Malawi’s inspirational young genius, William Kamkwamba, the hot subject of the award-winning book and global Netflix feature film, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, delivered a keynote address at the Scotland Malawi Partnership’s renewable energy forum on Tuesday at Edinburgh City Chambers in Scotland. The forum brought together industry leaders and practitioners from the renewable […]
The Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, Kondwani Nankhumwa has urged primary, secondary and University students to embrace agriculture technology by bring in innovations that would help the agriculture industry to flourish. Speaking during the second annual Agricultural Transformation Summit on Thursday, 14 November at Bingu Conference Centre in Lilongwe Nankhumwa said considering that […]
The Agricultural Transformation Initiative (ATI) is scheduled to host its second annual Agricultural Transformation Summit from 13th to 14th November at Bingu Conference Centre in Lilongwe where the ‘The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind’ William Kamkwamba will be in attendance to give the keynote address and act as guest judge at the Centre for Agriculture Transformation’s AgTech Challenge Science Fair. The […]
Son of the soil, William Kamkwamba has harnessed the planet with his self-tailored story knitted out of a humble innovation he dared, deep in the remote corner of Kasungu District. The depth and breadth of the story touch on elements that formulate the undertone beyond the pictures, language and action. The story harnesses themes that […]
The United States Embassy in Malawi is geared to screen the long awaited movie titled ‘The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind’ on March 3, 2019 from 7 to 9 PM at Bingu International Convention Centre in Lilongwe. The film portrays the story of a true Malawian young star, William Kamkwamba who as a young child […]
Netflix, the world’s leading streaming site is on March 1 2019 set to release a movie titled ‘The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind,’ based on a true story of a 32-year-old Malawian,William Kamkwamba. Based on the book of the same name, the movie will also have a limited cinematic run in from February 2 2019. […]
Hollywood film stars and directors are in Malawi’s Kasungu District on a mission to shoot a true story movie based on William Kamkwamba’s story ‘The Boy who Harnessed the Wind’, which has so far been one of the world acclaimed books to come from the country. The story has been both a global inspiration and […]
Malawi’s trail-blazing young inventor William Kamkwamba will be one of the key-note speakers at the end of a week-long Africa Science Week targeting student scientists and innovators taking place in Lilongwe. Announcing the news, Program Manager for the event organiser mHub, Eve Kasambara said the choice of Kamkwamba—famous for inventing a windmill that earned him […]
William and the Windmill, a film that documents the life of Malawian whiz kid William Kamkwamba’s rise to fame, continues to make strides on the international film scene. Two weeks after it was presented with the Best Documentary Feature Award at the Flyway Film Festival in Wisconsin, USA, William and the Windmill last Sunday walked […]
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Travel in the often bad-terrain areas of Malawian and beyond may become less hectic, as Malawian Ackeem Ngwenya has come up with a ‘wheel’ that promises to make manoeuvrings on rough terrain a less-burdensome feat, Nyasa Times has learned. Boasting of the Windmill whiz-kid, Williman amkwamba, now Malawi has put itself back on the invention […]
William and the Windmill, a documentary that traces the life of a young Malawian William Kamkwamba who teaches himself to build a power-generating windmill from junk parts, successfully rescuing his family from poverty and famine, was presented with the Best Documentary Feature Award at the Flyway Film Festival in Wisconsin, USA on Sunday. Directed and […]
When I started blogging in 2005, I gave my blog a Chichewa name. Chichewa is my first language, spoken by more than 80 percent of Malawians. It’s also spoken in parts of Zambia, Mocambique and Zimbabwe. I gave my blog the name “Afrika Aphukira.” In Chichewa that translates as “Africa will have a rebirth.” It’s been eight […]
William and the Windmill, a movie that brings to life the events that catapulted a Kasungu primary school dropout to international stardom, opens today in Canada. The film launched Friday night at Scotiabank Theatre before heading to Isabel Bader Theatre on Sunday and Fox Theatre on May 3. All these are Toronto venues. Directed by Ben […]
A Chiradzulu based 10-year-old-girl who was awarded for showing relentless love, compassion and bravery towards her critically ill mother became the centre of attraction and admiration among the patrons who thronged New State House in Lilongwe to attend MBC’s annual ‘Our People, Our Pride’ ceremony held Thursday night. The story and (imaginary) video clips of […]