Every Woman
The Big Interview
Monica Kholomana Unyolo
- Category: The Big Interview
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- Written by Paida Mpaso
She is a determined woman who despite having no experience in managing a company has steered Nali Group of Companies since 1997 and the company has made a name on the international market. She is bent on taking the different flavours of Nali sauces into Europe, Asia and America. PAIDA MPASO gets to know this humble but successful woman.
Yamikani Chitete
- Category: The Big Interview
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- Written by Dumase Zgambo-Mapemba
The recently appointed acting district commissioner (DC) for Ntchisi, Yamikani Chitete, is one of the few female DCs in Malawi. She is young and enthusiastic. She has not had an easy childhood after losing her father at five. Despite selling mandasi (fritters) and kanyenya, among others, to help her mother pay the bills, she has always been determined to break into male-dominated industries. Her goal is to prove to her appointees that she can be a responsible and successful leader. She tells her story to DUMASE ZGAMBO-MAPEMBA.
Agnes Mtimaukanena
- Category: The Big Interview
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- Written by Paida Mpaso
She is 21 and one of the great professional female boxers within the SADC region. So far, she has fought seven bouts with just two losses and one draw. She is currently the brand ambassador for Pharmanova. In this edition of EveryWoman Agness Mtimaukanena shares her story with PAIDA MPASO.
Suzanne van Hooff
- Category: The Big Interview
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- Written by Dumase Zgambo-Mapemba
Most young offenders when sentenced to prison are easily forgotten. But Suzanne van Hooff, country coordinator of Malawi at Young in Prison (YiP), sees potential in these youths. She works with juvenile reformatory prisons where young offenders are equipped with skills that will help them become responsible and skilful citizens once they are released. From Amsterdam, she talks to DUMASE ZGAMBO-MAPEMBA.
Debbie Viggs
- Category: The Big Interview
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- Written by Dumase Zgambo-Mapemba
Debbie Viggs is a Malawian woman fighting for acceleration of Africa’s development and poverty reduction through her three international organisations she founded. She is providing a platform for African entrepreneurs, especially women, to develop their businesses on the international market. She is also heads a religious ministry called Debbie Banda Ministries International (DBMI). She talks to Dumase Zgambo-Mapemba
Rose Chaponda
- Category: The Big Interview
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- Written by Paida Mpaso
When Rose Chaponda started operating a nursery school from a garage in Chirimba, Blantyre, she did not envision Rose Garden Private Schools. Today the school provides both primary and secondary education. It is also offering scholarships to both its students and graduates who are in various government secondary schools in the spirit of giving back to the community. PAIDA MPASO talks to Chaponda.
Dr Janet Banda
- Category: The Big Interview
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- Written by Dumase Zgambo-Mapemba
She is Malawi’s first ever female Solicitor General (SG) . She comes to this position with the same determination she has had since she was a little girl; to prove that a woman can do it. She shares her story and vision with DUMASE ZGAMBO-MAPEMBA.
Chrissie Katundu
- Category: The Big Interview
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- Written by Joy Khakona
Driven by a desire to contribute towards food security in her community and financial independence, Chrissie Katundu grows cassava, processes it into flour and produces cassava bread, wine, cakes, juice and other related products. She talks to our correspondent Joy Khakona.
Reverend Rachel Masimo
- Category: The Big Interview
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- Written by Albert Sharra
She is one of the first ordained female pastors in Malawi after obtaining a degree in Theology in 1991. But she has faced a lot of resistance from her own church administration (Assemblies of God). She claims she was denied to perform pastoral duties because she is a woman, among others. After serving as a lecturer and registrar of Sheaffer Assemblies of God School of Theology in Lilongwe, she obtained her Master’s degree. She finally started serving as a reverend in the same denomination in 2000. She takes ALBERT SHARRA through her life’s journey.
101 years old and still going strong
- Category: The Big Interview
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- Written by John Chirwa
Being a centenarian or somebody who is 100 years old and above is a great achievement in Malawi, where life expectancy in 2013 is at 50 as calculated by the National Statistics Office (NSO). Her desk has no medals or awards, but being 101 years old is reason enough for us to celebrate her life. She talks to John Chirwa about her life.
