Entrepreneurship

Thoughts and insights on the Malawi entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Handicraft storytelling

Blog collaboration with Zidza Katenga of Meekono on brand storytelling for African women handicraft entrepreneurs.

fantasy of entrepreneurship

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!

money making hobbies for youth

My contribution to a mHub blog collaboration for International Youth Day 2020 on the topic: “How to maximize your younger years – Start Now and Get Ahead”.

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.

Synergy business lounge

Synergy is a new co-working space in Lilongwe offering furnished private and open offices, a board room, a business lounge and event space.

British Council mHub Roundtable

I attended a round table discussion on Tech and Social Entrepreneurship in Malawi organised by British Council and mHub.

The Malawi formal job market is not the same as it was two or more decades ago. There are less […]

Tony Elumelu TEF2018

The Tony Elumelu Foundation is transforming Africa by supporting young Africans to succeed in a tough operating environment

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

Schools will start closing at the end of the week for the long summer break and most of us will […]

fresh fish

Unscrupulous vendors have used formaldehyde to preserve their fresh fish. Does anyone else see the opportunities in affordable and accessible cold storage for vendors?

Tony Elumelu Foundation 2018

So, four days ago I was selected onto the 4th cohort of the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme

Macra sim card registration exercise

In Macra’s ongoing sim card registration excercise, some interesting issues have been brought to the fore.

Richard Msowoya, Lazarus Chakwera and Sidik Mia

If you are anything like me then you will already have had enough of all the political manoeuvring and posturing […]

Reflecting on the year gone by in the lake of stars

In the commercial and civil aviation industry, aircrafts undergo periodic inspections known as checks. I had previously only heard of […]

Women selling groundnuts in Salima

alawi needs to build enterprises owned by indigenous Malawians with finance from indigenous Malawians. Because mere bootstrapping will fail at this quest.

self employment is the new default

If you ask my mom, I am unemployed. A former civil servant and HR practitioner, she does not subscribe to […]

The internet, the new Aeropagus

If you had a choice to reach out to new converts by building a new church or using the internet, […]

Agribusinesses made up two of the four presentations at the recent Lilongwe Pitch Night*.

Malawi loves cash transactions

Malawi has a range of electronic payment solutions like mobile money and debit cards. So why do we insist on using and accepting cash?

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