Mibawa TV
Malawi’s entertainment channel from Blantyre. Mibawa streams its shows live on its official Facebook page, often for hours, and puts many of them live on YouTube too. Both are free; you only pay for data.
- Live on Facebook
- Shows on YouTube
- Free, you pay data only
Quick answer: Open Mibawa TV’s official Facebook page, facebook.com/MibawaStudios, and look for the red LIVE label, or open its Live tab. Many shows also stream on the official YouTube channel, Mibawa Studios, where past streams stay up to watch later. Mibawa has no working website player at the moment.
Two ways to watch online
Watch Mibawa TV live on Facebook
The page is called Mibawa TV and its web address ends in /MibawaStudios, after Mibawa Studios, the company that runs the channel. It has over 1.3 million followers. When we checked on 18 October 2026 it had gone live a few hours earlier, and its past live videos ran from half an hour to more than five hours.
Open the official page
Tap facebook.com/MibawaStudios. On a phone it opens in the Facebook app or Facebook Lite. Check the name says Mibawa TV with the round Mibawa Studios logo.
Find the live video
When Mibawa is on air, the newest post has a red LIVE label. You can also open the Live tab to see what is on now and past streams.
Follow to get alerts
Tap Follow and Facebook will tell you when the page goes live. Without an account Facebook keeps asking you to log in, so it works best signed in.
Watch out for copies. Other pages re-share Mibawa clips and “live” links. The official page is the one with over a million followers at /MibawaStudios.
Watch Mibawa TV on YouTube
Mibawa’s YouTube channel is called Mibawa Studios (@MibawaStudios, about 33,000 subscribers). It streams programmes live, such as Kuli Zotani, Know Your Artist and Tipopoke, and keeps them on the channel afterwards. It goes live less often than Facebook: the newest stream was 9 days old when we checked.
Open the channel’s Live tab
Tap youtube.com/@MibawaStudios/streams. If a show is on now, it sits at the top with a red LIVE badge.
Turn on the bell
Tap Subscribe, then the bell, and choose All to be told when Mibawa goes live. You need a Google account for this, but not to watch.
Missed it? Watch the replay
Past streams stay on the Live tab, newest first, so you can watch a show later at a time when your data is cheaper.
Watching without data
Mibawa TV is a free-to-air channel, so on a TV set it costs no data at all. Which decoder or pay-TV package carries it can change, so check your decoder’s channel list for Mibawa. We have not listed channel numbers because we could not confirm current ones.
How much data does Mibawa TV use?
Rounded typical figures for an hour of video; Facebook and YouTube use about the same at the same quality. Live shows keep using data until you close them, and a five-hour stream at 360p is about 1.5 GB. Set the video to low quality and see our mobile data guide for bundles and data-saving settings.
Save data: on YouTube tap the gear icon, then Quality, and pick 144p or 240p. On Facebook, turn on Data saver under Settings, Media.
Who is behind Mibawa TV?
Mibawa TV is a private entertainment channel based in Blantyre. It is run by Mibawa Studios, the multimedia and events company started in 2014 by entrepreneur John Nthakomwa, whose One Stop complex has studios for both television and radio. The channel is known for music, talk and church programmes and has also shown local football.
Its sister station is Mibawa Radio on FM. In 2024 Nthakomwa stepped down as managing director, saying the free-to-air model was hard to sustain. Mibawa’s Facebook page lists the website mibawa.mw, but it did not load when we checked.
- Type
- Entertainment TV
- Owner
- Mibawa Studios
- Base
- Blantyre
- Online
- Facebook, YouTube
Mibawa TV FAQ
Is watching Mibawa TV online free?
Yes. Facebook and YouTube do not charge to watch. You only pay for the mobile data or Wi-Fi you use.
Why is the Facebook page called MibawaStudios?
The page’s name is Mibawa TV, but its web address uses Mibawa Studios, the company that owns the channel. It is the official page.
Does Mibawa TV stream 24 hours a day?
No. Mibawa streams individual shows live, mostly on Facebook. When nothing is live, watch past streams on the Facebook Live tab or on YouTube.
Is there a Mibawa TV app or website player?
Mibawa announced a phone app called Kanema M’manja in 2024, but we could not find it in Google Play in October 2026, and the mibawa.mw website did not load. Use Facebook or YouTube for now.
Can I watch from outside Malawi?
Yes. The Facebook page and YouTube channel work from anywhere.
Where can I listen to Mibawa Radio?
Mibawa Radio is on FM. See our Mibawa Radio guide for the frequency in your town.
