Cough and cold home remedies for children
Are your children down with the sniffles this cold season? Are you unsure of how safe over the counter remedies are for the little…
Category: The Big Interview
Not afraid to speak out!
Thyolo North MP Anita Kalinde talks about the business acumen she inherited from her late father, how her recent move from DPP to Joyce…
Gleaning lessons from life’s journey!
Bridget Malewezi, medical officer and head of clinical department at Daeyang Luke Hospital in Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe, speaks on the ordeal that influenced her…
Farmer extraordinaire!
Listening to Diana Sitima, the managing director of Wambewu, an agro-based enterprise in Chiradzulu, narrate her story, one would be tempted to think she…
Working outside the box!
Twenty-six-year-old Salome Manyau, chairlady of the Women’s Boxing Council of Malawi, boxer, boxing judge, referee and coach speaks on working in a male dominated…
Making money and creating beauty off her hobby!
Renowned Mzuzu florist and owner of Valley View Landscapers and Cleaning Services Jean Trinidade who also works as an administrator at Alliance One, on…
Fighting for the voiceless
As she started her talk on living positively with HIV, no one would have been able to tell that Bhatupe Mhango had been living…
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…
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…