Are Malawians Sleep-Walking into a Surveillance State?
n the last three years, the Malawi government has passed a lot of legislation, among these, is the National Registration...
Let Misa Malawi be, Malawi needs media council
There have been muted discussions and calls within media circles, notably by the Media Institute for Southern Africa (Misa Malawi)...
High cost of Internet vs. fake images
The days when people believed that pictures do not lie are long gone. We are now in the age of...
MEC needs to rethink position on official broadcaster
I read with interest a comment by Malawi Electoral Commission’s (MEC) Chairperson, Justice Jane Ansah that the commission is not going...
Digital rights, Internet accessibility—Part III
This article is the third and last in a three-part series focusing on digital rights, access to the Internet, and...
Digital rights, Internet accessibility—Part II
This article is second in three-part series focusing on digital rights, access to the Internet, and Internet affordability in Malawi....
Digital Rights, Internet accessibility—Part I
Twenty-two years after the establishment of the country’s first Internet Service Provider (ISP), the country lags behind its regional neighbours...
Be afraid of govts condemning social media ‘misuse’
2019 has hardly taken any shape, yet there has already been a succession of Internet shutdowns across Africa. These shutdowns...
Digital Rights, Internet Accessibility, and Affordability in Malawi – Part 1
22 years after the establishment of the country’s first Internet Service Provider (ISP), the country lags behind its regional neighbours...
Why no-one cares about Malawi’s biggest problem
Malawi’s Vice-President Saulos Chilima has recently spoken about corruption in the country putting the lives of people at risk. He...
The pitfalls of telecommunication regulation in Malawi
In telecommunication, regulations are meant to correct market failures in order to protect and promote interests of consumers and citizens....
Malawi on the Internet: It’s getting worse
Freedom House’s Freedom on the Net, 2017 report shows that 2017 was, as Wire.com puts it, a “terrible year for...
Why Malawi’s corruption is worse?
This September marks three years since the high-level corruption scandal in which $31 million stolen from government coffers began...
Quick fixes, permanent crises
Malawi leaders are very good at finding quick fixes to complicated problems, akin to bandaging boils instead of bursting and...
Social media is alright
The question of whether social media should be regulated is steadily getting traction on the continent as well...
Tyranny of the majority
French political thinker, Alexis de Tocqueville, noticed that as much as democratic leadership is determined by people, ideally majority,...
Commodification of state resources is not a way out
It seems like in Malawi we have found a solution to government’s perennial failures in running public services: privatise everything....
Will Malawi media safeguard its freedoms?
One famous Russian writer and playwright Mikhail Bulgakov once said: “I am a passionate supporter of freedom, and I...
Should mining in Malawi Be considered illegal?
In July 2013, Malawi’s then minister responsible for mining, John Bande told The Nation newspaper that Malawi government was engaging...
Mining companies benefit from mineral wealth
In 2007, the Malawi government licensed the Australian and Canadian registered mining company Paladin Africa Limited to open Malawi’s first...
