Are we ready to work from home?
Covid-19 is in our midst and we are scrambling to figure out remote working and work from home procedures. Malawi, are we ready?
My thoughts on Malawi society, culture and other happenings in the land of the lake of stars.
by Austin · Published 18 April 2020 · Last modified 26 July 2023
Covid-19 is in our midst and we are scrambling to figure out remote working and work from home procedures. Malawi, are we ready?
by Austin · Published 31 March 2020 · Last modified 20 January 2022
The world is undergoing serious disruption. Nothing is as it used to be before – countrywide lockdowns, jobs lost, businesses folding. When it has all blown over, we can’t afford to return to our old normal.
by Austin · Published 10 January 2020
So, the world spun around the sun yet again. And my year seems to have started uncannily similar to all other years – somehow caught in the thick of thin things.
by Austin Madinga · Published 6 July 2018
Today we celebrate that Malawi gained her independence 54 years ago from the British colonialists. Strides have been made but is there really that much to celebrate? Not wanting to pour cold water over the gains that we have made...
by Austin Madinga · Published 26 March 2018 · Last modified 30 November 2019
So, four days ago I was selected onto the 4th cohort of the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme
by Austin Madinga · Published 19 December 2017 · Last modified 28 November 2019
In the commercial and civil aviation industry, aircrafts undergo periodic inspections known as checks. I had previously only heard of A, B and C checks and only came to know about D checks recently.
by Austin Madinga · Published 30 November 2017 · Last modified 30 November 2019
The Directorate of Road Traffic and Safety Services (DRTSS) released statistics to show that the number of people dying in traffic accidents had increased in the past year. The blame has largely been heaped on drivers for driving under the...
by Austin Madinga · Published 11 October 2017 · Last modified 13 July 2019
Seventeen year old Fyness is awakened by the movement of the goat she shares her living quarters with. In the distance, the sound of Cockerels breaks the predawn silence. It is time for her to rise and set off for...
by Austin Madinga · Published 17 September 2017 · Last modified 4 April 2019
President Mutharika and his delegation have arrived in New York for the annual United Nations General Assembly. As is normally the case, there have been questions about the size of his delegation and the cost to taxpayers.
by Austin Madinga · Published 10 August 2017 · Last modified 19 December 2019
I recall that when I was 13 years old, I wrote a transcript for a ‘book’ (for lack of a better word) based on Shaka Zulu and his murderous regime in South Africa. It filled one of those school notebooks...