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- *Fupa Lokakamiza and Other Lessons* I miss the old "look" of this blog, it gave visit numbers and little flags detailing where the visitors came from....

- Listen to Gen Z Media - by Annika McKay By the end of this text, I hope to convince you to listen to Gen Z media. Gen Z media (gzm shows) is a collection ...

Moving Windmills Innovation Center - Now, I am working on my biggest project yet, the Moving Windmills Innovation Center. This will be a hands-on, collaborative-learning center located in Kasu...

President Donald Trump's Letter to World Health Organisation - On Tuesday, the United States (US) President, Donald Trump, made public the letter he has penned the World Health Organisation over its response to the Cov...

The Hayton House - Yesterday a white lorry, with a bent front bumper, pulled into the driveway of Residence number Nine, a rural mission home, in the “warm heart of Afri...

Haji Tanpa Antri : Haji Furoda, Amankah? - Antrian haji semakin panjang. Setiap daerah panjang antriannya berbeda-beda, paling pendek 10 tahun. Di Jawa Timur antrian haji sudah mencapai 25 tahun. Ja...

Holy Sexual Intercourse, my new book - Finally, the book *Holy Sexual Intercourse* is out, printed in Belarus (Eastern Europe). It will be available in Malawi early December 2019. Published by ...

Getting Back to Blogging - Long time, [blogging] world! It's been a decade and a half since we first talked through this blog. But we haven't been in touch for half of this time. We...

Hypocrite on the Move Indeed - MCP president Lazarus Chakwera continues to unveil his hypocrisy at every possible moment, something like daily confirmations that he preaches against wha...

In memory of a loving father- Jim K Matchaya - By Greenwell Matchaya For me, this week of August, shall live in infamy since 2008. I had woken up early on one lazy Saturday morning on the 23rd Au...

The Abenguni (AbaNgoni of Nyasaland) - Source: South-Eastern Bantu, AbeNguni, AbaMbo, AmaLala The Genealogy of their Chiefs. Lunyanda Magangati 1. Mlotshwa 2. Mafu Mbekwane 1. Zwangendaba 2. Nt...

Chichewa Dictionary now being distributed by Oxford University Press - It has been quite sometime since I last wrote about the Chichewa-English dictionary project, which is being led by Rev Dr Steven Paas. Since 2016, this dic...

‘Wings of the morning’: Tribute to late Pius Adesanmi - Just how does one get over the fact of a friend posting Psalm 139:9-10 on Facebook with their picture holding a passport and a boarding pass, boarding a se...

A deadly problem looming in a familiar season - The cholera outbreak that affected nearly a thousand people and claimed 30 of them nationally from November last year to May this year was largely due to s...

WHAT YOU THINK OF YOURSELF MATTERS - There are times we feel like giving up on our dreams, and many indeed do give up. Disillusionment, disappointment, backward thinking, regrets, all creep i...

Malawi Presidents and their Naïve Preference for Press Rallies - Writing in 2000, Francis Nyamnjoh, professor of anthropology at University of Cape Town made the following observation on African media: “An examination of...

The refugee who became a doctor - *Young Rwandese immigrant defies odds, two wars and a traumatic past, to qualify as a medical doctor* *By Jack McBrams* Mireille Twayigira was barely three...

Harga Kontak Bbm Bergaransi - Telepon tambah layanan nyaman dalam jasa tambah kontak bbm tertarget garansi dan biaya bahan bakar yang konsisten dan layanan ini sangat diperangi, dari ja...

MARK ZUCKERBERG ADORES 10 YEAR OLD MALAWIAN; PANASHE JERE; A PRODUCT OF MALAWI’S TECH REVOLUTION. - Imagine getting a chance to meet Mark Zuckerberg, CEO and owner of Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger. A man sitting at the helm of conversatio...

Ousmane Owen Munthali 1987-2015, the best of memories - Good morning Mr Munthali. I always responded Good morning Mr. Munthali. He always ended ndimakukondani Achimwene. I would laugh or ask what is it you want...

A summary of my PhD thesis in not so technical language - *My PhD thesis defence was held on 28th August 2015 at 12 noon at the University of Eastern Finland School of Computing in the Louhela Auditorium, Joensuu...

Paper Bag Promotions - $500 for 1000 pcs. Minimum Order 10.000 pcs FOB Jakarta. Paper bag promotion made in indonesia, made from recycle paper, cheap paper bag for promotion. Hu...

The Cost of Radio in Malawi - According to the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA), there were more than 70 licensed broadcasters in Malawi by end of 2014. Yes a good ...

Finalizing Our Journey - I, Noel, was able to return to Mbarara in early March while Kaye remained at home. My time here is rapidly coming to an end, and I scurry to finish my rem...

- Malawi’s biggest arts event, the award-winning Lake of Stars Festival, is returning in 2015 and will take place in the stunning surroundings of Sunbird Nko...

Development of fish farming through culture of improved fish variety at National Aquaculture Centre in Zomba - While the production from natural stocks of fish in the wild lakes and rivers of our country Malawi have decreased over time since the 1980s. The Ministr...

Why Shire Valleans Can't Relocate -

Aller Satan - For many, it was a normal Sunday morning worship. For me, it was different. A service in French, with occasional English interpretation. My French is v...

Boneka Teddy Bear Besar - jual boneka teddy bear besar , boneka teddy beruang lucu berukuran besar 120cm, berbulu rasfur halus dan lembut, berisikan dakron asli tersedia dalam bebera...

On the Publication of misleading adverts in national newspapers: The Case of Soul Winners Church, Malawi - On Saturday, December 27th, The Malawi *Weekend Nation *Newspaper published a full page advert from "Soul Winners Church" advertising "miracles, miracles, ...

Cash Gate Arrest Madness - It has begun I mean the arrests, happen to have a sneak preview of the list boy oh boy it is such a shame that some thought they were untouchables. It is a...

Tony's Sunday Morning Wafflings on SIM Card Registration in Malawi - In 1999 only 10% of the African population was covered by a mobile signal. Today, coverage is over 60% and Africa alone has approximately 740 million mobi...

GirlTech 3.14159 – a girls science and education camp in Uganda - A few weeks ago I got a very lovely email from Alaina Wayland, a Peace Corps Volunteer in Uganda working as a counselor at GirlTech 3.14159, a science and...

One day we will sing a solar song - http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_23-6-2014-9-7-10

Don't Give Up Just Yet! - Giving up, it is that word that we often use sometimes loosely but when you really do give up.. that's it. That is the end of hope, faith, perseverance, c...

WEB 2.0 AND SOCIAL MEDIA FOR DEVELOPMENT #1 - The outcome of the web 2.0 and social media training are becoming evident in the number of people building their links and networking with the participants...

The Portrait of a Malawian Man - Behold the image of our office guard, Mr Chiwaya standing proudly in front of the car, wearing cropped white pants and multi-coloured striped socks. Behold...

AWS EBS Volume Encryption Feature Now Available - According to Amazon Web Services they have announced encryption support for EBS volumes. EBS encryption will enable users to meet strict security and encry...

TARGETED VS UNIVERSAL SUBSIDY - *This article First appeared in Malawi News 1st February 2014.* As campaigning for positions in the impending tripartite elections heats up, some politica...

18 Leadership Quotes To Help You Grow & Inspire Others By Joel on July 1, 2013 - http://addicted2success.com/quotes/18-leadership-quotes-to-help-you-grow-inspire-others/ 18 Leadership Quotes To Live By Jack Welch Leadership Quote “Before...

BICO 2013 Annual Report Summary - *BICO 2013 Annual Report Summary * 2013 was a very busy year but successful year for BICO. Dr Khumbo Kalua (Research director) and other staff of BICO (Me...

Remembering and Transitioning - After several unsuccessful months of finding a job at a nonprofit, I decided to move to San Francisco and give twentysomething adulthood a try. I didn’t e...

Watipaso Mkandawire of Chihoro Village: On President Joyce Banda's Pending Cabinet -

Two big get-rights for your first meeting - Over the years I have come to realize that there are two really big things and two really small things to get right in your first meeting to engage and ret...

What in the World is the President Wearing? - Symbols matter. And after looking at 250 images of Joyce Banda, Malawi's President who is now world famous as the second woman to lead a nation on the Afri...

- Stop the Mediocrity: Be Issues Based Madam President, Please! The Malawi Vulnerability Assessment Committee (MVAC) of April 2013 to March 2014 makes it cle...

Last Flight To Budapest - The tickets were booked. The boarding passes were printed. There were just a couple things he needed to do before he could finalize all the details of th...

There's a snake in my boot (house)! - Apologies to Toy Story’s Woody, but I couldn’t resist. Seriously though, snake in the house. Those of you who know me should then be saying, “so what?” I...

Winner trunks! - My cellphone rang as I was doing the last echocardiogram in clinic today. It was Sharlene Hayton excited to tell us that she saw on her "It's Monday" email...

Have you seen Marie? - [Afterword, ‘Have you Seen Marie?’ by Sandra Cisneros 2012] ‘In Mexico they say when someone you love dies, a part of you dies with them. But they forget ...

There Goes Uncle Max! - I am still reeling from the sudden passing on of my uncle Maxwell Mlenga who departed on 13 October 2012. A week before Uncle Max's demise I was in his ...

ACCEPTANCE AND USABILITY OF MOBILE TECHNOLOGY IN THE DELIVERY OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES IN RURAL PARTS OF MALAWI - This is an abstract from my Msc Thesis: In this study, acceptance and usability of mobile phones in the delivery of healthcare services among Health Survei...

the Long Return - Today, as of 8:30am, I am no longer a current PCV but a Returned PCV who has no yet returned. It will be a long return, so to speak, as I embark on a thr...

GRE and Me - I guess this is my best buddy nw.

OUTLAW TRIBAL GROUPINGS! - The prognosis of our country’s economy and development is ominous. Public security has been severely compromised. The currency has been so brutally devalu...

Hiking Mount Mulanje - This past Easter break I hiked Mount Mulanje in southern Malawi and it was AWESOME!. Mulanje is a serious, rustic climb that makes you feel like a legit...

End of the Year and Going Home - I'm 16 weeks pregnant and have been sick. The blog was ignored these past 4 months as was my camera. Here are a few photos from the end of the school year ...

Bingu wandidziwitsa mayiko ngati Nsanje, Chitipa … - Ndayenda maiko ine.mp3 Listen on Posterous

An Insider’s Guide to Blantyre, Malawi - Blantyre – An Expat’s Guide to the City I love our adopted city of Blantyre – it’s a beautiful, green city full of charm and history and is the perfect siz...

A Hitchhiker's Guide to Africa - I had a surreal moment when hitching back to Mzimba last Wednesday. I found myself in a minivan packed tight as sardines with an array of neon dresses. A v...

CRIDOC e-Newsletter - June 2012 - Welcome to our June Edition of the CRIDOC e-newsletter. Our lead story this month is about the recent official launch of a library and teachers’ office whi...

- *BINGU - A high class leader who never forgot his roots* *by Hastings Maloya* His Excellency Ngwazi Professor Bingu wa Mutharika who died on April 6, 2012 ...

MALAWI FORMER PRESIDENT'S BELIEF IN JOYCE BANDA. - The former *Malawi* president strongly believes that H*er Excellency Joyce Banda *will make *Malawi* better. He said this in an interview conducted on Radi...

‘Spiritual’ Youths Shun SRH Services - Some youths who regard themselves as too ‘spiritual’, are shunning Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) services in the country. This was revealed when Bla...

The familiar voices - The heat and pressure of the Football Association of Malawi (FAM) elections is now gone. I no longer have interest in our game because of the midiocrity th...

The Old Man and I - By Tendy Kay The wind blew hard, Cars swooshed past; Bicycles, people, swayed faster, And he stared. As we walked along, The old man with the bristly hair...

Malawi Nyasa Times - Nyasa Times: Online newspaper for Malawi including news, features, polls, photos, videos and comments. Go to the official Nyasa Times website. *Nyasa Times...

Likoma Island - Happy New Year!!!! For the holidays this year, I traveled to Nkhata Bay and Likoma Island with two fellow PCV friends. Here is a rundown of my fab travel...

Thoughts about feelings of entitlement - This morning as I was praying and thinking about things, I had a profound revelation come to me (well, profound to me anyways): As I was praying and asking...

Father of the Gazelle - In an (albeit incomplete) Venn diagram comparing Abu Dhabi and Malawi, the central over-lapping section might include these commonalities: lots of sun, few...

Rudyard Kipling's Words of Wisdom - *by Rudyard Kipling* IF you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,...

The Power Tripper (Pun intended) - *With cavalier insouciance,* *he altered our flag,* *With sheer defiance,* *Like a rampant stag,* *When we stood rooted in trance,* *He stood proudly ...

And I’m Back - After an interesting, challenging, exciting, confusing, frustrating, outstanding, life-altering summer working for EWB in Malawi, I am officially back on n...

Anger - It is good to be angry But not to be wise. It is good to be angry But not to be blind. But we want to be angry It's therapeutic It makes us easy to manipula...

Tumultous Times - I live in Malawi. I didn't grow up here but I have always been from here and have now returned and settled in. It is a place of remarkable contrasts i...

No independence for women - Today, July 6, 2011, Malawi is commemorating 47 years of independence. Instead of celebrating, many Malawians are bemoaning the miserable living condition...

Transitions - Many of you are on my "group" list and have received an email update from me. However some are not so briefly I want to update you that I am leaving Malawi...

The Difference Between Fake Journalism(film) and real Journalism(real life). - *First and foremost, thank you for showing us a video on photos. It was truly inspiring.* The Pulitzer Prize video was so raw as i watched i...

ARE ALL OUR PRESIDENTS THIEVES? PATRONAGE, AND PREFERMENT - UPDATE - PREFERMENT BY MALAWI COMMUNICATIONS REGULATORY AUTHORITY (macra) A FOUL STINK AT MACRA Only three days after I posted the main item below a clear indicatio...

Petition the President to Guarantee Academic Freedom - Please Sign! - Petition to the President for Academic Freedom

DISSAPOINTED WITH THE CONDUCT OF CHANCO STAFF UNION - In her rebarbative cynicism and her mordant clarity, Chancellor College Academic Staff Union (CCASU) acting president has been to any media house electroni...

Malawi: The country needs a David in Bingu’s service - The current leadership has all the hallmarks of King Saul of old. In order to restore some sanity in the country I suggest three things that need to be don...

SCIENCE & CRITICAL THINKING - *Science & Critical Thinking - the Secular Humanist View* is our regular column in Malawi's Sunday Times Newspaper which we will now publish weekly on this...

Cover Letter writing tips - The Cover Letter is probably one of the most important letters you will ever write. Every CV needs to be accompanied by a great covering letter. As a recru...

BAM! Africa is scary too! - You should have seen the lightning storm we had last night! Everyone ended up huddled in the middle of the floor as it pounded around us! I was watching ...

From Pakistan, with fond memories - This afternoon, we went up the Margalla Mountains here in Islamabad. There is a fine restaurant there, perched right at the top, such that you can see the ...

Gratitude - This has been too long in coming, though I have carried it in my heart if not always at the front of my mind as I've made my way in life thus far. I am now...

Heart Healing - This is Glory - just back from Johannesburg. He attends the cardiology clinic I run in Queens. We referred him 18 months ago for repair of his congenital h...

Gov’t to abolish Car Ownership Schemes for Parastatals - As budgets squeeze, one of the first areas that many companies including government look for cost savings is the company car fleet. It is often tempting to...

Happy Families - As I got back to the office from the AXA coach station, I saw lots of very proud young people walking out from the Polytechnic having received their degree...

Pennies for Life: Putting the power back into the public’s pockets - Malawi received £77.3 billion of aid from the UK in 2009. During the same year the president Mutharika spent 9 million on a private jet, £2 million on a w...

Dedza reels under high population growth - With a population of 624,445 people (2008 Population and Housing Census), 56 per cent of which are young people under 19, the population of Dedza district...

Mr President, let's scrap elections - For one thing they demean us. We as a nation can't afford them so every time we need to hold them we've to stifle our sovereign pride, kneel and stretch ou...

shopping elsewhere - why did the country bumpkin cross the road? to buy some eggs. the eggs were not symbolic, it wasn’t easter. it was winter, a coat and two scarfs armed acac...

Rwanda's laptop revolution | PETER BEAUMONT - Source: The Mail & Guardian Rwanda's laptop revolution PETER BEAUMONT | KIGALI, RWANDA - Mar 28 2010 06:44 Two small boys are standing hunched outside the...

Rejection to Prosperity - *A Woman’s Fight to End Hunger and Poverty in Her Life and Village.* *By Zilani Khonje* Driving through Dioni Village in Traditional Authority Msakambwe, o...

Round - I can see the world flashing before my eyes, but really it’s only a blur, a multi-coloured blur. There are what appears to be thousands of bright lights f...

Nakalayepo ni zga sukulu ku Sekondare - Usabata yo asilagha, aba boma bafumizizge amita agha bana bo basaliwa kuya pakumanyila ku masukulu gho bakuti agha boma. Mu chisu ichi bati mu amasukulu a...

Mzuzu City in Pictures -

Absolutely the Warmest Heart of Africa! - by Tammy Mbendera Most information you will find online will begin by telling you of the poverty of this country but that’s just a matter of dollars an...

MEC defies AG order - Malawi Electoral Commission (Mec) has defied order from Auditor General (AG) order not to engage PricewaterHouse Cooper, an audit firm without seeking perm...

James dreams of a home - He was born nine years ago. Remembers little of his past life, does not remember his parents neither he remembers if at all he had brothers and sisters. Th...

WaPi “Move” - Unfortunately, I took a long time away from the WAPi blog, essentially, to get ready for WAPi. WAPi Move took place on Saturday, July 25, 2009, and was att...

When a Drive Brings up Open With Dialog - I had an annoying experience every time I try to open my C:\ drive, it would bring up an open with dialog box. A work around to this problem to open the r...

- Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their e...

Pictures from Chipembere in Blantyre, Malawi: Part III - Pictures from Chipembere highway in Blantyre, Malawi

K6.7 billion for city roads - By DEBORAH NYANGULU-CHIPOFYARoads Authority (RA) has set aside K6.7 billion for the rehabilitation and resealing of roads in the cities of Lilongwe, Blanty...

Patience Part 1 - In recent years (about 3yrs), I have found myself using the word patience for so many times. I have used this word for many reasons but the one that stand ...

It is with us all...lets face it positively - By Chiku JereThis story tells how HIV and Aids got closer to my life, both as a journalist and an individual.“I got infected because of the loving and cari...

Message of hope - Messages of hope may be presented in many ways. One way to express this message is through music. I recently discovered this song by one of Malawi's singer...

Richard Msowoya: The next second vice President for Malawi - If MCP wins the May 19 elections then former Minister in President Bingu wa Mutharika’s administration Richard Msowoya is expected to be the third powerful...

बकिली मुलुजी इन इदेंतिटी क्रिसिस पोस्ट प्रेसिदेंक्य? - Muluzi in identity crisis post presidency?By Isaac Cheke ZibaIn just about six weeks the Malawi nation heads to the polls – yes the presidential and parlia...

Meet Malawi’s budding clothing designer - Perceptibly, for quite a long time, the Malawian clothing market has been saturated with foreign (unused and second hand) clothes from western, Asian and A...

CHANCO EDUCATION STUDENTS' GRIEVANCES - Number and times University authorities do not handle issues affecting students within a reasonable time frame. It is either they choose they come back to ...

Re-thinking the U.S foreign policy - The post Second World War epoch was marked by increased global hegemony by the United States due to its military might and growing economy. The United St...

GNU OR NOT? - GNU OR NOT? By Andekuche D Samalani Chanthunya The interpretation of Section 65 by the Courts have once again sparked the debate of whether its time to com...

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