Excellent piece. We are simply the best. Watch this space, in the next 5 years Chitipa will be one of the most thriving places for business in Malawi. Our interconnectedness with Zambia and Tanzania, and DRC/Burundi gives us a unique geopolitical advantage for business. What is needed is for our government to construct to bitumen standard a 23 kilometer stretch of road from Chitipa Boma to Mbilima (at Songwe river) which will facilitate trade with Tanzania. If this is done, this border town would be one of the greatest sources of revenue, through taxes, for government. Come do business here.… Read more »

thats the way hpw people live in cp formaly known as forthill ,,

This is a very interesting and stimulating story. I just feel that, beyond the ‘feel good effect’, it does not tell us exactly how we harness the diversity as an important element of development in Malawi, let alone social progress. I feel that the reasoning behind this is the many assumptions that the writer makes, which would benefit a lot from expounding. A good example is the 11 players that are probably representing 12 languages…I guess the question is, “so, then, what will a team with 12 languages be able to accomplish?”