Administration & management
Vitumbiko Nkhwazi-Chikapa
Vitumbiko Nkhwazi-Chikapa, is an accomplished development expert born on 28th June, 1979, in Mzuzu, Malawi. She graduated from Women’s University in Africa, Harare, Zimbabwe with a Master’s Degree in Development Studies. She also has a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and in Diploma in Human Resource Management.
She is very passionate about the promotion of human right as the only way of addressing the injustices that affect our societies. Her enthusiasm in human rights issues is the reason she changed her career from aviation industry, where for 19 years she amassed tremendous air travel and ticketing experience while working for Galaxy Travels, Air Malawi and Kenya Airways.
Her professional interests focus on women and girls rights. She wants to see more women empowered to break the poverty cycle. As a way of empowering women and girls, she has founded an NGO that is fully registered with the Malawi Government and CONGOMA called Catherine Intandosi Foundation (CIF) which was named after her mother.
In addition, she is the founder of Little Warriors, a support group for mothers who have given birth to premature babies. This was established after she had given birth to a premature baby in 2017 and was not able to get enough information locally on the journey but depended on international groups on social media. She saw the gap that existed and felt it wise to start a support group for mainly psychological support which has now turned into something bigger.
Instead of just psychological support, the group also makes monthly cash contributions which are then used to purchase assorted items including baby blankets, clothes and cash for the mothers with premature babies in hospitals. The contributions are also used to purchase items for the hospitals too like the oxygen tubes, infant formula and disposable nappies that are very important for the babies. So far they have visited all the central hospitals in Malawi and are planning to include district hospitals.
She is married with two boys and a girl. She likes traveling, reading, baking, watching documentaries and walking. Her best memories include her first visit to the Schengen Area.
isa Chavula currently holds the position of Operations Manager for Blantyre Malaria Project (BMP), an affiliate of the Kamuzu University of Health Sciences. BMP specializes in research of Malaria in infants. Anne has vast experience (29 years) in administration, human resource management and marketing having occupied senior positions at Ecobank Malawi Limited, Finance Bank Malawi, Standard Bank and Bestobell Malawi Limited.
Anne holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA), Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, and an Advanced Diploma in Personnel Management and Public Relations.
In addition, she is a Board member of Employers Consultation Association of Malawi (ECAM) and chairs the Finance and Administration Board. She also sits on the Tripartite Labour Advisory Council (TLAC). The TLAC is the highest Labour Board in the country. Its key purpose is to advise the Minister of Labour on labour matters and this position has seen her representing ECAM at several SADC Meetings. Furthermore, as a Board Member of the Chimwankhunda Living Waters Church, Anne holds the position of Church Secretary.
Bridget Ulalo Shumba
Bridget has seven years’ experience working in the NGO sector in Malawi. She holds a Master of Arts in Christian Leadership from the African Bible College and a Bachelor of Social Science in Anthropology from the Catholic University of Malawi. Bridget has been championing the promotion of children’s and women’s rights and civic leadership.
Currently, Bridget runs a literacy program for children in Lilongwe, Malawi. Previously, she worked as Project Officer for Malawi Interfaith AIDS Association on an ending child marriages project. Prior to that, she was the Programs and Events coordinator at Music Crossroads Malawi and Gender and HIV officer at Centre for Youth Empowerment and Civic Education, respectively.
Through her experiences in the Civil Society space, Bridget has developed strong skills in project management, communication & advocacy, youth work and civic engagement.
Mabuchi Shumba Kapachika
Mabuchi Shumba Kapachika is a highly qualified and experienced expert in the fields of Human Resource Management, Administration, Sales and Marketing, Television Production and Presentation. Currently, Mabuchi is working for the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation as the Controller of Human Resources, a position she has held for the past 8 years.
Collectively, Mabuchi has over 12 years’ experience in Human Resources Management and Administration, 4 years in Sales and Marketing and 5 years in Television Production and Presentation. In her current role, Mabuchi specialises in Human Resource Management policy and procedures development and review, Human Resource Planning, Human Resource surveys, Employee Benefits Programmes, Performance and Reward Management and Human Resource operational requirements. Additionally, Mabuchi has adequate knowledge of National and International labour laws and is conversant with trends in personal policies, practices and procedures.
Academically, Mabuchi holds a Masters in Business Administration from East and Southern African Management Institute (ESAMI) and a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Malawi now the Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (MUBAS).
Martha Malikebu
Martha Malikebu is a Program officer at World Vision Malawi responsible for Humanitarian Emergency Affair (HEA) and Food Security, Resilience and Livelihoods programming in the Business Development and Grants Management Department.
A key component of Martha`s work has been programme development, resource mobilization and donor funds management; this has resulted in Martha developing strong funds acquisition; partner and stakeholder management and donor coordination and networking skills.
She is a holder of a Master of Business Administration (MBA) with the University of Malawi, The polytechnic and Bachelor of Science Degree in Environmental science and Technology with the same institution. In addition, she also holds a certificate in project management for development professionals PMDPRO 1 with APMG international.
Takondwa Jumbe
Takondwa Jumbe is currently the Regional Manager for Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) in the Central Region. Malawi Broadcasting Corporation is the state-owned public broadcaster with television, radio, and online platforms.
Academically she holds an MSc in Leadership and Change management from Leeds Metropolitan University, a Post Graduate Diploma in Media Management obtained from Rhodes University and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Malawi as well as various short-term training certificates from local and international partners and training institutions.
With a career spanning 20 years in the industry, she started out as a television producer straight out of her BA from Chancellor College.
She has worked for Malawi Television from the time it was launched in 2000 rising from the humble beginnings of a production intern rising in the ranks to head of Education Unit, Principal Creative producer, Chief Producer Schedules and Acquisition. Following the merger of MBC with Television Malawi to form one public broadcaster she has held positions of Station Manager of Radio 2fm, Controller of Business affairs, Acting Director of Commercial Services to the current position of Regional Manager.
Takondwa is a media manager, a communications strategist, and a marketing and branding practitioner. She prides herself as being one of the pioneers for young women in media leadership positions in the country a feat that has been achieved through hard work, efficiency, and consistency. Breaking the barriers in what was once a strictly male-dominated profession gives her the determination to put her professionalism first in the hope to one day be someone who has made a difference to the broadcast industry. Above all, she is a patriot who has always taken pride in being a Malawian and serving her nation.
Chiyamiko Chinkwita
Chiyamiko Chinkwita – Phiri is a professional female public administrator with 16 years’ experience working in public universities in Malawi as a registrar. She was born on 19th December 1977. Her primary role is to oversee the day to day administrative function of the University College. She has taken various positions in the registry for the past 14 years, 9 of which were at Mzuzu University and 7 at the University of Malawi.
Apart from her daily routine work, Chiyamiko serves in strategic policy formulation roles and on committees that undertook to carry out strategic functions in resource mobilization, quality assurance and organizational benchmarking and marketing and strategic planning. She has also been involved in forging strategic partnerships and networks for development efforts and in particular for infrastructure development.
She can comfortably define herself as a self-starter and a person with good interpersonal and analytical skills. This is evidenced by the number of assignments she has taken in community services and engagement, resource mobilization and event organization.
In her free time, Chiyamiko loves working with youths of all walks of life and encouraging them to build themselves to become independent and contribute to the development of their families. She is a self-made career and psychosocial counselor and has a Counseling Certificate.
Chiyamiko encourages the youth to never give up on themselves and parents to never give up on their children. She believes productive citizens are the only ones that can change the economic profile of Malawi. She makes these claims through my life story.
Her livid experience:
I am a teenage pregnancy candidate (not victim), I have two children, and one was born when I was 13years old when I was in form 1 and the other at 15. I was in form two and had to drop out of school because my parents gave up on me. I did not give up on myself. I sought forgiveness from my parents and 3 years later at the age of 19, I got a Malawi Schools Certificate and went on to University.
Kate Tapiwa
Kate Tapiwa Kujaliwa is a versatile professional communicator and administrator who is passionate about the development of women and girls in the professional arena. She achieves this by challenging women and girls to take drastic yet realistic steps to impact their areas of influence.
Currently a Public Relations Officer (PRO) at Malawi Human Rights Commission, Kate, has over 13 years rounded experience in: communications; advocacy; budgeting; and change management in both public and private sectors. She is a published author, motivational speaker, branding coach and team builder, with skills in policy analysis, budget tracking, performance budgeting, public speaking, content development, events management, and strategic planning.
She sits on the board of Timveni Child and Youth Organization and Patch Malawi Trust- a social enterprise that works with marginalized women and girls to improve their socio-economic status.
Kate has a Master of Business Administration from Eastern and Southern African Management Institute (ESAMI) and Bachelor’s Degree in Mass Communications from African Bible College (ABC), and a certificate in Performance Budgeting in the Public Sector from ESAMI.
Carol Kayira-Kulemeka
Carol Kayira-Kulemeka is the Global Program Manager on Resilient Livelihoods and Climate Justice for Action Aid International. Her portfolio involves strategy development and implementation oversight for ActionAid’s livelihoods program implemented in 43 countries. She also manages three multi country projects implemented in Nigeria, Tanzania, South Africa, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi.
Prior to this position, Carol worked with Oxfam Malawi as Head of Livelihoods Resilience, Economic Justice Coordinator and briefly seconded to Oxfam’s regional office in Pretoria, South Africa as the Regional Economic Justice Coordinator. She also worked as Program and Finance Manager for Fahamu- Networks for Social Justice, Head of Food Security, Nutrition and Emergencies for ActionAid Malawi, Program Coordinator for Action Aid Democratic Republic of Congo and Livelihoods Program Officer for DFID Malawi.
Currently serving as council member for the University of Malawi, she previously served as board member for the Malawi Scotland partnership (MASP) and Civil Society Agriculture network (CISANET).
Carol has a Master of Arts Degree in Development Studies, a Bachelor of Social Sciences degree and is currently working on her Doctorate Degree in Business Administration.
Tawonga Mkandawire
Carol Khunga is a PhD candidate in Public Administration and Management at the University of Malawi, Chancellor College. In addition, she holds an Executive Master degree in Business Administration and a Bachelor of Education Humanities degree, both from the University of Malawi, Polytechnic and Chancellor College respectively.
She is a specialist in Policy formulation and setting long – term strategic plans as well as optimizing organizational efficiency. She is also an expert in research projects and consultancy work in Public Sector Management and Strategic Management.
She is a multi- skilled professional with 12 years working experience at senior management levels. Currently she is working at Lilongwe City Council as Administrative Officer. In addition, she is an adjunct Senior Lecturer at Exploits University. She has also worked at FOOTSTEPS AFRICA as Deputy Director.
Carol Khunga is Success – driven, visionary, and highly committed professional equipped with broad background in providing effective leadership and services. She has excellent interpersonal skills and she has a professional approach towards work. She has done a number of research projects and publications. Furthermore, she has effectively supervised academic research projects (for undergraduates and Master students).
Chrissie Kafoteka
Chrissie Kafoteka is an accomplished and result driven strategist and service oriented administrator, passionate about leadership, people and service quality who has worked with the following organizations: –
Exploits University- Registrar (current employer), University of Hebron – Registrar, Unicaf University – Pro Vice Chancellor – Administration, Operations and Marketing, University of Malawi Medical Scheme (UNIMED) – Director, Mwaiwathu Private Hospital – Service Manager, Macsteel Malawi Limited – Sales and Administration Manager, Malawi Government – Administration Officer and Manica Malawi Limited – Senior Administration and Training Officer
She served as a Board Member for the Agricultural Development and Marketing Board (ADMARC) and a Trustee Board Member for the Parliamentary Premium Pensions Fund for the Malawi National Assembly – 2012-2014.
Chrissie holds a Master of Science Degree in Strategic Management from the University of Derby – UK in 2012. She as well has a Bachelor of Social Science Degree from University of Malawi – Chancellor College attained in 1989 an advanced Certificate from Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) obtained in 2004 and a Certificate in Human Resources Management from the Malawi Polytechnic received in 1996.
Professional Skills/Experience
- Strong ability to improve systems, formulate business plans and come up with strategies
- Excellent at formulating and implementing policies, systems and change management
- Human Resources management- hiring, training and development and record keeping
- Strong leadership and management qualities
- Excellent negotiation and relationship building and management skills
- Broad knowledge of business departments and their functions
- Excellent analytical, problem solving and decision making abilities
- Outstanding interpersonal, people and communication skills
- Designing and implementing policies, programs and processes
- Budget management
- Change management, and/or improving management of systems
- Strong service and business orientation skills – ability to making business run more efficiently
- Outstanding collaboration and team building skills.
- Trainer, mentor and business coach
Catherine Chisuse is a dynamic person, with a drive to achieve her personal and career goals. She has a strong focus on program development and quality. Creates strong vision for the future, develops strategies and clearly define outcomes. She demonstrate value for money by focusing on accountability, quality and impact. A high motivated individual who thinks globally and act locally to realize organizational goals, through building strong relationships and utilizing effective influencing and negotiation skills developed over 18 years of professional engagements with DAI Global-Local Government Accountability and Performance Program (LGAP), World Vision International – Sponsorship program, Save the Children International – Sponsorship program, Goal Global – Humanitarian program, NBS Bank Limited – financial services, and CCAP Blantyre Synod – Keeping Girls in School Project. Vast experience in the implementation of USAID funded, Irish Aid funded, UNFPA funded, ElectricAid funded and FCDO/UKAid funded projects. Catherine has strong courage (ability to speak her mind), quick learning/grasping ability and clarity of thought. She is highly adaptable and self-aware individual who always considers the impact of her conduct on team performance and goal attainment.
Having worked with four (4) International Non Governmental Organizations (INGO) in different parts of Malawi, Catherine has experience working with local governments and civil society partners, skills in financial management, leadership, project management and coordination, strategic management, networking and partnership building, communication including donor reporting, innovation, knowledge management, effective representation and capacity building, public speaking, women empowerment, diversity and inclusion, willingness to take on additional responsibilities, much energy to energize the team and improve performance.
She holds Master of Business Administration specialization in Advanced Artificial Intelligence and the future of Automation, from Nexford University in USA. Bachelor of Banking and Finance and Bachelor of Community Development from Blantyre International University in Malawi. Certificate in Computer Programming from University of Malawi-Management Centre-Malawi.
I am a formidable Financial Analyst or Accountant, and an Agribusiness Management Specialist. I am also an entrepreneur. I quickly adapt and maneuver in different management areas affecting development of our country. I have over 10 years of experience in Financial Management, Resource Mobilization, Strategy Development, Systems Control and Management, Project Management, and about 5 years in Agribusiness and Value Chains Developments. I am currently working at Malawi Watersheds Services Improvement Project (MWASIP) and Malawi Resilience and Disaster Risk Management Project (MRDRMP) as a Programme Accountant from June 2020.These are world Bank Projects under the Ministry of Water and Sanitation. I also worked for The Jesuit Centre for Ecology and Development as a Finance and Administration Manager in 2016-17 and as a Consultant in Finance, Project Management, VSL Projects and Agribusiness Value Chains between 2014 and 2015. In 2018 I worked for Build-On Inc. as an Assistant Finance Officer. I joined the government later in 2018 and I have worked for the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, and Ministry of Forestry as an Accountant. My main area of interest is Public Finance Management, Agricultural Financing and Value Chains, and Strategy and Policy Development in Agricultural, irrigation and water sectors. I am an ICAM member and currently pursuing ACCA professional Level. I have a bachelor’s degree in finance and a Master’s of Science in Agribusiness Management from LUANAR.
I am a hardworking, confident, passionate, organized and dedicated woman equipped with proven skills in communication, organization development, networking, relationship building and partnership maintenance with diverse groups of stakeholders. I am able to dynamically present and communicate organization vision and goals to create motivation and inspiration among staff and
stakeholders.
Roselyn Kandiero is a self-motivated, results-driven individual with a sound academic and professional background. Until she took early retirement in 2018, she worked for Standard Bank for 26 years, holding various senior leadership roles and setting up multiple new divisions within the bank. During her tenure, she was recognized for her exceptional leadership skills and for delivering business results.
She is now seeking a different challenge to help unlock the potential of people and business organizations by providing life, executive and organizational development coaching and consultancy in Banking and Finance. In addition to this, she remains open to exploring other opportunities to make a meaningful contribution to Malawian businesses and society as a whole.
She holds a Master’s in Business Administration obtained from The University of Exeter (UK), and a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce (Accountancy) obtained from The University of Malawi (Polytechnic). She is also a Chartered Banker and obtained her Associateship from The Chartered Institute of Bankers (UK).
Dora Mangulama started off her career as a Journalist for the then newly set up Television Malawi straight from College. In 2000 she left to set up the newly established Public Relations (PR) office for the Malawi Telecommunications Limited (MTL); by that time MTL had just been born out of the split of the Malawi Posts and Telecommunications and it became necessary to have a PR office to drive the agenda of the newly established institution through effective internal and external communication.
In 2003, she attend a postgraduate programme at Nottingham Business School under the Nottingham Trent University in the United Kingdom where she attained her MSc in Management and Marketing with Commendation; the programme was fully sponsored by MTL. In 2008 she joined Malawi Savings Bank as Marketing and Business Development Manager a role she did for four years. Her role was mainly developing relations with the media, managing internal communications and also involved in business development by looking out for business opportunities for the bank. In 2013, she moved to Standard Bank Plc as a Relationship Manager where she managed a portfolio of public sector clients: Government, Non-Governmental Organisations etc.
Dora Mangulana is involved in mentoring girls by visiting rural girls in Salima and Dedza once a month. Recently she enrolled for the mentoring programme for the Nottingham Business School. This is a programme where the Business School’s alumni are allocated students to mentor in a particular year.
Qualifications: Bachelor of Social Science (Sociology majors and Demography Minors) University of Malawi, Chancellor College; MSc in management and Marketing with Commendation, Nottingham Business School, University of Nottingham Trent.
Zandile Phangaphanga role as an HR practitioner is to implement HR best practices in the areas of career development, recruitment and selection, succession planning, performance management, Strategy formulation, workforce planning, employee engagement, learning and development, talent management, diversity and inclusion, employee wellness, health and safety and labour relations. Provision of skills development and effective HR services towards continuous transformation and change management to support the business functions.
She has a master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) from Eastern Southern Africa Management Institution (ESAMI), a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Human Resource Management from the University of Malawi, Chancellor College, and a Diploma in Law from the University of London. Additionally, she have a notable certificate in leadership development from China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) which has enhanced the essential skills of improving employee commitment to delivery of strategy through continuous learning and development. Zandile is currently studying for a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) with Swiss School of Management.
Yuna Chikhanda
Yuna Chikanda is a seasoned public administrator currently working for the National Planning Commission as Senior Administrative Officer. She holds a Bachelor of Arts (Humanities) Degree obtained in 2005 from the University of Malawi, Chancellor College as well as a Masters in Public Administration (Management) obtained from Flinders University, Australia in 2014.
Yuna has over 13 years experience working in the field of administration in the Public Sector. Before Joining National Planning Commission, she worked in the civil service as an Administrative Officer with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and was later promoted to Principal Administrative Officer and Under Secretary in the Ministry of Youth and Sports and Ministry of Agriculture respectively.
Yuna is a hard worker as evidenced by the fact that during her first year of joining the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2007, she was posted to the Malawi Mission to the United Nations General Assembly where she represented Malawi in the Fifth Committee.
Delivering excellent administrative support to the office that she is working for is of utmost importance for Yuna. As such she uses her organizational skills to ensure smooth operations in a busy office environment. Aside from work, Yuna is also a wife and a mother to three children.