Malawi’s award-winning media communications firm FD Communications Ltd joins key stakeholders in commemorating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on by echoing calls to increase access to science education by young women. The International Day of Women and Girls in Science, celebrated on 11 February, is implemented by UNESCO and UN Women, and other […]
Malawian technology expert and computer scientist, Rachel Sibande has done the country proud by scoping a $25,000 award (approximately K18,375,000) in a pan African competition for scientific innovations and inventions at the just ended Next Einstein Forum in Kigali, Rwanda. Sibande who is the brain behind Malawi’s first innovation hub and incubator for emerging entrepreneurs, […]
The Next Einstein Forum (NEF), an initiative of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (Aims) in partnership with Robert Bosch Stiftung, has announced the launch of NEF Africa Science Week in Lilongwe from 26 to 30 June. Malawi’s Rachel Sibande, NEF Ambassador, who is also founder of the country’s first technology hub and incubator space, […]
The mHub, Malawi’s first ever technology hub has teamed up with Her Liberty organization in a K20 million entrepreneurship challenge which seeks to identify bankable business plans by the youth. The challenge dubbed “What Will Do with K20 Million Challenge”, aims at applying innovation and entrepreneurship as a catalyst for socio-economic development, job creation and youth empowerment. Chief Executive Officer for […]
Malawi’s first technology hub has received a boost from United States of America (USA) which has given mHub a $12 945 (approximately K9.7 million) grant to support the training and mentoring of 40 aspiring female entrepreneurs. Launched in 2013 by chief executive officer (CEO) Rachel Sibande and co-founders Austin Madinga and Angel Chirwa, mHub is an incubator […]
Malawi will for the 3rd time host an international leadership conference which is scheduled on 2nd and 3rd August at the Crossroads Hotelin Lilongwe. The conference which is dubbed “Catalyst” is an annual event which targets and attracts leaders from all spheres. This year the conference will happen under the theme, “Leading in uncertain times” […]
The Embassy of the United States of America has announced that Rachel Sibande and Madalitso Chidumu , will be Malawi delegates at the 2016 Global Entrepreneurship Summit ), which will take place June 22-24, 2016 in Palo Alto, California to be hosted by President Barack Obama. They will be joining more than 700 entrepreneurs from around […]
Young business leaders from seven countries in Southern Africa have agreed to establish a new Commonwealth Alliance of Young Entrepreneurs to promote entrepreneurship and trade across the region. The decision to form the alliance came this week at a workshop organised in Windhoek, Namibia, by the Commonwealth Secretariat for representatives of national youth entrepreneurship organisations from Botswana, […]
A 30 year-old Malawian lady Racheal Sibande has been listed by Forbes Magazine amongst the 30 most promising young entrepreneurs in Africa. Sibande is the founder of Malawi’s first technology hub, the mHub, which she launched in November 2013. The mHub hub nurtures, mentors and incubates young technology entrepreneurs. It also exists in a new space […]
Rachel Sibande is a young Malawian lady 29 years old. She is the first in a family of five, a wife to Chrispine Sibande and a mother to three bundles of joy that she calls the U team, as all their names start with the letter U, in the names of Uwemi, Uzengi and Unenesko. […]