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Ethanol is probably the next big thing to happen to Malawi
That petrol propelled vehicles in Malawi can, with a slight modification, run on a combination of petrol and ethanol in…
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All is not doom and gloom for the black race
In his extended piece of writing titled The Capitalist Niger, Chika Onyeani, an American of Nigerian origin, is very blunt…
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Chichewa is becoming truly international – thanks to trade
I recently travelled by road to South Africa on a trip organised by a choir. On a two thousand kilometre…
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Lessons from Benjamin Carson
Benjamin Carson, whom I featured some three articles ago, remains one of my heroes. The African American neurosurgeon has achieved…
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Local capacity for book production boosted
I have on a number of occasions lamented the flight of jobs that could be done locally to other countries.…
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Trading in raw commodities is to be on shaky ground
What set England, and eventually the entire British Isles, apart from the rest of the countries in the world, turning…
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Gule wamkulu can be harnessed for a good cause
My first encounter with gule wamkulu (the great dance) was back in the 1960s when my father was pasturing…
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Brilliance is not alien to Africa
Some of the most astonishing medical breakthroughs have had an African connection. On December 3 1967, Christiaan Barnard, a white…
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What a great country that would be!
Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda did not mince words about the Central African Federation that sought to bring together the two…
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Paper is paper, plastic is plastic
Five or six articles ago, I argued that the improvisation culture was deeply rooted in Malawi. People find it too…
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Let us not abandon our search for knowledge
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak both dropped out of college to concentrate their efforts on developing a new brand of…
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Some of our attitudes on production must change
When you visit any supermarket in Malawi you will not fail to notice how well stocked it is. On a…
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It all hinges on culture
Several months ago, a friend of mine posted the picture of a motorised tricycle (the type that you come across…
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Improvisation will get us nowhere
Malawians have a tendency to shun anything formal, preferring to proceed by improvisation instead. This is as true of music…
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Sense of ownership can protect our natural assets
Once upon a time, uninhabited places used to have good tree cover. In those days, if you saw some green…
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Let us learn to appreciate our natural wonders
During a recent trip to South Africa, I decided to get a little adventurous one Sunday morning. I phoned the…
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Let us use the Internet for serious business
What drives the age we are in is information. Since the dawn of human civilisation, information has been the agent…
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We see the same world but we view it differently
In his celebrated book titled The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey states that when we look at the…
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Respect other people’s professions
There is always a tendency among professionals to downplay the importance of professions outside their own. I once worked for…
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Consuming desire can yield great results
In my earlier article titled “Malawi needs destiny changers” I mentioned that for any meaningful achievement to be realised…
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