Opportunity in fresh fish ’embalming’ revelation
Unscrupulous vendors have used formaldehyde to preserve their fresh fish. Does anyone else see the opportunities in affordable and accessible cold storage for vendors?
Category: Entrepreneurship
New Challenges: Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme
So, four days ago I was selected onto the 4th cohort of the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme
On Macra, sim registration and CIRMS
In Macra’s ongoing sim card registration excercise, some interesting issues have been brought to the fore.
Challenge the system like Sidik Mia
If you are anything like me then you will already have had enough of all the political manoeuvring and posturing in the past three weeks of this new year. The thought that we have another 15 months or so of...
Malawi Startup Finance: The Missing Beginning
alawi needs to build enterprises owned by indigenous Malawians with finance from indigenous Malawians. Because mere bootstrapping will fail at this quest.
Self Employment: The New Default?
If you ask my mom, I am unemployed. A former civil servant and HR practitioner, she does not subscribe to the idea that you can make a living home working.
The internet is the new Aeropagus
If you had a choice to reach out to new converts by building a new church or using the internet, which would you choose?
Is urban farming the key to attracting the youth?
Agribusinesses made up two of the four presentations at the recent Lilongwe Pitch Night*.
Malawi’s Cash Addiction
Malawi has a range of electronic payment solutions like mobile money and debit cards. So why do we insist on using and accepting cash?
Using IoT to train problem solvers of the future
Is Malawi ready to develop Internet of Things (IoT) solutions that tackle current and future food security, energy, transport and health issues? Well, that was a challenge the We for Talent Hackathon set out to address.
