My Father Made Sure I Was Treated

What I Am Saying Every Day To Malawians Is That Time Has Come For Us To Move From Aid To Trade. We Have Picked Several Sectors That We Think We Can Focus On Immediately In Order For Us To Grow Our Economy. So We Have Decided To Diversify Agriculture, We Decided To Develop Our Tourism Sector, We Have Decided To Develop Our Mining Sector.

My Dear Husband, Richard, Has Been The Driving Force Behind My Success And Rise To Whatever Level I Am Now. My Story And Legacy Is Incomplete Without His Mention.

Most African Women Are Taught To Endure Abusive Marriages. They Say Endurance Means A Good Wife But Most Women Endure Abusive Relationship Because They Are Not Empowered Economically; They Depend On Their Husbands.

In 1989, I Started The National Association Of Business Women. We Incorporated Microfinance And Different Job Training For Women. We Did A Survey, With Usaid, That Found Women Lacked Training, Credit And Information.

I Sat Down In 1989 And I Made Up My Mind At That Point That I Was Going To Spend The Rest Of My Life Assisting Women And Youth To Gain Social And Political Empowerment Through Business And Education. I Convinced Myself Economic Empowerment Of Women Was Going To Be Key, Especially In A Country Like This Where Most Women Didn't Go To School.