Tracking Lilongwe’s urban carnivores
A colleague from South Africa working in Malawi once exclaimed “Last weekend we saw a hyena in the middle of city centre. In the middle of the city! Gosh, it was a culture shock!”
On Ntchisi’s back roads
It was a day before Malawi went to the polls to elect a new president, parliament and local councils. My wife had arranged a quick trip into Ntchisi and she needed company. I think she later thanked me for tagging...
Takulandirani Malawi Tourism Expo 2019
Last Thursday I made a presentation at the Takulandirani 2019 Malawi Tourism International Tourism Expo on Property Access to Digital Platforms. Following on the theme of the 2018 World Tourism Day (Tourism and the Digital Transformation) that highlights the need...
Sandy Graves: Death on the Beach
Leisurely strolls on the shores of Lake Malawi, the Lake of Stars, presents you with spectacular beautiful sun rises, endless clear blue water and scenes of fishermen out in the deep. But it also reveals cruelty of death. Death on...
Tech and Social Entrepreneurship in Malawi
I attended a round table discussion on Tech and Social Entrepreneurship in Malawi organised by British Council and mHub.
Grandeur on the border: Pictorial of Kachebere Major Seminary
Sitting at the foot of Kalulu hills in Malawi – Zambia border district of Mchinji is Kachebere Major Seminary, a Roman Catholic philosophical training college.
Chintheche: Life’s a beach!
Aaah, Life’s a beach! After a wet drive from Lilongwe to Mzuzu, an overnighter at Glitz Cloud 9 Lodge in New Katoto and another wet drive down the M5, we were finally on the sandy shores of Chintheche. Chintheche is...
Mzuzu to Nkhata Bay: Traversing down the M5
Over the just ended holidays my family travelled to Chintheche, the famous beaches on the northern shores of Lake Malawi.
Rethinking Jobs
The formal job market is not the same as it was two or more decades ago. There are less formal jobs to go around to an ever growing population. A job advert in the local press is bound to get...
Tumaini Festival 2018
The fifth edition of the Tumaini Festival was held over the weekend at Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Dowa, central Malawi.
Tony Elumelu Foundation: Democratising Luck
Last week the Tony Elumelu Foundation held it’s 2018 TEF Entrepreneurs Forum. The event brought together entrepreneurs and alumni of it’s entrepreneurship programme as well hundreds of other people from across the continent and beyond. The forum was also attended...