In a bid to further support the government's effort in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, NICOGroup in conjunction with its partner, Sanlam Group, has donated hospital equipment worth K44 million to the Ministry of Health.

The equipment will be given to Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH), Mzuzu Central Hospital (MCH) and Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (Qech) .

NICO Life and NICO Pensions, subsidiaries of NICO Holdings Limited, yesterday donated K6 million to College of Medicine (CoM) to support the institution facilitate online education.

The college intends to roll out online classes but 267 of its undergraduate students had no gadgets to help them access online platforms.

The school then embarked on the initiative to mobilise resources to buy laptops or tablets to distribute to the students.

In a bid to further support government’s calls to corporates to assist in the fight against the Covid-19 Pandemic, the NICO Group, in conjunction with the Sanlam Group, has donated hospital equipment to Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH), Mzuzu Central Hospital (MCH) and Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) worth K44 million through the Ministry of Health.

This follows several Covid-19 drives that NICO has been a part of since May 2020, when the group joined the Private Sector Response Initiative.

NICO Holdings Plc has posted K21 billion as profit before tax for the year ended 31st December, 2019 — up from K16 billion made in 2018 and representing a growth rate of 34% growth year on year. And from the results, the company’s board of directors has declared K469 million as dividend for its shareholders at 45 tambala per share.NICO Holdings Plc has posted K21 billion as profit before tax for the year ended 31st December, 2019 — up from K16 billion made in 2018 and representing a growth rate of 34% growth year on year. And from the results, the company’s board of directors has declared K469 million as dividend for its shareholders at 45 tambala per share.

This was disclosed during the company’s annual general meeting (AGM) held virtually on Friday in line of observing social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic.