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  BACKGROUND The COMESA Innovation Awards was launched in 2013 to celebrate the Africa Union 50th Anniversary. The Awards are aimed at recognizing and celebrating individuals and institutions that have used science, technology and innovation to advance the regional integration agenda. The inaugural Innovation Awards were successfully given at the 17th Summit of the COMESA Heads of States and Government held in February 2014 in Kinshasa DR. Congo. This focus of the 2014-15 Awards will be on new products, Read more…

Graduation Ceremony and Presentation of Professional Development Certificates for the African Leadership in ICT (ALICT) Course – Golden Peacock, Lilongwe 2 December 2014. The Director General of the National Commission for Science and Technology in Malawi presided over the Graduation Ceremony and Presentation of Professional Development Certificates to successful candidates who completed the seven months African Leadership in ICT (ALICT) Course. The event was held on    2 December 2014 at the Hotel Golden Peacock in Read more…

Hosted by the Government of Malawi through the National Commission for Science and Technology, and Supported by the European Commission (EC) and African Union Commission (AUC), IST-Africa 2015 (May) is the tenth in an annual series of Ministerial Level Technology Research Conferences. Focused on Information Society and ICT Policy Dialogues, International Development and Research Cooperation and Community Building, each conference brings together senior representatives of leading public, private, education and research organisations from 50 countries Read more…

The NCST in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has organised the 2014 African Union-World Academy of Sciences Young Scientist National Award presentation ceremony on Monday 20th October, 2014 at Kalikuti Hotel starting at 14hrs. The function will be presided over by the Deputy Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Hon Vincent Ghambi, MP. Dr. Maurice Monjerezi is the winner of the 2014  AU-TWAS award and also the tenth (10th) young Malawian scientist Read more…

  1.0            Introduction Government of the Republic of Malawi established the National Commission for Science and Technology (NCST) under Section 5 of the Science and Technology Act No. 16 of 2003 with functions and powers to advise the Government and other stakeholders on all science and technology matters in order to achieve a science and technology-led development. The specific mandate of the Commission is to promote, support, co-ordinate and regulate the development and application of Read more…