Blog collaboration with Zidza Katenga of Meekono on brand storytelling for African women handicraft entrepreneurs.
Musings
Thoughts, insights and collaborations on the entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Self-employment is great. But it demands more than just being passionate about your product. Jump in with eyes wide open, it can be a rocky ride!
My contribution to a mHub blog collaboration for International Youth Day 2020 on the theme: “How to maximise your younger years – Start Now and Get Ahead”.
Entrepreneurs, mHub and British Council talk tech and social entrepreneurship, the policy environment and innovation in Malawi.
Malawi needs to rethink jobs. Opportunities for seed financing and business training are available. Mindset change will also help!
Your teenage children can get up to all manner of mischief over the holidays. A few tips to keep them busy and make some money while at it.
Like an aircraft, we should occasionally carry out heavy maintenance visits, a D Check. Strip back and reevaluate our careers.
Malawi needs to build enterprises owned by indigenous Malawians with finance from indigenous Malawians. Because mere bootstrapping will fail at this quest.
With mass redundancies, has self-employment become the new default? It’s not an easy road. But what other options do we have?
Agribusinesses made up two of the four presentations at the recent Lilongwe Pitch Night*.
Malawi has a range of electronic payment solutions like mobile money and debit cards. So why do we insist on using and accepting cash?
A top banker says Malawian entrepreneurs have a poor risk taking culture and fear failure. With an equally risk averse banking sector it is not surprising!
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