Malawi’s Age of Covid-19: No Goodbyes to Public Debt in Sight
Malawi’s economy is still heavily aid-reliant. In the last year alone, we received at least US$1 billion in development aid through...
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Jessica Mandanda
- Oct 19, 2020
- 5 min
Malawi’s Intergenerational Debt Burden: Youth Voices Needed!
Malawi's elders, the bulk of our stock of decision-makers, continue to borrow for government. It is Malawi's youth who will pay for it.
Tiunike Online
- Oct 12, 2020
- 4 min
Sprucing up Average Joe and Plain Jane: Malawi Cannot Keep Up its Song on Literacy
Literacy counted on the ability to read, write and count is hurting Malawi's education and prospects for survival in a dynamic world.
Tiunike Online
- Sep 7, 2020
- 4 min
In Government We (Hope to) Trust: Voting and Governance in Malawi and Africa
Goevernment has a role to play. In many African countries, it is failing its citizens...and voters. Could Malawi have found a solution?
Tiunike Online
- Jul 20, 2020
- 4 min
Malawi Beyond DPP: The Price Tonse Alliance Government May Need to Pay
The Tonse Alliance Government is set to clean up corruption in Malawi. They may have to fight the troubles within too.
Tiunike Online
- Jun 1, 2020
- 5 min
Is A New Vision for Malawi Needed to Close the Poverty Gap?
The Vision 2020 remains relevant to today's development as it did 21.5 years ago. Something needs to be done to make it work for the future.
Tiunike Online
- May 25, 2020
- 6 min
Covid-19: A Chance for Malawi’s Traditional Governance to Shine
Malawians, including this website, have been barking about Government's poor adaptation of Covid-19 measures. We can offer solutions too.
Habiba Rezwana Osman
- May 18, 2020
- 4 min
Malawi and the ‘Shadow Pandemic’: How to Win the Battle on GBV under Covid-19
Malawi isn't doing too badly in preventing gender-based violence in the time of Covid-19. But there are still some gaps.
Jessica Mandanda
- Apr 30, 2020
- 5 min
Covid-19 Lock Down in Malawi: Not a Great Time to Be Poor
The variance between the rich and poor, the privileged and not, is going to be accentuated by Covid-19.
Yandura Chipeta
- Apr 27, 2020
- 5 min
A Divided Society: Covid-19 Response and Inequality in Primary Education in Malawi
Government of Malawi is trying to bridge the gap between affluent and poor learners. The challenges in primary education are dire.
Tiunike Online
- Apr 20, 2020
- 4 min
Covid-19, Food and Politics: Chilima Could Have Emerged as A True Leader
Vice President Saulos Chilima criticized the Malawi Government on food access during a lock down. Perhaps he should think his rant through.
Tiunike Online
- Apr 6, 2020
- 5 min
A Few More Things Malawians Need to Hear, Mr. President
As things take a bad turn, President Peter Mutharika is taking control of the Covid-19 crisis. His plan needs to be more comprehensive.
Tiunike Online
- Mar 30, 2020
- 4 min
A Monster Knocks at the Door: Malawi Sleeps in the Wake of Covid-19
As Minister of disasters, Everton Chimulirenji should wish the Covid-19 pandemic were a foreign problem. It isn't.
Tiunike Online
- Feb 3, 2020
- 5 min
The Whistleblower’s Tale – A Ray of Hope for Malawi’s Institutions
On 28 November 2019, a whistleblower changed Malawi's fate better than the ongoing Elections Case ever will.
Tiunike Online
- Jan 6, 2020
- 8 min
Living on the Margins in Malawi’s Year of the Vision. It's 2020!
Tinyade is completing her final year of Business Administration at The Polytechnic in Blantyre. She looks funny. Her limbs appear stiff,...
Alan Msosa
- Dec 16, 2019
- 4 min
Towards a progressive debate on LGBTQI+ Rights in Malawi
Highlights from a groundbreaking study Context and research strategy It is now nearly a decade since Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge...
Tiunike Online
- Dec 3, 2019
- 5 min
All Hands on Deck! A Comprehensive Financing Model for HIV/AIDS in Malawi
In commemoration of World AIDS Day 2019. With approximately 38,000 new HIV infections recorded in 2018 in Malawi, the fight against AIDS...
Tiunike Online
- Oct 8, 2019
- 4 min
Malawi’s Mobile Money Tax: A Good Idea Gets Lost in the Noise
The Government of Malawi’s (GoM) proposal to introduce a 1% tax on mobile money transactions in Malawi was ill-timed and ill-defended....
Tiunike Online
- Sep 30, 2019
- 5 min
Malawi at the Intersection of Morality, Politics and the Economy
The Nation on Sunday of 15 September 2019 reported the government's position relating to the fears that many had in the heated...
Tiunike Online
- Jul 29, 2019
- 4 min
The Dead Specialist: Implications of Dealing Away Specialization for Development in Malawi and Elsew
How far are tertiary education institutions willing to take interdisciplinary studies? Why does combining chemistry and economics,...