Social cash transfer plays a critical role is supporting vulnerable communities to overcome poverty and shocks in Malawi. Digital technologies are integrated in social cash transfer to improve operations and deliver value to citizens. This paper analysed the potential use of distributed ledger...

Digital nomads strategies and remote working visa regimes have attracted attention of governments in economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. However, in some countries, the execution of the remote working and digital nomads strategies; and amendment of immigration laws been problematic....

Malawi has faced slow progress in social and economic development for the past five decades. In 2021, the country developed a national development vision to promote wealth creation and self-reliance. This study attempts to unpack the assumptions about the social democratic developmental state as...

Agriculture subsidy programs increase participation of rural households in food security and nutrition improvement in Malawi. Digital technologies e.g. mobile application (App) and biometrical identification, electronic database have been integrated in implementation of Affordable inputs program...

African governments have ratified the African continental free trade area (AfCFTA) to support elimination of tariffs and taxes on intra-African trade on goods, services and investment; and promote integration that can lead to socio-economic growth. This paper proposes a readiness conceptual...

This paper presents an analysis of how online media narratives shaped national identity cards system strategies. The case of Malawi was analysed as an example of an African country that recently implemented a national identity cards system. The study used Narratives Theory to analyse how...

The COVID-19 pandemic travel restrictions affected the tourism sector in South Africa. Digital nomadism is an example of a new strategy that can help the tourism sector recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper explores government strategies for promoting digital nomadism in...

The Government of Malawi set out to implement national ICT policy from 2013 to 2016. The policy activities were partially executed, and recently reviewed the ICT policy to incorporate digitization. This paper reviewed policy change that led to the development of Malawi ICT and digitalization....