Malawi Set to Launch Technology Needs Assessment to Drive Malawi 2063, Target Innovation-Led Growth
Malawi is set to take a major step toward innovation-driven development on 13 May 2026 when the Government, in partnership with the United Nations Technology Bank for the Least Developed Countries (UNTB), officially launches the Technology Needs Assessment (TNA).
The launch marks a significant milestone in the country’s efforts to achieve the Malawi 2063 Vision of creating “an inclusively wealthy and self-reliant nation” through the strategic use of science, technology, and innovation (STI) to address pressing development challenges.
The event is expected to bring together high-level representatives from government, development partners, the private sector, academia, and civil society. It will provide a platform for presenting nationally validated technology priorities and fostering dialogue on implementation strategies.
The TNA is a strategic and evidence-based process aimed at identifying priority technologies and providing Malawi with a clear roadmap for addressing development challenges through targeted technological solutions.
“Through the TNA, Malawi aims to accelerate structural transformation, reduce poverty, and promote sustainable development by leveraging innovation and strengthening national capacities in science, technology, and innovation,” reads part of a government statement shared with Nyasa Times.
According to the tentative programme seen by Nyasa Times, the process seeks to move the country from policy formulation to tangible results by clearly identifying and prioritising technologies, strengthening institutional and human capacities, and building effective multi-stakeholder partnerships.
Implemented by the UN Technology Bank, the TNA serves as a policy tool that helps Least Developed Countries define technology-driven solutions aligned with national development goals.
In Malawi’s case, the assessment will identify key development challenges, determine priority sectors and subsectors for technological intervention, and assess the country’s STI ecosystem and capacity to adopt and utilise technologies.
The process will also identify priority technologies and capabilities, recommend context-specific technological solutions, and provide actionable recommendations aimed at strengthening technological development in the country.
The assessment has been developed through extensive consultations with stakeholders drawn from government, development partners, academia, civil society, and the private sector.
“The process is evidence-based, demand-driven, and aligned with national priorities,” UNTB said. “Partnerships across sectors are essential to move from analysis to implementation.”
Follow and Subscribe Nyasa TV :
Malawi Government meeds to set up an organization like the Caribbean Science.org led by Dr. Cardinal Warde, MIT Prof. of their Electrical Engineering Dept., and fellow Yale Man. I have asked someone here in Malawi to reach out to my mentor and obtain the tools to lay the groundwork. I am a transplant here in this country, chose to come here after much persuasion. I will openly share as an outsider that there are structural changes that are needed at the core of society, and a much needed rethink.
Malawi must create a Malawian Keiritsu of sorts. I use this work, Keiretsu, to direct anyone that would listen to learn from the Japanese and what they did after being bombed twice. I make no derision of this time in their history, but seek to direct Malawians to draw strength from it. It is this national structure that led the Japanese to be the 7th largest global economy.
While we speak of Malawi achieving its goals by the 2060’s, I believe with the right planning these goals and more can be achieved by 2035. 82.8% of the population lives in the rural areas and this section of the economy must be addressed with meaningful programs and solutions that will yield results.
We have developed a blueprint on how best to achieve these goals. and we have tried to share them with others, and government to no avail. A nation’s health is its wealth. Too many Malawians are dying or curable diseases. We spoke with the Director General of Kumuzu Central Hospital and inquired as to what the issues of the day were. We were told the electricity and water were post paid and now they are moving to be pre-paid. We asked for a copy otherwise monthly electrical, and water bills and we never got them. Despite our best efforts and reaching out to the former Minister of Health we never received anything. A few months later a young woman was undergoing a fairly straightforward medical operation and died on the operating table because power went out and there was no fuel in the hospital’s generator.
The areas where we can make a difference are:
1. Sustainable water provision for all areas using “Air-Generated Water Machines”.
2. Using Air-Generated Water Machines to deliver water for irrigation farming that when infused with hydrogen eliminates the need for chemical fertilizers saving the Government billions of forex. This process also removes metals from our foods.
3. Electrification of homes that would reduce, and eliminate firewood collection.
4. Telemedicine solutions that would provide women with mammogram screenings, pap smears, and men with prostate examinations.. This tool would triage patients using the VK Medical Chairs scattered throughout Malawi would be connected to medical institutions anywhere in the world. Digital medical files would be created and sent to the hospitals taking much of the stress loads off the central hospitals. Patients would arrive with their diagnosis already delivered to the hospitals with the proscribed treatments, and suggested medications and therapies.
5. The first tools to be deployed would be a national wi-fi network unlike anything ever seen in Africa. You see traditional devices from companies like Cisco, Ruckus, and others must have a homerun back to the router or switch which has a limitation of 200 meters in accordance of Ethernet capacities, and can only take two hops before the session breaks. Whereas the technology we are using has a low power consumption, 3-Watts, and does not need to have a homer back to the router, or switch. Instead it only needs power and can easily connect over the air with ranges of up to 4 Miles.
See, https://youtu.be/QElIn3kZ47E?si=B2EMEOrrHZ1h-QUz
5. Generating Forex by the sale of carbon credited from installed solar and Net-Zero systems
6. Making digital devices affordable, and creating jobs in communities by ensuring that the mfgrs. train the local youth on repairing the phones or recycling them.
7. Mobility- EV vehicles such as motorcycles, scooters, cars, refrigerated EV-trucks, and farming equipment. Government must make a great effort not to be influenced by blocking these efforts. Sun is plentiful across the Continent.
8. Deploying Smart Villages and Smart Cities using proprietary technology
9. Assisting rural areas to deploy crypto-mining networks to help offset the cost of delivering ISP services at affordable prices.
10 Using MSB (Money Service Business) to address forex challenges.