks

A Lilongwe City North primary school considered the very old, located approximately 14 kilometres from the Capital city,  gets classroom desks for the very first time, a donation from Telecom Networks Malawi (TNM)

On Friday afternoon, pupils and teachers from  a 1926, Mlumbwira primary school looked happy at receiving 40 desks valued at K1.2 millionon from Malawi's Premier mobile TNM.

The UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador for HIV/AIDS, a Ghanaian Jazz Saxophonist, Steve Bedi handed over the donation  on behalf of TNM and said "It is disheartening to note that the school with an enrollment of 949 students does not have a single desk." 

Bedi said an education institution with basic facility like desks gives a great motivation to students to do better and expressed the need for government and every person to take responsibility in provisio of the good learning enviromnet to pupils, the "future leaders." 

The UNAIDS Ambassador, who gave a motivationals speech to pupils also urged pupils, parents and guardians to refrain from undulging themselves in immoral behavior which may put them at risk of contracting HIV virus.

TNM Head of Marketing Sobhuza Ngwenya said the donation was part of TNM's corporate social responsibility and affirmative commitment in supporting government efforts in the provision of quality education.

Head Teacher for the school, Matthews Magwaza who thanked TNM for the donation said the school has a lot of problems.

He said, before the donation the school had only 10 plastic chairs for teachers and that students sit on the floor. He said the development has fueled school dropout among girls who mostly feel unconfortable sitting on the floor.

"This donation is a great thing to us" said the head teacher who promised to make sure that their first desks are taken care of.

"Pupils from this school sits on the desk for the first time when they got selected to secondary school" added the head teacher

On other challenges Mlumbwira primary school is experiencing, Mr. Magwaza said there is no staffroom office and that  all meetings are held under the tree. He further said the school has only six classrooms yet the it requires 15 classrooms.

TNM takes ‘SMART DATA” to Mzuzu University...

Nesnes recent performance at Polytechnic

Students set for Smart Data Campus Promotion & blitz during
Social Weekend

TNM Smart Data has announced the sponsorship of the Mzuzu University (MZUNI) Students’ Social Weekend from 1st to 3rd May, 2015.

During the Mzuni students’ social weekend, Malawi’s premier mobile telecommunication company, TNM, will be brushing shoulders with University

students with their Internet baby; Smart Data.  On the weekend, TNM aims at

demonstrating reliability, affordability and most importantly a great variety of bundles that have been introduced as an icing on the cake of their advanced internet offerings. 

Essentially, TNM aims to empower students and everyone in Malawi to minimise the hassle in information and networking as they have a package of bundles that fit each person’s internet needs.

‘Smart Data” is TNM’s revolutionary basket of innovative products powered

by the Internet. The bouquet is helping enrich the TNM customer experience on the Internet as users now enjoy easy access to social networks and browsers such as Opera Mini. Heavy downloaders and merely fun-seekers are all taken care of in this consortium of advanced smart access to data services.

Announcing the sponsorship, TNM Head of Region for North, Richard Kwatiwani said Smart Data unlocks the barrier of access to academic and social

information for students.

“Internet is what every student needs in their academic life and it adds value to their social networking edge. With Smart Data, TNM offers a wide variety of internet bundles for the students to choose from according to their needs,” he said.

Kwatiwani said the Social Weekend will provide a platform for students to

appreciate Smart Data through a Smart Data Students’ promotion in which lucky students will win Smartphones, Dongles and various TNM merchandise.

He encouraged all interested people in Mzuzu to be part of the fun this weekend as TNM has also featured young urban music stars Nesnes (who did the Smart theme song with Gwamba) and Blakjak to headline and reinforce the messaging. 

“Smart Data presents a complete shift in TNM’s core data proposition in that it has come to enrich our customers’ experience and our staff will be

available during the social gathering in order to provide information about the product,” assured Kwatiwani.

Events will hit a climax on Saturday night as a Mr and Miss Smart Data will be crowned during the event.

The company also sponsored the Polytechnic social weekend which was held from 6th to 8th March, 2015 where Evans Banda and Vanessa Thyolani were crowned Mr and Miss Smart Data respectively. The two received Huawei Ascend Y221 smartphones from TNM.

TNM Supports Golf National Team With New Uniform

As Malawi's National Golf Team participates in the Zone VI Golf Tournament in Kampala Uganda,  one of Malawi's leading mobile company, Telecom Networks Malawi (TNM) has supported the team with new Uniform.

TNM's Chief Commercial Officer Daniel Makata said this at the end of the 2015 TNM Malawi Open Stroke-play held over the weekend at Lilongwe Golf Club where a field of 116 golfers from Lilongwe and other golf clubs across the country took part in the three day stroke-play, which teed-off Friday closing on Sunday afternoon.

“Our golf players are carrying the country’s flag when they are playing there and we can’t just leave them because in Malawi you cannot just talk about golf without mentioning TNM and we cannot talk about national team going out and TNM is not part of that. So in order to ensure that we are always with them, we have partnered with them to ensure that they are playing and represent the country well and we used this tournament as a preparation for the national team as they are going for the Zone VI Tournament”

“So as we are wishing them well and promise to be with them, we have supported them with new uniforms.” said Makata

Makata also expressed hope of outstanding performance in Zone VI by the national team and win because of how some players in the national team who took part in the 2015 TNM Open stroke have performed.

“So we are hopeful as Malawians that they are going to win there, and make us all proud”

During the tournament, the TNM Chief Commercial also hailed management of Lilongwe Golf Club for a wonderful hospitality as the company hosts its tournament and presented a cheque donation of K500,000 to the club for maintenance of the greens.

TNM Plants 12 Thousand Trees At Kauma Sewage Site in Lilongwe

TNM Plants 12 Thousand Trees At Kauma Sewage Site in Lilongwe

Telecom Networks Malawi in the central region has embarked on tree planting exercise around Kauma sewage site as a way of reducing bad gases that are produced and evaporates from the sewage banks, reaching to residents around the area.

The central region team from TNM was on Thursday morning planting trees together with members of communities that surround Kauma sewage including officials from Lilongwe City Council.

“TNM is just continuing its annual programme regarding tree planting” said Danny Malisita Head of Central Region at TNM, “This time around, we felt the urge as a Malawian company to come in so strongly this time around after experiencing floods starting early this year”

When asked why taking this year’s tree planting season to Kauma, Malisita said “This area was affected in two ways, firstly the sewage system here releases toxic gases that are bad to the people around this area and we believe planting trees around this place will help to transform carbon dioxide into oxygen that would be beneficial to residents around here.”

Secondly he said “So many houses were damaged and roofs blown away (referring to a thunderstorm that affected the area early this year), so we thought if we could prioritize Kauma area it would make a big difference to the lives of people that lives around this place”

“We thought we are the right people to intervene and resolve these problems” he said 

Malisita has indicate that TNM this year is planting 36 thousand trees national wide, whereby 12 thousand trees are to be planted in all the three regions of Malawi. He said in the southern region TNM is planting in Monke-bay, Mangochi district and in the northern region they are planting in Chikangawa, Mzimba district. While in the central region TNM has chosen Kauma sewage which is also very close to Lilongwe river.

TNM’s Head of Central Region, Malisita mentioned that the company all the trees being planted costs up to K2.7 million.

Group Village Headman (GVH) Kauma who was among the community members planting the trees, commends TNM for decision to plant trees around his territory. He promised cooperation with other village headmen and come up with set of restrictions in order to protect the trees being planted in his area.

“We will condone any conduct that will lead to deracinate trees here or allow cattle’s to graze around this place, we will make sure that these trees are well protected” Said GVH Kauma