Other Qualifications PhD
Dr. Joyce Mlenga is an academic, researcher, author and an administrator of over fifteen years’ experience in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. She is currently a Council Member and a Senator of Mzuzu University. She has seventeen years of teaching experience at University level. She has acquired leadership and administration skills through attending seminars, conferences, and holding various positions which include Head of Department, Dean of Faculty and Deputy Principal of a university campus.
Outside university life, she currently serves as Board Chairperson of Livingstonia Synod Aids Project (LISAP), after deputizing for four years. Joyce has also been Vice Board Chairperson of Ngara Community Technical College since 2019. Additionally, she is a Board Member of Chambo Girls Secondary School.
gnes Kalima is a University of Malawi (Chancellor College) graduate with Masters in Development Studies. She is currently pursuing a doctorate degree (PhD) in Development Studies at the same institution. Additionally, she has undergone extensive professional training in development including Development Entrepreneurship, Research, Gender and Early Childhood Education from reputable institutions. She has over 5 years’ experience in lecturing development related courses and supervising research students. Besides being an ambitious and a highly motivated individual, Ms. Kalima possesses exceptional research and problem solving skills enabling her to collaborate with a diverse group of individuals and resolve issues technical or otherwise in a prompt manner. Her short term assignments with International Centre for Research on Women (ICRW), Centre for Social Research (CSR) and other institutions have also helped her acquire knowledge and skills in planning, monitoring and evaluating research projects.
Harriet Jenala Gausi has an interest in making a positive contribution to economic development of vulnerable communities in Malawi and other parts of Africa. Over the years, Harriet has worked in agriculture and natural resource management sectors, where she has interacted with smallholder farmers/rural communities, collaborated with development partners and various stakeholders; and these have shaped Harriet’s experience in the field. She has skills in livestock production, rural community development, project management and implementation, conducting research (including on-farm, secondary research) – data collection, analysis, and discussion of results, capacity building of staff and farmers, among other skills.
Harriet has contributed to the review of the Livestock Breeding Policy; coordinated a SADC biodiversity project in Malawi, and coordinated the implementation of the Agriculture Sector Wide Approach project – Support Project in Dedza District (where donors were pooling resources together for the implementation of the prioritized and harmonized Agricultural development Agenda).
Harriet graduated with a BSc. in Agriculture from University of Malawi – Bunda College of Agriculture in 1999 and an MSc in Animal Science from the same University in 2003. She now holds a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of New England, Australia, awarded in 2019.
Harriet works as the Chief Animal Health and Livestock Development Officer in the Ministry of Agriculture, Mzuzu Agricultural Development Division (ADD), Malawi. Her overall responsibility is the coordination of the implementation of activities in livestock production and development. She is also tasked with fostering linkages with other departments and stakeholders in livestock development, and agricultural development as a whole.
Sangwani is a qualified project manager with over 10 years’ progressive experience managing rural development projects. Currently, the Project Manager at the African Institute of Corporate Citizenship (AICC), a non-governmental organization whose main mandate is to promote the role of businesses in building resilient communities and sustainable businesses through partnerships. AICC’s uniqueness is the capacity to engage and bring on board the private sector in development. Sangwani strengths lies in the coordination of multi-stakeholder platforms for the stimulation of public and private sector investment in commodity value chains and production of contemporary policy and project briefs that stimulate debate in the Agriculture sector. Prior to joining AICC, Sangwani worked with the Ministry of Agriculture as the Agribusiness Officer and the I-Life Development Assistance Program, The Salvation Army a USAID funded project which was aimed at improving the wellness of rural households in the central and Southern regions as an Agri-Marketing Coordinator.
Sangwani is the Board Secretary for the Focus on Ability Society (FOAS) which a local NGO aimed at enhancing the capabilities of the physically challenged by putting much focus on their talents and abilities thereby augmenting the saying ‘Disability” is not “Inability.
Outside of formal work, Sangwani is a Mother, Wife, Farmer and a budding Entrepreneur. Sangwani has recently been awarded a Chinese Government PhD scholarship to study International Economics with Shihezi University, China. Her area of study is Agricultural Economics with emphasis on Risk and Poverty eradication among smallholder farmers. The interest stems from the intriguing experiences and interactions with rural communities and the desire to one day see them freed from the vicious cycle of poverty and vulnerabilities.
Tapiwa Singini
Tapiwa Singini is a PhD anthropology student at East China Normal University; she graduated with a Master’s degree in Social Work from China Women’s University, with an emphasis in Women Leadership and Social Development. She completed her Bachelor’s degree in Human Science and Community Services at LUANAR, Bunda campus.
Tapiwa began her career in working with children and women at Youth Net and Counseling during her Bachelor’s degree. She went on researching on women’s knowledge and understanding of child growth and development and she further studied on the introduction of Early Childhood Care Centers in Malawi and its impact on women’s empowerment. The study aimed to identify ways that can enhance early childhood centers to promote women participation in Malawi. It further explored the daily routine of young mothers and women employment before the introduction of early childhood development centers in Malawi, evaluated the significance of women empowerment on child development and family well-being as well as investigated the possible ways to make a more friendly community for women and children in the future.
Tapiwa worked as a Human Ecology Tutor at Alma Teacher’s Training College, social worker intern at Youth Net and Counseling and Nutritionist intern at Kamuzu Central Hospital.