Through the lens of innovation, Pakel Patrick Chikoja, an IT specialist from 6 miles in Zomba, has made a mini-tractor to boost farming in the country. Aged 38, Chikoja holds an advanced Diploma in Computer Engineering obtained in 2009. The…
In a bid to help farmers overcome drought that has affected the 2023/2024 farming season, FIIG Energy Company has developed a solar generator capable of pumping underground water for irrigation. The generator requires no fuel and is smoke-free, portable and…
A Lilongwe-based company has found a niche in processing castor oil products. The company, owned by siblings, is called Pililani, Isaac, Lumbani and Fumbani (PILF) Natural Products and has been in operation since 2018. PILF Natural Products co-owner and customer…
Jeremiah Francisco Kalinda, who works as a Principal Librarian Assistant at the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR), has built a low cost car. The 42-year-old comes from Chikwiya Village T/A Kaomba in Kasungu and told ProjectM that…
Elizabeth Mwamadi, owner of a Lilongwe-based Nojo Trading, a small-scale company that makes peanut butter, has described the Takulandirani Tourism Expo as a game changer to the country’s locally made products. Mwamadi, who started making peanut butter last year told…
As innovators are emerging in the country with projects that add value to the country’s social- economic growth, Ted Kwelepeta has made headlines with his man made hand driven tractor. Kwelepeta told Project M that his aim is to improve…
A form four dropout Brown Chikopa, who started a motor vehicle manufacturing project has said he needs K1.6 million to finish assembling a car he started in 2022. The Area 21 B Lilongwe resident who failed to write his MSCE…
Lilongwe-based Extension Worker George Kussein has invented an implement for making planting stations called Mkamwini wa Chimanga Sasakawa. He said the implement is targeting small-scale farmers as the implements that large-scale farmers use are expensive. Said Kussein: “The Mkamwini Wachimanga…
DEK Engineering and electrical contractors private limited, a Malawian-owned company, has developed an energy efficient LED bulb which is being touted as the next big thing in the world of electric innovation. The bulb called “Eka-lite LED bulb’ is an…
Zomba City will next month host an innovators conference targeting young innovators from the city. The conference will, among others, give an opportunity to innovators to display their problem solving skills and share their innovative ideas within the subjects of…