Last summer, Josh Nesbit, a student of international health and bioethics at Stanford University,  and his friends came up with an interesting system that uses mobile technology in the delivery of health care in low resource settings. This system was first implemented at tiny St. Gabriel’s Hospital in Namitete, Malawi, in order to better serve [...]

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The United Nations Global Alliance for ICT and Development (GAID) has organized a new forum for young people to showcase their experiences in using Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for community development projects. The new eLeaders ICT4D Best Practices Forum, powered by TakingITGlobal, gives all young people involved in ICT4D the opportunity to share their [...]

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The Foundation Heart for Malawi, led by Dr. Steven Paas, has announced the release of the combined Chichewa to English and English to Chichewa dictionary. As pointed out earlier,  the main objective of this project is to bridge the gap of communication between speakers of Chichewa/ Chinyanja (C) and speakers of English (E).

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For the past three days, just like most Malawians in the diaspora, I have had sleepless nights listening to Zodiak radio which has been covering this year’s parliamentary and presidential elections in Malawi.

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SEACOM, the much anticipated undersea fibre-optic cable system that will connect Africa to the World at a blazing 1.28Tbps, is 54 days from completion.The folks at  SEACOM have now created a twitter account through which they share the latest updates on their progress in the lead up to their launch in June.

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Sometime last year, I wrote a post about  the disposal of used cars in developing countries, in which I proposed that automobile companies like Toyota should be following up their scrap cars in developing countries with an aim of either recycling them or properly disposing them. I am of the view that the manufacturers themselves have [...]

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One Village One Product (OVOP), a concept which encourages local communities to concentrate on local strengths, be they in materials, crops, culture or personnel skills to create distinctive products which can then be effectively marketed locally or internationally, was established in Japan’s Oita Prefecture in the 1980s. Oita prefecture has had great success with this [...]

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The Japanese Embassy in Malawi is receiving applications for the 2010 Japanese Government scholarships. According to some reliable sources, the application deadline is 29 May, 2009. Those of you interested in coming to Japan for further studies, must contact the Japanese Embassy in Lilongwe. They will give you application forms and any relevant information.You may [...]

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Management Sciences for Health (MSH), an international health nonprofit, is looking for a consultant with experience in knowledge management in the developing world. Of particular interest are those with experience in Malawi as well as other countries/regions of Africa. They are looking for someone to manage the creation and nurturing of knowledge networks among health [...]

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Malawian Scholars studying, researching and training in various fields in Japan unanimously established the Society of Malawian Scholars (SMS) in Japan  on 13th October, 2008. All graduate and undergraduate Malawian students (matriculated and non-matriculated, full-time  and part-time), researchers, trainees registered at Japanese Universities, Institutes of Technology, Research Centers and JICA Training Institutions are automatically members [...]

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