Giving hope to communities!
Retired Chancellor College lecturer, Professor Moira Chimombo, now the executive director of Subsaharan Africa Family Enrichment (Safe) speaks on her passion for education, working…
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Wading through uncharted waters!
Programmes manager for NEPAD e-Africa Programme, Towela Jere, who holds a Bsc and PhD in electrical engineering, speaks on being among the first crop…
Fulfilling her calling with passion and perfection!
Isabella Msolomba Musisi, principal and senior lecturer at Saint John of God College of Health Sciences in Mzuzu, takes Albert Sharra through her long…
Serving the underprivileged through agriculture
Elizabeth Sibale, FAO consultant on cassava commercialisation projects and recipient of three agricultural awards speaks on leaving her young family to study for her…
Fighting cancer for the sake of her children
The first time I met her, she was seated comfortably in a chair at the hospital where I was also visiting a friend who…
Championing health equity
Martha Kwataine is executive director of Malawi Health Equity Network (Mhen) and a vibrant force to be reckoned with in Malawi’s advocacy circles. In…
Born to deliver!
Fast facts:The Women Deliver 100 recognises women and men, both prominent and lesser known, who have committed themselves to improving the lives of girls…
Hard work + determination = success!
Gaulphine Josephine Nyirenda, the managing director of Maneno Enterprises, started out supplying mandazi (fritters) to PTC and Kandodo shops in the 1980s. She set…
Rising to the challenge!
Twenty-seven-year-old Zomba Nsondole MP Jenipher Chilunga speaks on being one of the youngest members in the House, fighting to bring development into her constituency,…
Breaking the silence around her
Juliana Likomba (Nee Mwase), president of the Malawi National Association for the Deaf (Manad), and newly elected spokesperson for the deaf in the Sadc…
Empowering women on their rights and the Word of God
Maggie Kathewera Banda, executive director of Women’s Legal Resources Centre (Wolrec), which is based in eight districts within Malawi, on fighting to eradicate harmful…
Selling brilliant ideas with a touch of creativity
Joyce Mhango-Chavula, Founding Director of Rising Choreos, which invited Nollywood star Desmond Elliot to Malawi last year, on ploughing into a relatively new field…
Living everyday as a miracle
When Nia Desanker prematurely gave birth to her beautiful daughter Nyasha at only 29 weeks, she did not know that God had just put…
I survived 2 cancer attacks!
The first things I notice about Slyvia Singo are her vivaciousness and warmth. With a smile on her face and a twinkle in her…
Fighting to change the cycle of disease, death, abandonment and poverty
On November 11 2010, Sr Beatrice Chipeta co-sharred the seventh World US $1million Opus Award, a faith-based humanitarian prize which recognises unsung heroes who…
Preaching God’s word through song
Favoured Sisters’ Martha Pingasa and Mwawi Kalolokesya of Moyo Wanga Akusungawe Ndicholinga fame, tell Paida Mpaso about their passion for gospel music, the process…
Gogo Nyasulu, a gifted music composer
This year‘s Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) Our People Our Pride event held at the New State House in Malawi’s capital city, Lilongwe, on 30…
Hellen Zalira: A lioness on the hunt for opportunities
  23 year-old Hellen Zalira has been selected to represent Africa at a student festival in Norway, beating 4871 other applicants. She will…
A resourceful risk-taker who loves meeting challenges!
She has been executive director of National Association of Business Women (NABW) for the past 10 years, former board chair of TEVETA and board…
Martha Chalera: Creating a network of knowledge
Malawi Knowledge Network’s first programme officer Martha Chalera lets Paida Mpaso in on leading an organisation with the relatively new concept of gathering and…