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‘Malawi is cursed and needs special prayers’ Prophet Zebron.

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By Staff Reporter

The leader and overseer of God’s Will Church of All Nation Prophet Frank Zebron has described Malawi as a cursed Nation following increase cases of money laundering, corruption and fradulent people in various government offices.

Zebron said this in reaction to the recent scandal at Chingeni Toll gate where huge some of money is suspected to be looted by officials.

He added that, Malawi has all it requires to develop but due to rampat corruption, it has swept away all developmental elements to dead shore.

“We need prayers, and political leaders should call men and women of God from all regions of the country to intervene with prayers and ask for proper guidance” he said.

Prophet also pointed out that Malawian leaders should emulate the former Tanzanian President late Pombe Magufuli for his excellent dealing with corrupt malpractices, and fulfilling development promises .

He applauded him for sweeping all evil dealings with much sweated tax payers money, by putting good measures to control fradulent and corruption practices in all working environment.

” Am saying political leaders should take example of late Magufuli in running affairs of this country. Otherwise, we will continue to be cursed with extreme corruption practices” Worried he.

Malawi is one of least developed countries in the world and annually, it registers heavy looting of money by government officials.

Nigerian singer ‘Kizz Daniel’ confirms to perform in Malawi for first time

By Staff Reporter


Renowned Nigerian singer Kizz Daniel has confirmed that he will stage his first-ever live performance in the country on August 27 at the Lilongwe Golf Club.

Confirming the news on his social media pages, the singer said Malawians should prepare for a powerful performance this summer at an event called Epic Lifestyle Concert.

The event has been organised by Epic Lifestyle in collaboration with Deejay Chi.

Kizz Daniel

Epic Group CEO, Yollam Kawanga told 247 Malawi that the event will be the birth of one of the biggest Concerts in Africa.

“This will be the birth of one of the biggest African Concerts called Epic Lifestyle Concert. People should expect Big Names from across the globe in the near future,” he said.

The concert will be part of Kizz Daniel’s Classic Tour which will start in London, Glasgow, Birmingham and Manchester in the United Kingdom.

Formerly known as Kiss Daniel, the 27-year-old singer real-name Oluwatobiloba Daniel Anidugbe is best known for his hit singles such as “Woju” and “Yeba”.

Government to commit resources towards Tuberclosis in 2022/2023 budget

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By Mphatso Nkuonera, Mana

Minister of Health, Khumbize Kandondo Chiponda, has urged Malawians to continue seeking Tuberculosis (TB) clinical medical attention as government is committed to inject domestic resources in the quest to suppress TB transmission.

She was speaking at Crossroads Hotel in Lilongwe, on Thursday during the World TB Day, which was held under the theme ‘Invest to end TB, save lives.’“Global Fund and other give 90 per cent of total services with World Health Organization (WHO) providing technical support. Government is very grateful with the support we are getting from our partners and donors in the health sector.

Minister of Health, Khumbize Kandondo Chiponda

However, government will from the 2022/2023 National Budget start allocating domestic resources to complement the donors’ efforts,” she said.She, then, commended the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Elimination Programme (NTLEP) staff for its commitment in dealing with TB in the country.

WHO Acting Country Representative, Janet Kayita, emphasised on the urgent need to invest necessary resources to reinvigorate the fight against TB and realise the commitments to end TB by global leaders.

A press statement released by the Ministry of Health, says Covid-19 pandemic has negatively impacted on provisions of TB services since it started.

African Drone and Data Academy Programme Closes

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By Joshua Faleti

The African drone and data academy that was held in Malawi has come to a close, and the organisers celebrated this feat with a closing ceremony. The ceremony saw the presentation of projects that various teams developed during the training These included remote sensing technology during the response to natural disasters, precision agriculture and pest control, and road damage detection using Artificial Intelligence. These technologies will consequently be vital to solving the continent’s problems.

At the event, participants committed to using the technologies to solve problems in their communities. They also committed to transferring knowledge so that more young people in Africa can learn about these technologies, thus helping in the digital inclusion and insertion of their countries in a globalized world.

The academy also obtained various results, including the construction of an unmanned fixed-wing aircraft, EcoSoar model, Drones with vertical take-off capability Model S500, creation of analytical models using DeepLearning to control electrical networks, creation of models for identification, quantification and analysis of palm trees in neotropical regions and the use of Google Earth Engine (cloud computing tool created by google) for large-scale analysis. The training also involved certification in Drone operation (TOP – Trusted Operator Certificate) by the International Association of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (AUVSI).

UNICEF thanked the participation and support of the participating institutions, including the University of Virginia, the University of Furman, the Malawi University of Science and Technology, the host, as well as the various sponsors. Unicef also extended gratitude to individuals and institutions from different countries that participated

**Post first appeared in SPACE IN AFRICA

University of Malawi has a new Vice Chancellor

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By Staff Reporter

Professor Samson Sajidu has been appointed as the new vice-chancellor of the University of Malawi (UNIMA).

According to a communication from UNIMA Council, Prof. Sajidu’s appointment as the new vice-chancellor of the UNIMA is with effect from 1 April, 2022.

“Please take note that Council has guided that the outgoing Acting Vice Chancellor, Prof. Al Mtenje and the incoming Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Samson Sajidu should work together in the month of April, 2022 for purposes of orderly handovers. Therefore, invite all of you to join me in congratulating Prof. Sajidu for being appointed to the position of vice-chancellor. Let us render our full support as he embarks on his new tour of duty,” reads the communication in part.

Prof. Sajidu becomes the 10th vice-chancellor of the university being preceded by Prof. John Kalenga Saka. In the history of the university, the first vice-chancellor was Dr Ian Michael 1965–1973.