Cassava promises much more
PATRICK ZGAMBOContributor Long regarded as just a snack and cashless root, Malawi’s cassava is getting attention and may in a...
Development
Celebrating two years of malaria vaccine
Clara Magalasi, 35, from Nkhwambala Village, Traditional Authority Kalolo in Lilongwe District raised her first two children with many challenges...
I don’t envy another job
Most youthful Malawians endure a lengthy search for employment as the queue for jobs in both the public and private...
Studying towards ending hunger
Standing close to a maize field, Grace Joseph, with the aid of a flip chart, confidently explains how smallholder farmers...
A new way of travelling: Adjusting to life in a pandemic
What do you think of carrying whenever you have to travel? Luggage of course, a passport and your travel documents...
Colonial law penalises rape victims
In February, Ivy was happy when a man was sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment for repeatedly defiling her since 2019....
Urban poor’s sanitation crisis
Two months ago, torrents that led to floods battered homes and latrines to the ground in Salisbury Township in Mzuzu....
Transforming lives through goat farming
Like many farmers in the country, Custom Katungwe, 54, from Mwalero Village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Kalembo in Balaka District believes...
For women who feed Africa
Women form the backbone of rural economies, growing over two-thirds of food for Africa’s 1.2 billion people. From a subsistence...
‘This paper exudes peace’
Land is nearly everything for most Malawians as the population has surged from 13 million to 18.4 million in the...
Women still struggling to own land
When she lost her husband in 2015, Agnes Joseph, 35, from Denje Village in the area of Traditional Authority Mwansambo...
Youths’ voices amid Covid
For Chisomo Banda, 23, and many of her friends in Lilongwe, news about Covid-19 was just like a rumour of...
Sexual violence stuns Mzimba
It was a frank talk which inevitably turned emotional. Who would want their child traded for marriage just for survival?...
Why Maria won’t stop smiling
For many young Malawians, higher education is a dream that never comes true largely due to limited bed space in...
‘Children’s health in our hands’
Women opposed to long trips to get children vaccinated in Lilongwe have constructed a clinic in a thick forest that...
Clean water excites learners
On a sunny Friday morning, 14- year-old Clara Charles and a dozen other learners at Namiyala Primary School in Nsanje...
Saved from jaws of child marriage
Instead of enjoying her childhood like any normal child, Rezina Luntha, 18, from Mbotola Village, Traditional Authority Malenga in Ntchisi...
Enhancing proactive disaster response
It has been difficult for pupils at Masakapende Primary School in Balaka District to learn during the rainy season. The...
From garage to continental think-tank
The African Institute for Development Policy (Afidep) is a renowned regional think-tank focusing on research and policy. It is headquartered...
Building resilient communities
Mary Basikolo from Traditional Authority Zulu (T/A) in Kasungu District has to work tirelessly to make ends meet for her...
