LUANAR’s AquaFish selected to host prestigious DAAD Scholarship Programme
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) has selected the Africa Centre of Aquaculture and Fisheries Science (AquaFish) at the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) to host the prestigious DAAD In-Country/In-Region Scholarship Programme for Sub-Saharan Africa. The selection follows a highly competitive process that reviewed 416 degree-track submissions from institutions across the region,…
New Solar Water System brings relief to Kasungu Secondary School
Education authorities in the Central East Education Division have described the newly installed solar-powered water system at Kasungu Secondary School as a timely and lasting solution to the water challenges the institution has faced over the years. The water system, which comprises a main 10,000-litre tank and an additional 5,000-litre tank distributing water through seven…
Kasungu residents call for action on water crisis and poor roads
The residents of Kasungu Municipality have called on the newly elected mayor, Hastings Nyirongo, and the full council to prioritize addressing water challenges, poor road infrastructure, and street vending in the municipality. This follows an elective full council meeting where Malawi Congress Party (MCP) councillor for Chankhanga Ward secured the mayoral seat, deputized by MCP…
Social Cash Transfer beneficiaries in Kasungu break free from poverty
Households enrolled in the Social Cash Transfer Programme in Kasungu say the initiative is enabling them to break the cycle of poverty and improve their livelihoods. One of the beneficiaries, 29-year-old Victor Manda, a head of a four-member household from Jakapu Village in Traditional Authority Chisikwa, said this during a monitoring tour aimed at appreciating…
Solar energy replaces firewood in Kasungu School Feeding Programme
Trees that were once cut down for firewood to prepare meals for learners in three primary schools in off-grid areas of Kasungu are now being preserved following the introduction of the Planet Friendly School Meals initiative by the World Food Programme (WFP). The initiative, currently being piloted in Kaunda, Katuta, and Kasamba Primary Schools, has…
Over 50 schools and health facilities in Kasungu to be electrified under ASCENT Project
A total of 53 primary schools, a few Community Day Secondary Schools, and several health facilities in both off-grid and on-grid areas of Kasungu are set to be electrified under the Accelerating Sustainable and Clean Energy Access Transformation in Malawi (ASCENT) project. Speaking during a District Executive Committee (DEC) meeting, Project Officer Austin Thewu said…
The Voyage to Parliament: Kasungu’s political winds shift after September 16
The voyage toward the September 16, 2025 polls reached its peak between July 14 and September 14, as campaign fever gripped Kasungu. Candidates took to rallies, markets, and community gatherings, making sweet promises to win parliamentary seats. When election day finally arrived, Malawians spoke through the ballot, choosing who would represent them in Parliament for…
Illegal fishing in Nkhotakota Reserve poses health risks to consumers
Cypermethrin has become a common poisonous chemical that illegal fishermen are using to catch fish in the Bua River, which flows through the Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve, posing serious health threats to consumers and aquatic life in the river. Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve Park Manager David Nangoma lamented that apart from such health risks, illegal fishing, gold…
How Kasungu’s Flora Banda is stitching a new life through Social Cash Transfer
Ultra-poverty is now being driven out of the household of 31-year-old Flora Banda, a youth beneficiary of the Social Cash Transfer Programme (SCTP) in Kasungu District. Coming from a poor background, Banda now owns a tailoring shop at Lisasadzi Trading Centre in Senior Chief Kaomba, where she has employed another youth and is passing on…
Kaulauta Primary: Where dreams grow beneath a thatched shelter
In Munye Village, under Traditional Authority Kawamba—about 45 kilometers southwest of Kasungu Boma, children learning under a grass-thatched shelter at a junior primary school with inadequate teachers still hold big dreams of what they want to become after completing their education. Every morning, they wake up early to attend lessons despite the harsh learning environment….
