Thom Mpinganjira rejects fake news linking him to DPP leadership race: ‘No political ambitions’

Business mogul Dr. Thomson Frank Mpinganjira who  retired from FDH Financial Holdings Limited, 21 years after he started the process of setting up the first ever home grown indigenous Malawian privately owned bank, has rubbished  as “fake” reports linking him to the leadership race in the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).

Mpinganjira says reports linking him to politics are fake and malicious

Social media platforms has been circulating pictures of aspirants to the DPP presidency and Mpinganjira’s photo was one of them.

However, in an interview on Friday morning, Mpinganjira said he was not amused to be linked to political leadership contest when he has not aspired.

“This is fake, I am not contesting for any political position in any political party,” said the distinguished entrepreneur.

Mpinganjira added: “I am not contesting. I don’t have any political ambitions.”

He added: “I hold no ambitions to participate in politics.”

Mpinganjira is a well-known philanthropist and has been locally and internationally recognized in his personal capacity and as founder of FDH Financial Holdings Limited.

He has been recognized as one of the world’s leading and successful professionals and was listed in the MADISONS WHO’s WHO of Professionals and in the Sterling Who’s Who for Excellent Performance and Achievement and won the Capital Finance International (CFI) Outstanding Corporate Leader Africa Award in 2015 and the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation first Innovations Awards as Large Scale Entrepreneur of the Year in 2016.

Recently the All Africa Business Leaders Awards (AABLA) shortlisted him in the Business Leader of the Year and Entrepreneur of the Year categories for Southern Africa.

Most Malawians remember Mpinganjira for his extraordinary compassion and sense of assisting those less fortunate than himself especially when he took a personal commitment to build a house full with solar lighting for a Dowa woman after her both hands were chopped off by a violent husband and support her livelihood.

He has inspired the present day popular FDH Cares corporate social responsibility program that focusses on health, education and sports development.

Mpinganjira retired at FDH Bank plc after it  become the first ever indigenous Malawian privately founded business to be publicly listed. on the Malawi Stock Exchange.

He  has since set up the Thomson and Barbara Foundation to help his vision of doing charity and assisting young entrepreneurs.

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20 replies on “Thom Mpinganjira rejects fake news linking him to DPP leadership race: ‘No political ambitions’”

  1. One important quality of an effective leader is Morals and he lucks morals. He will simply be another thief at the state house. Why are we even talking about him in the state house. We have many better leaders with the right morals. Having lots of Money alone is not enough as a leader, we have all seen in the USA withTrump. Let the judges put Mpinganjiraa in his rightful corner ” Innocent until proven guilty”…i patiently wait

  2. I don’t wish this guy well for what he did immediately after dubiously buying Malawi Savings Bank he fired all NON seventh Day Adventist church goers from the banks.
    Amangidwe kumene !

      1. tikudikila.
        kodi ncifukwa canji anthu
        ochuka
        amaina
        olemela
        pano tikumvaso kuti okalamba
        odwala misana
        milandu yao imangozimilila safusidwa samangidwa.
        tinene kuti ku ma khotiku kuli kalamulo kacisisi kuti azingotichukumitsa akuyendetsa nchito then kutipanga ngati atifaila doom tiziiwale zonse?????
        tangoganizani momwe thomu mpinganjila anakamutengera ku ofesi kuja!!! and mpaka lelo sotikumva cocitika.
        a khothi mukutilapula kuwaseweletsa a malawi. kuwadoda siconco!!!!
        akanakhala waku mudzi kuba mbuzi cilango mukanati 10 yrs in prison with hard labour kuti ena atengerepo phuzilo..
        koma za enawa nde akanafufuza then ma pepala azasowe.
        TIUZENI ZOONAAA

    1. We don’t have any jealous with him but rather he was jealous of most Malawians no wonder he was associated with DPP thieves

  3. Because of his accomplishments people definitely will want to give him a chance. We will force him to be our president. We the people are the ones who chose. Za thyolo ziri be ntchito

  4. Bwana TM its very true u don’t have any political ambitions but it is “us, very liberal DPP supporters” who are pleading that u join the contest. Abwana palibe munthu angandinamize ine kuti samafuna atakhalapo president wadziko kungoti ambirife tiribe kuthekera nkaona sitilotapo.
    Out all those who are aspiring for the DPP presidency you can stand out as the only sober person amene sanamvekepo ndi mbiri yoipa apart from the election bribery issue yomwe enafe we fill if at all true u were set up but God has his wonders chilungamo chioneka.
    Join the race bwana u have nothing to lose. We want u to among members of the prestigious club of Malawi’s first citizens. Your FDH Bank is a PLC thus safe for anybody to sabotage it.

      1. Mukhaulatu, mmaona ngati kulamulira dziko ndichimodzimodzi sorting out dambwe issues, lero ndi izi, kummavina kang’wing’wi basi, nothing happening! Zisakukhuzeni, tisiyeni ife eni ake a DPP tasankha tokha, akhala Thom yemweyo!

        1. Regardless of who stands for DPP in 2025, the party will not get the required 50% + 1. In other words, it will take a decade or more for this bunch of thieves to win again.

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