The United Nations Youth Office
The UN General Assembly voted to establish the United Nations Youth Office (UNYO) โ marking the first time youth affairs were given a permanent, system-wide home within the UN.
The Best Rooftop Bars in Manhattan: From a Former New Yorker Who Still Knows the Scene
When I launched my second book, Feminine Silence, in New York this September, something funny happened. After the event, my friends โ all longtime New Yorkers โ asked me where we should go next to celebrate. The irony was not lost on me: they live here, I donโt anymore, and yet somehow I still had the answer.
September, 2025
For twelve years, I have curated this blog (and by extension newsletter) as a personal journal โ a window into my journey from Malawi to the United Nations, to Microsoft, and beyond. As I step into a new decade and a new chapter, I feel the need for something different: a space not just to chronicle my life, but where both you and I can make sense of the systems we are all navigating.
Entrepreneurship within Education: Not Either/Or
When I was pursuing my undergraduate studies, it was almost framed as a choice: education or entrepreneurship. specially in developing contexts, itโs often assumed that young people must choose between โstaying in schoolโ and โchasing a dream.โ But what if that decision never needed to be binary?
