My Turn
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Are we failing our young people?
A recent photo of a first year student from University of Zimbabwe lying lifeless in a pool of blood after…
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Accelerating Africa’s promise in SRHR
T wenty-five years ago, 179 countries met in Cairo, Egypt for the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). A…
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Energy for growth and jobs
W hen the European Union (EU) and Malawi put their energy into joint projects, great things happen. This is the…
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Boys too, when everything seems to be for girls
Why does society always think the boy child is safe against the stereotypical prepositioning that he is privileged and advantaged…
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Malawi and the new scramble for Africa
T he new scramble for Africa is real. This will not be a new experience for Africa. In 1884/5 European…
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Architecture or handicraft?
Lately there has been growing discontentment with the way our cities are shaping up. Matters reached a head over the…
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Action on typhoid epidemic needed
F or more than 18 months, Blantyre has been experiencing a typhoid epidemic. Typhoid fever is caused by a bacterium…
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Broken nation, living dreams
For a very long time, athletes will remember one Kenyan with long determined legs, Eliud Kipchoge. When Kipchoge was put…
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Sex for grades in universities
I commend the BBC’s Africa Eye Investigative Unit for their documentary on ‘Sex for Grades: Undercover inside Nigerian and Ghanaian…
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Betting is eating our nation
T he coming in of PremierBet, a betting company, has led to employment creation. Among others, the company has recruited…
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