ALT Meet Temwa Chawinga: one of Malawi’s brightest football stars and one of the players carrying the country into a new era of women’s football. Her journey has taken her from Malawi to the global stage, where her pace, finishing and relentless attacking style have made her impossible to ignore. But Temwa’s story is bigger than goals. She represents what happens when extraordinary talent from a small football nation is given room to travel, develop and be seen. At home, she has become a symbol of possibility. Abroad, she is introducing a much wider audience to Malawi. And she is only one half of an extraordinary football story.

ALT Before much of the world was learning Temwa’s name, Tabitha Chawinga had already spent years pushing Malawian women’s football into spaces it had rarely occupied before. Her career has crossed countries, leagues and continents, helping make the idea of a Malawian woman succeeding at the highest levels of football feel increasingly possible. And she should never be reduced to simply being Temwa’s sister. Tabitha is a global footballer in her own right, a leader, a trailblazer, and one of the most significant figures in the modern history of Malawian women’s football. Together, Temwa and Tabitha form one of the most remarkable sibling stories in African sport. Their biggest shared story now belongs to Malawi: the Scorchers. 🇲🇼❤️‍🔥

ALT The Scorchers are Malawi’s senior women’s national football team — and in 2026, they changed the history of the sport at home. Malawi has long produced talented women competing across Africa and around the world. What was missing was the biggest global stage. That changed when the Scorchers qualified for the FIFA Women’s World Cup Brazil 2027 — the first Women’s World Cup appearance in Malawi’s history. It was more than qualification. It created a national moment: new fans, new media attention, new commercial possibilities, and a new generation of girls watching Malawian women perform on the world stage. The road to Brazil ran through WAFCON — where the Scorchers announced themselves to Africa. 🔥

ALT The Women’s Africa Cup of Nations is the continent’s premier national-team competition in women’s football. In 2026, it became the tournament that transformed Malawi’s football story. The Scorchers arrived with relatively little global attention and left with a World Cup place, a country fully invested in their journey, and a story that travelled far beyond Malawi. Temwa was central to that run, but this story is much bigger than one player. It is about a team, two remarkable sisters, a country discovering what is possible, and what happens when women’s sport is documented with the seriousness and emotion it deserves. KC Current Studios captured that story beautifully. Watch the full film, then keep up with the journey towards to 2027 Brazil World Cup at chaŵinga.com. 🇲🇼⚽️❤️‍🔥

ALT Why learn to build for iOS? Beyond learning to code, there is also a clear business case. Apple’s ecosystem gives developers access to a large global market with users who have historically shown a greater willingness to spend on apps, subscriptions and digital services. It matters a bunch if you are an entrepreneur. You can go from identifying a problem → designing a solution → building the product → distributing it globally through the App Store → monetizing it, all within one ecosystem. You also don’t have to begin with an original billion-dollar idea. Build something small. Solve one annoying problem. Recreate a tool you already use just to understand how it works. Apple has made the learning material remarkably accessible. The Develop in Swift books pictured here are free, and the Swift language documentation is freely available on Swift.org. More details: byntha.com/swift

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ALT Representing the Business Information Technology and Computer Systems & Security programmes, Cohort 5 of the M'mawa Apprenticeship Programme spent the past several months contributing to real-world initiatives spanning artificial intelligence, digital transformation, agriculture, robotics, research, entrepreneurship, and systems development at the Kwathu Kollective. Throughout the programme, they demonstrated professionalism, curiosity, resilience, and a genuine commitment to learning. Read more: kwathu.org/map-cohort-5-graduation

ALT Engage further with Manduwi’s work: nthanda.com

ALT In her TEDTalk, delivered at TEDxMSU, Nthanda Manduwi explores one of the defining questions of the 21st century: What happens when knowledge becomes abundant, evidence becomes accessible, and artificial intelligence allows humanity to learn faster than ever before? Drawing from her upbringing in post-colonial Malawi, her work in international development, and her experiences in evaluation and knowledge management, Manduwi examines the relationship between technology, evidence, institutions, and human behaviour. The talk introduces themes that are explored more deeply throughout the Lessons book series, including governance, development, incentives, institutional learning, and the future of global cooperation. Key Themes: Artificial Intelligence and Evidence Synthesis International Development and Institutional Learning Post-Colonial States and Agency Leadership, Incentives, and Human Behaviour The Future of Global Cooperation Building World 2.0 Have a Listen: nthanda.com/TED

ALT Nthanda Manduwi was awarded as the Most Inspiring Business Leader in Malawi, in celebration of her work leading her new deeptech startup: Q2 Systems. Read more about the award, and her dedication of the award to her late mother, Captain Lonnie Constance Kalua-Manduwi: byntha.com/cca-2026