{"id":1957,"date":"2011-05-16T09:26:03","date_gmt":"2011-05-16T09:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.faceofmalawi.com\/?p=1957"},"modified":"2011-05-16T09:26:03","modified_gmt":"2011-05-16T09:26:03","slug":"a-convesation-on-malawi-challenges-and-opportunites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.faceofmalawi.com\/index.php\/2011\/05\/16\/a-convesation-on-malawi-challenges-and-opportunites\/","title":{"rendered":"A Convesation on Malawi Challenges and Opportunites"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1958\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1958\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1958\" title=\"Exec-Dir.-Phineas-Tichana-Hon-Muluzi-AHS-Chairman-Mutumwa-Mawere-and-Mr.-Kyle1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.faceofmalawi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Exec-Dir.-Phineas-Tichana-Hon-Muluzi-AHS-Chairman-Mutumwa-Mawere-and-Mr.-Kyle1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1958\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Exec Dir. Phineas Tichana, Hon Muluzi, AHS Chairman Mutumwa Mawere and Mr. Kyle<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Africa Heritage Society hosted Hon. Atupele Austin Muluzi, the UDF  leader in Parliament and a Member of Parliament for Machinga North East.  He holds an LLB and LLM degrees in Malawi. He is currently the youngest  Member of Parliament in Malawi. He is the son of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/w\/107714705925182\">Bakili Muluzi<\/a> and Anne Muluzi. The name Atupele was given to him by the Ngwazi Dr. H.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/w\/115951045084980\">Kamuzu Banda<\/a>, and is a lawyer by profession. He is engaged to the former Member of Parliament for Blantyre Northeast,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Angela_Zachepa\">Angela Zachepa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Republic of Malawi is a landlocked country in South East Africa.  It is among the world\u2019s least developed countries. Its economy is  heavily based on agriculture with a largely rural population. Malawi is a  member of SADC and Comesa. The post colonial story is pregnant with  lessons. The future of Malawi is Africa\u2019s business.<\/p>\n<p>A conversation of Malawi challenges and opportunities was the theme  of the event. He highlighted the governments changing the flag against  the wishes of the people and that the biggest threat to development is  freedom and Malawi needs to look beyond. A nation of 13 million people,  Malawi\u2019s budget is 60 % local. He went to express the need for  infrastructure development in the nation.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2314\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2314\" href=\"http:\/\/www.faceofmalawi.com\/?attachment_id=2314\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Ezekiel Bizabani, Hon. Muluzi, Wana Chiteta, Tich Chikowore\" src=\"http:\/\/www.africaheritagerivonia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Ezekiel-Bizabani-Hon.-Muluzi-Wana-Chiteta-Tich-Chikowore1.JPG\" alt=\"Ezekiel Bizabani, Hon. Muluzi, Wana Chiteta, Tich Chikowore\" width=\"223\" height=\"166\" \/><\/a>Ezekiel Bizabani, Hon. Muluzi, Wana Chiteta, Tich Chikowore<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>It was evident in the conversation that the winds of change are  blowing on Malawi for a younger generation to lead the nation into a new  era and their involvement in the next elections in two years time. The  business community that attended the event requested for a full  geological report on Malawi to see opportunities into the  infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>The subject of member nations came up and that South Africa a is a  strategic key \u00a0partner for Malawi and that by the Chinese accepting  South Africa which they believe represents Africa with its 50 million  population can add the 13 million of Malawi to its name and participate  effectively with the Malawians playing a significant role.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Author: Phineas Tichana.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Heritage Society hosted Hon. 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