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Tiunike Online
Apr 10, 20175 min read
Off-Shore Drilling on Lake Malawi. Perhaps Not Now, Mr. President.
On Wednesday, 22 March 2017, the President of Malawi, Peter Mutharika, made the assertion in Mangochi District that will likely let the...
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Gervasio Gabriel Kaliwo (Phiri)
Apr 3, 20175 min read
De-Mystifying IFMIS and Coding Morality in the Government of Malawi
The Integrated Financial Management Information System, or to use its famous short name, IFMIS, took off in Malawi as early as 1995,...
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Tiunike Online
Mar 27, 20174 min read
The Paradox of Tightening Belts
A perspective emerged as the world weathered the effects of the financial crisis and its implications compelling countries to tighten up...
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Sarah Nayeja
Mar 20, 20175 min read
Freedom Uncensored: An Experience with Domestic Workers in Malawi
Both colonialism and the semblance of development that followed it taught us, Malawians, the tradition of hiring house help, or who...
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Tiunike Online
Mar 13, 20175 min read
Mutharika’s Bulldozer Test
Days of almost deafening silence have passed since George Thapatula Chaponda – a.k.a. Bulldozer – was relieved of his duties, pending...
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Tiunike Online
Feb 20, 20175 min read
A Friend Indeed: Maizegate under the Magnifying Glass
In our recent article on the maize procurement saga we all devoutly call Maizegate, we made a rather strong case that cast doubt in the...
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Tiunike Online
Feb 13, 20177 min read
A Humpty Dumpty State of Mind…and Economy
Early January 2017, a bridge collapsed on the M1 road between Phwezi and Chiweta in the North. Wait a second, this is the link between...
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Tiunike Online
Jan 30, 20174 min read
Runaway Grains…Nobody’s Blame
Malawi’s hunger games are becoming bizarre. In an effort to quell a looming disaster, President Peter Mutharika’s government issued MK28...
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Tiunike Online
Jan 23, 20176 min read
Malawi’s Industrial Revolution Must Happen
Someone recently wondered whether a country would make developmental progress if policy makers were to pay attention to college projects....
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Tom Mtenje
Jan 9, 20175 min read
Development through Social Protection in Malawi
Published in the author's personal capacity. A recent conversation with a friend on the question of the effectiveness of social...
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Tiunike Online
Jan 1, 20175 min read
Shifting Tectonics: The 2017 Politics that Will Shape Our World
2016 was indeed a remarkable year of women. As we published our last piece of the year, Christine La Garde, head of the International...
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Tiunike Online
Dec 17, 20166 min read
Reflecting 2016, A Remarkable Year of Women.
So much happened in 2016. History was made, and history was changed. We glued our eyes to the screens, to the papers, and our ears to...
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Tiunike Online
Dec 7, 20166 min read
3.8 Million Reasons for a New View to Entrepreneurship in Malawi
In the era of Malawi’s proudly self-proclaimed “Mandasi lady,” a.k.a., president Joyce Banda, there were close to a million registered...
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Tiunike Online
Nov 25, 20167 min read
Can Malawi Forever Bury the Ngwazi?
The year 1997 had high profile events for Malawi. The world buried Princess Diana, an embattled royal who revealed the many scandals...
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Tiunike Online
Nov 6, 20165 min read
Keeping Malawi Lit Up and ESCOM’s Reforms in a Free-Entry Electricity Market Regime
The electricity problem in Malawi has never been an insurmountable challenge. Rather, it has been let free to escalate to its current...
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Tiunike Online
Oct 21, 20166 min read
Malawi’s “Doing-just-Fine” Problem
Malawi is chilling, to use the colloquial for relaxation. And development is passing by. We quickly are running dry of excuses to write...
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Tiunike Online
Oct 9, 20165 min read
Dambisa Moyo and Joseph Stiglitz on Malawi: Moderating a Debate
Ms. Dambisa Moyo is a well-accomplished economist and passionate writer on Africa’s development pathways and, particularly, how the...
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Tiunike Online
Oct 6, 20166 min read
Marry Me, Money!
The day longed for in the distance finally arrives. It embodies every woman’s dream from when they were young and unimaginative about...
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Venge Nyirongo
Sep 21, 20165 min read
Unpaid Care Work in Development: Women Investing in Silence
Written in the author's personal capacity. A well-grounded argument for gender equality and sustainable development resides in the...
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Tiunike Online
Sep 16, 20167 min read
The Malawi Government and the Great Big World Tour
There are two broad drivers of international relations around the world: politics and money. The politics define the power relations...
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