Malawi: Youth-Centric Policies for Future Prosperity
Malawi’s youthful population presents a demographic advantage. Properly educated and skilled youth can contribute to innovation, entrepreneurship and economic diversification.
Malawi APRM Popular Sensitisation (MAPS) Project
The Malawi APRM Popular Sensitisation (MAPS) Project aims to enhance meaningful participation of civil society in the country’s African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) process, through capacity-building, fostering better knowledge of process, and developing a written submission on the key governance issues in Malawi.
SADC leaders are participating in an extraordinary summit in Malawi
SADC leaders are participating in an extraordinary summit in Malawi to review the deployment of soldiers in Mozambique. Special forces of South Africa, Tanzania, Botswana and Lesotho have been deployed since July last year to fight against insurgents in northern Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado. When the regional leaders met in October last year, they agreed to […]
Malawi denies helping the Bushiri’s to escape
There are concerns the Bushiri’s escape from South Africa to Malawi could harm relations between the two countries. The Malawi president is denying that he helped the controversial couple flee the country. Our Head of the African Governance and Diplomacy Programme Steven Gruzd was recently interviewed on this topic by eNCA’s Sally Burdett.
Chinese Medical Teams: Knowledge Transfer in Ethiopia and Malawi
Officially tasked with patient care and training medical professionals in host countries, China has been sending medical teams to Africa since the 1960s.
Chinese Medical Teams: Knowledge Transfer in Ethiopia and Malawi
The Chinese medical team Health Aid Model has unique potential to significantly improve health care provision, patient outcomes, and health systems throughout Africa.
The Impact of Chinese Investment on Skill Development and Technology Transfer in Zambia and Malawi’s Cotton Sector
Cotton plays an important role in both the local economy and export industry for a number of African countries. Meanwhile, although China is a valuable cotton producer it also imports large quantities of African cotton.
The Impact of Chinese Investment on Skill Development and Technology Transfer in Zambia and Malawi’s Cotton Sector
China-Africa Cotton (CAC) was one of the first Chinese cotton firms to enter the African market. This study analyzes China Africa Cotton’s operations in Zambia to investigate the impact on the technological development of the local cotton sector.
Linking soybean producers to markets: an analysis of interventions in Malawi and Zambia
This paper seeks to examine the challenges and opportunities soybean producers (who are primarily smallholders) encounter in linking competitively to end markets in Malawi and Zambia, while making comparisons with South Africa’s more developed industry.
Driving a sunflower value chain in Malawi: challenges and opportunities
This policy briefing seeks to explore the potential for developing a domestic sunflower value chain (VC) in Malawi. It examines the different but interconnected roles that various stages of the VC play in driving the sunflower industry as a whole in Malawi, highlighting current bottlenecks and positive developments.