My Turn
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Malawi’s Economists’ Bill Still Needs One Important Boundary Drawn
Malawi has just decided who may call themselves an economist, which turns out to be the easy part of a…
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Let’s talk about Malawi’s future
Every nation must pause and ask itself: Is what carried us yesterday still able to carry us tomorrow? For Malawi,…
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A fair deal for retired private workers
Every day, millions of Malawians wake up to serve their country in different ways. Some work in government offices, schools…
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Cost of keeping refugees idle
Malawi enforces a strict refugee encampment policy requiring all asylum seekers and refugees to live inside the designated Dzaleka Refugee…
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Aid cuts call for innovation
Every cloud has a silver lining. The UK’s decision to reduce development assistance should ignite a national debate about how…
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Energy goes beyond lights
At the just-ended Fifa World Cup finals, history has been made. Spain was crowned world champions for a second time.…
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Blantyre’s colonial ghosts—part 2
Structures once used to oppress our grandparents may one day injure their descendants. This safety issue comes to mind as…
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Blantyre’s colonial ghosts—Part 1
Malawi’s commercial capital remains haunted by colonial-era buildings that no longer serve their purpose due to a law long misinterpreted.…
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Mu umodzi muli mphamvu
When I arrived in Malawi, I was delighted to learn that the old Irish proverb ní neart go cur le…
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Is success still key to education?
The recent education policy decisions in Malawi depict a dangerous disparity between political scoreboard aspirations and practical realities. Recently, government…
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