School of Education graduates 60 students from short courses
The Dean of the School of Education, Dr. Ken Ndala, presided over the first ever UNIMA short course graduation ceremony on 18th March 2022 in the Great Hall. The Dean said this event is just a starting point of many more graduations of this kind as UNIMA will be offering many short course programmes. “Now that...
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UNIMA Special Needs Section receives Orbit Readers
On 25th April, 2022, the University of Malawi Special Needs Section received a donation of 20 assistive devices for visually impaired students. The devices, which are called Orbit Readers, have been donated by the Kilimanjaro Blind Trust from Kenya, which is in a partnership with the Malawi Union for the Blind. Spea...
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Graduates encouraged to embrace Malawi 2063 Vision
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Malawi, professor Samson Sajidu, has advised fresh graduates from UNIMA and its sister universities (MUBAS and KUHES) to use their qualifications and training to change the nation for the better. The VC was speaking in the Great Hall on 13th April, 2022, when he presided over the first graduation ce...
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Prof. Sajidu appointed as Vice Chancellor
The University of Malawi has new leadership in the person of Professor Samson Mkali Idruss Sajidu who was, in March 2022, appointed to helm the institution. His appointment follows the interviews that took place on 5th January 2022. Professor Sajidu becomes the 10th Chancellor of the University, but the first in that position since the i...
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First cohort of students arrives on campus
In its bid to offer education to as many people in the country as possible, the University of Malawi has in the year 2022 arranged to admit first year students in two cohorts. The first cohort arrived on campus in April 2022, and will be the only year on campus until August 2022. The second cohort of first year students will arrive in August tog...
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TOWARDS THE “4O MILLION TREES” NATIONAL TARGET
In direct response to the inauguration of the 2021/2022 National Forestry Season on 25th February 2022, the University of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society (Society) planted 2500 trees on Saturday, 26th February, 2022. Plem Construction Limited...
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ART, A TOOL FOR SOCIAL IMPACT
A youthful Art Movement named Zaluso Arts has partnered with University of Malawi’s Department of Fine and Performing Arts (FPA) to implement a project aimed at providing a platform for citizens to dialogue, debate and engage on issues of national importance from their perspectives. According to a co...
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UNIMA Shares Development Plans with Zomba CEOs
UNIMA management held its first-ever interface meeting with Zomba CEOs on 30th June, 2021 at Nalipiri Eco Lodge in Mulanje. Present at the meeting were the District Commissioner for Zomba, the Commissioner of Police for the Eastern Region, the Director of Physical Planning for the Eastern Region, members of the Educatio...
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UNIMA Negotiates Loan Facilities with FDH Bank
The University of Malawi has, for a long time, had cordial relationships with the banking sector in Malawi, leading to the provision of a number of bank facilities for its staff. The most recent of such negotiated services is an agreement that the institution has made with FDH Bank that will see UNIMA members accessing loans whos...
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Vice President Praises UNIMA Construction Projects
The infrastructural developments at the University of Malawi (UNIMA) continue to attract glowing praise from various sectors of the society. The latest to add his praise to the developments is the Vice President of the Republic of Malawi, Dr Saulos Klaus Chilima. The Vice President, who came for an inspection tour of Zomba City p...
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