Lessons from the schoolboy who harnessed the wind.
Collins Mtika
Collins Mtika is a Malawian independent Investigative Journalist and founder of the Centre for Investigative Journalism in Malawi (CIJM). He works for the Times Media Group which publishes The Daily Times, the Sunday Times and Malawi News, for which he is currently bureau chief for the Northern region.
A dirty energy paradox
Malawi is investing heavily in a new coal-fired plant despite the country’s stated commitment to renewables. Malawi plans to bankroll a coal-powered plant despite current worldwide disdain for using the fossil fuel. The country’s appetite for political appeasement has...
Banking on benevolence
Malawi: infrastructure After fifty years of ‘overlooking’ economic growth, Malawi plans to encourage public-private partnerships to fund infrastructure development By Collins Mtika For years, Malawi has banked on the international community for the development of its...
Malawi eyes the informal sector as a source of income
The government plans to tax the informal economy to make up for funds lost through corruption For more than two decades, Lifa Andrew Phiri has known no other job than selling second-hand clothes imported from Europe and the USA at the overcrowded main market in the...
Collins Mtika
Collins Mtika is a Malawian independent Investigative Journalist and founder of the Centre for Investigative Journalism in Malawi (CIJM). He works for the Times Media Group which publishes The Daily Times, the Sunday Times and Malawi News, for which he is currently bureau chief for the Northern region.
Harnessing the elements to power and light MalawiÂ
Lessons from the schoolboy who harnessed the wind.
A dirty energy paradox
Malawi is investing heavily in a new coal-fired plant despite the country’s stated commitment to renewables. Malawi plans to bankroll a coal-powered plant despite current worldwide disdain for using the fossil fuel. The country’s appetite for political appeasement has...
Banking on benevolence
Malawi: infrastructure After fifty years of ‘overlooking’ economic growth, Malawi plans to encourage public-private partnerships to fund infrastructure development By Collins Mtika For years, Malawi has banked on the international community for the development of its...
Malawi eyes the informal sector as a source of income
The government plans to tax the informal economy to make up for funds lost through corruption For more than two decades, Lifa Andrew Phiri has known no other job than selling second-hand clothes imported from Europe and the USA at the overcrowded main market in the...