Lilongwe-based youth-led farmers organisation, Chozizwa Youth Farmers is slowly challenging established companies after it successfully launched production of poultry feeds. The organisation is producing pourtly feeds trading under the brand Chozi poultry feeds. The organisation’s treasurer Maureen Taweni has told…
On 19 October hundreds of people gathered at Kauma Village in Traditional Authority Santhe’s area, Kasungu to pay their last respects to a local hero, Mathews Tisatayane Sapemba. Sapemba, a visionary man and renowned social entrepreneur died on 12 October after…
Blantyre-based female entrepreneur Ellen Umali has launched a unique blend of achaar that has drawn the attention of consumers. Umali, a holder of Diploma in Journalism from the Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (MUBAS) is the founder and…
In an effort to promote environmental conservation and education, a Lilongwe-based youth-led organisation “Green Girls Platform” has launched an ambitious project to build a library using plastic bottles at Mzumazi Primary School in the outskirts of Lilongwe city. The innovative…
In a remarkable display of entrepreneurial spirit, Farmers Voice Africa (FAVOA), a Lilongwe-based farmers organisation, has ventured into international trade, exporting solar powered generators to Zambia. The solar-powered generators are an innovation which the organisation’s manufacturing wing developed late last…
As calls for Malawians to start producing products that can compete on the international market continue, local female entrepreneur, medical doctor and researcher, Lizzie Msowoya Kumtambila has accepted the challenge by launching a company that specialises in manufacturing or value…
Amid the continued scarcity of jobs on the job market, Mzuzu-based food scientist, Maggie Njera has chosen a different path by venturing into entrepreneurship. Njera has launched a company called “Njera Food Processors” which specializes in the production of nutritious…
The COMESA Federation of Women in Business (COMFWB)-Malawi Chapter has tipped female entrepreneurs to be in the forefront in the day-to-day running of the country’s economic affairs. The remarks were made on Wednesday in Blantyre during a business training session…
Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (MUBAS) graduate Moses Kamchedzera has created an innovation that converts plastic waste into valuable products such as Diesel, Petrol, Propane gas and Grease. The holder of bachelor’s degree in energy engineering produces the…
A group of enterprising farmers from Mzimba district operating under “Malangazi Natural Resources Management Cooperative” has developed an innovative way of protecting forests by using beekeeping to keep out illegal loggers. Apart from helping to deter wanton cutting down of…