Reading Time: 3 minutesOne morning, several years ago, a sudden, sharp bang outside my home caught my attention. Upon enquiry, the watchman revealed that whilst burning some rubbish, he had placed a plastic bottle on the fire with its lid firmly sealed, causing it to burst unexpectedly. This incident, though startling, is a rather commonplace occurrence in Malawi, […]

Reading Time: 3 minutesJack Welch, the erstwhile CEO of the formidable American Conglomerate General Electric, once delivered a striking observation that resonates with enduring clarity: “If the rate of change on the outside exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end is in sight,” or words to similar effect. This sage warning applies equally to individuals,

Reading Time: 3 minutesAn effective and practical strategy to stem the relentless tide of unwanted waste is to live by the three golden principles: reduce, reuse, and recycle. It is common sense that the volume of waste generated lessens when we curb our consumption of the very products that give rise to such waste. In this discussion, I

Reading Time: 3 minutesIn the 1980s, I was fortunate to be taught by an ICT lecturer at Watford College named Ian Watson, who shared a vision that now seems remarkably prescient. Watson predicted that, in the not-so-distant future, expert computer systems would be developed—machines capable of mimicking human experts by providing vast arrays of information across countless fields.

Reading Time: 3 minutesSwahili serves as the medium of instruction in Tanzanian primary schools. In a similar vein, Japan employs Japanese throughout its entire educational framework, China uses Chinese, and countless other nations educate their youth in their own national tongues. Our cadre of linguistic experts has long championed the adoption of local languages as the primary vessels

Reading Time: 3 minutesA few years ago, I reached out to the youth with a heartfelt appeal: to harness the transformative power of the 4Ds—Desire, Dedication, Discipline, and Determination—in their quest for greatness. Today, I wish to revisit and reaffirm the immeasurable worth of these virtues, so that those who missed the earlier message might join the journey,

Reading Time: 3 minutesIt is a familiar refrain among Malawian politicians to claim that Malawi and China once shared comparable GDP per capita figures back in 1964, yet have since charted remarkably divergent courses, culminating in two vastly different economic realities. One nation has risen to become an economic titan on the world stage, while the other remains

Reading Time: 3 minutesI once chanced upon an article recounting an encounter between a Zimbabwean former freedom fighter and his erstwhile prison guard, taking place shortly after Zimbabwe’s independence in 1980. The dialogue exchanged between these two gentlemen was nothing short of fascinating. The freedom fighter asserted with conviction that his country was now independent, and that his

Reading Time: 3 minutesSocial scientists have coined a powerful term to describe the strategies people adopt when they can no longer rely on the resources that once sustained them: coping mechanisms. These techniques vary widely, from mastering the art of thriving without what has been lost, to creatively replacing what is gone with something else entirely. For years,

Reading Time: 3 minutesFiery and unapologetic, the late reggae icon Peter Tosh never bowed to labels or ideologies that did not sit right with him. When Grenadian Prime Minister Maurice Bishop invited him to a socialist summit, Tosh showed up—but not to conform. As soon as someone addressed him with the revolutionary greeting, “Comrade,” he shot back without