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My tribute to Thabo Mbeki

President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa offered to step down as the President of South Africa on 21/09/2008. The events surrounding his resignation are not the purpose of this post. Rather, I would like to pay tribute to President Mbeki for his outstanding performance as a true African statesman,

Yes, Nyamilandu is right! English Premier League fans in Malawi a

The President of the Football Associaton of Malawi, Walter Nyamilandu, was quoted in the press (Daily Times, 25/08/2008) as describing English Premier League fans in Malawi as hypocrites for not patronizing local football matches. Instead they zealously get glued to their TVs to watch English premiership matches. On the

Is mobile phone airtime too expensive in Malawi?

The government of Malawi has introduced a 10 percent surtax on mobile phone airtime starting from 1 July 2008. At the same time it scrapped off import tax on cell phones being sold by mobile phone operators TNM and Zain Malawi (formerly Celtel Malawi). Hence TNM is selling its

Am selling off a Mitsubishi RVR Sports Gear

If you are in Malawi, you might be interested in this: Am selling off a a Mitsubishi RVR Sports Gear, green in colour, manual transmission and low mileage, price MK850,000 negotiable. Interested? Phone me: 04188893 The vehicle can be viewed by arrangement in Zomba. Snapshots of the vehicle are below.

A chilly August in Blantyre

Its rather strange to have chilly weather in August in Malawi. Normally we are supposed to have hot and windy weather. Just yesterday, we had rain drizzles in Limbe. Surprisingly, Blantyre Central Business District was very cold but not wet. I stay in Chigumula in Limbe and am enduring

My favourite quotes from Plato (427 BC - 347 BC)

Never discourage anyone.....who continually makes progress, no matter how slow - PlatoThe price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men - PlatoIgnorance, the root and stem of every evil - PlatoApply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort,

My research publications

Research PublicationsBennett Kankuzi and Yirsaw Ayalew. A User-Centered Graph-Based Visualization for Spreadsheets. In Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on End-User Software Engineering (WEUSE '08), pages 86-90, Leipzig, Germany, May 2008. Publisher: ACM Press, ISBN: 978-1-60558-034-0, URL: http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1370847.1370866Bennett Kankuzi and Yirsaw Ayalew. A Dynamic Graph-Based Visualization for Spreadsheets.

Why African countries need to embrace science vigorously

Lets start with a few facts: First, all developed countries are advanced in technology. Second, science and mathematics are cornerstones of modern technology. Third, there can not be industrialization without advancing in technology. Africa, is the 'poorest' continent in the world. This is despite the fact that the

Empowering the world's poorest

Often times, the gap between the rich and the poor in this world haunts my thoughts. A mere thought that someone is going on an empty stomach while others are throwing away food, leaves me with more questions than answers. The need for social justice for the world's poorest

Malawi and a Green Revolution in Africa?

Here are some of the articles that I have been collecting on Malawi and the debatable topic of a possible green revolution in Africa. With rising global food prices, food production is becoming a very big global issue as the world tries to find a solution to this

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