Nthanda

At 10:03 a.m. on the 17th of April, 2026, Malawi experienced a national system shutdown. There was a countrywide loss of power supply.

I am delighted to have been nominated for Most Inspiring Female Business Leader at the Consumer Choice Awards Malawi 2026. , as founder and CEO of Q2 Systems.

I have been reading The African Dream while moving across contexts—Malawi, Kenya, Turkey, the United States—and the text lands differently depending on where I am.

The Malawi University of Science and Technology was not created arbitrarily. It was established through Act of Parliament No. 31 of 2012 and opened in 2014 with a clear mandate: to promote the development, adaptation, and application of science, technology, and innovation for Malawi’s economic transformation.