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The Kamkwamba film needs to be fixed
William Kamkwamba is becoming a household name at last. When the local media houses first reported him the early years…
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Fare thee well DD Phiri, welcome alternative power sources
Last week, I attended church service at St Columba CCAP. Soon after the service and while I was still in…
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Genetic engineering is a real possibility but….
Genetic editing is one area of science that holds a great deal of promise for some on the one hand…
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Undeveloped, under-developed or developing?
Countries have been stratified into different classes depending on their level of development. Some are developed countries, others are undeveloped…
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Kamuzu the innovator
Tomorrow is Kamuzu Day, a day on which the nation, or those who will, spare a moment to remember the…
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Malawians can stun the world
It is not inconceivable that the next Zuckerberg would have attended Mchesi Primary School in Lilongwe or would have been…
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Our tourism drive needs innovative approaches
Yesterday saw the tourism exhibition get to an end at the Bingu International Convention Centre (Bicc) in Lilongwe. Malawi desperately…
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Revive import substitution
M alawi used to have an import substitution policy which encouraged local buyers to prefer local sourcing of goods to…
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Hats off to Rachel Sibande, Edmond Kachale and others
People align themselves to problems in one of two ways : they either choose to be part of the problem…
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Exit petrol and diesel, enter batteries
Petroleum appears to have conquered the world as the fuel that dominates the transport sector. For a century users road…
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‘A’ should not be for apple
Our children are daily bombarded with foreign methodologies of achieving basic literacy and numeracy. A popular alphabet chart has ‘A…
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Let this deforestation stop
In my last article I explored some of the effects of the massive environmental degradation this country has suffered. I…
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Denial of undeniable facts
It is quite frightening how people dismiss scientific phenomena and continue to live as if such knowledge never existed or…
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Space objects may devastate us
Many a time we sit and talk and transact whatever business that is before us, totally unaware of what could…
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The evil that is population growth
The issue of population growth is one that vexes many people. There are those who believe that the small cake…
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A father should never abdicate his responsibility
I visited a funny place called Lumbadzi last week. Funny, because it is purportedly located in the city of Lilongwe…
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Let weddings be private events
One Saturday morning, as I was driving through the Blantyre city centre, I was suddenly caught up in slow moving…
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Do not try to be somebody else
After the demise of the reggae legend, Bob Marley, a reporter approached Marley’s former band mate, Peter Tosh, and asked…
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We have created social distances
When the British administrators ruled us during the colonial era, they literally lorded it over us, creating a huge gap…
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Social media stifles originality
The advent of the social media has brought about many exciting possibilities. I still remember a time when, as a…
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