Archive

An archive collection of my early blog posts on Austin Madinga’s Big Mouth between 2005 and 2012. Warning: Many rants ahead!

tourism day 2020

Tourism and Rural Development

Malawi celebrates World Tourism Day at an unprecedented time. The theme, Tourism and Rural Development, is an important one given the negative effects the pandemic has had on most rural communities.

death by meetings

Death by meetings

Let’s talk about meetings. If you’re Malawian, you know. We love to suck the life out of people because of our love of meetings.

mHub hosts Lilongwe Sparks

Today mHub hosted the first-ever city spark for Sahara Sparks, East Africa’s largest Innovation and Technology Entrepreneurship event. Lilongwe Sparks event

network point

GWAN will never work – Chaponda

During a hearing a Parliamentary Joint Committee hearing last Wednesday, minister of Agriculture George Chaponda made an interesting point on

Malawi Wokongola

A pictorial of random sights from Nsanje to Dowa and Ntcheu to the lake of stars, Lake Malawi. Malawi Wokongola

Litter bugs

Street pole advertising seems to have taken root with almost every electricity pole decorated with some form of marketing message

Party all night

Power all day, party all night!

Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) has finally succumbed to public and consumer rights pressure and changed its slogan from