Complaining will limit our development scope. It is time we start looking at opportunities so that we address the very same challenges that the country is facing,’ Press Trust CEO Gibson Ngalamila has said. The new broom at Press Trust is geared to reposition the Trust as a beacon of hope for Malawians.
In an interview with the ICAM CEO Dr. Francis Gondwe, the soft spoken Press Trust CEO observed that the country has a huge opportunity in the energy sector and that Press Trust will be failing in its duties if it keeps on complaining instead of investing in the sector to help the government in fostering social economic development.
Ngalamila said: ‘We have projects in the pipeline on the verge of taking off. We are just waiting for the government to give clear guidelines on tariffs related to Independent Power Producers supplying power to the government. Government is yet to come up with a proper framework and we can only hope that the process will be speeded up.’
In its developmental revival scope, Press Trust will invest heavily in agriculture which Ngalamila says ‘they have the capacity to create 3000 to 4000 direct jobs.’ As a key player in the agriculture sector, Press Trust, which happens to be the largest producer of seed in the country, wants to extend into value addition of agricultural products and further establish its footprints as one of the key exporters of agricultural products.
In proving its commitment to social development, Ngalamila said that Press Trist will upscale its funding in health, education and water supply.
‘We want to continue to help communities providing schools, hospitals, portable water but we want to scale up those initiatives,’ Ngalamila said.
