Development
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Innovator eyes digital inclusion
For Chimwemwe Liwonde, innovation is about creating something that brings opportunities closer to people often left behind. The 24-year-old graduated…
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Blantyre at 150 and counting
Patrick Kennedy, 36, migrated from Thyolo to Blantyre when he was half his age, hoping to find work and a…
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Shire Valley programme reignites farmers’ hope
Concrete canals constructed to channel water from the Shire River to fertile crop fields across a vast valley at the…
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Jungle justice costs lives
They call it mob justice, but it is one of the tolerated injustices in a world where even the worst…
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United by sign language
Many people learn a new language for school, work or travel, but some do it out of love. Shamim Nakutho…
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Push to turn traditional crops into export gold
Malawian farmers have grown groundnuts, pigeon peas, sorghum and millets for generations, but turning these traditional crops into dependable sources…
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Minigrids power rural economies
Community Energy Malawi’s work show how independent, localised electricity systems can transform remote economies where national grid extension is too…
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Can cotton power industrial dream?
Malawi’s dream of becoming a productive and industrialised nation hinges on getting the basics right, including revamping a crop that…
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A chamber of many tongues
In the Parliament of Malawi where national destiny is debated, a new question is stirring the air: Should lawmakers stick…
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Blackouts disrupt businesses
As outages batter homes and businesses, some Mchinji residents climb hills with telecom towers to recharge their phones, our Correspondent…
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