Six Malawian tech innovators just got bankrolled by the National Bank of Malawi at the ICTAM Innovation Jam in Mangochi, with the winners splitting K75.5 million between them. Staff Nyoni scored the biggest bag for his Blind Classroom platform, which helps visually impaired kids actually learn stuff, walking away with K2.5 million and a full incubation program. The guy said his app is already changing how blind students handle school after he watched them struggle with regular teaching methods.
The bank threw K2 million at Earn Mwachangu for a FinTech thing and sent him to Zambia for incubation next year. Five other projects got K1.5 million each for working on agriculture tech, health systems, and flood tracking apps. NBM manager Enala Chirwa said they want Malawi digitalized by 2027 but that only happens if local devs keep cooking up solutions. ICTAM president Clarence Gama called the innovators thinkers and said the country needs more people building actual tech instead of just using it.
The bank threw K2 million at Earn Mwachangu for a FinTech thing and sent him to Zambia for incubation next year. Five other projects got K1.5 million each for working on agriculture tech, health systems, and flood tracking apps. NBM manager Enala Chirwa said they want Malawi digitalized by 2027 but that only happens if local devs keep cooking up solutions. ICTAM president Clarence Gama called the innovators thinkers and said the country needs more people building actual tech instead of just using it.
