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Malawi, Regional

“Malawi to learn from Iceland model to prosperity”-Chakwera

Malawi News Agency (MANA)

By Patricia Kapulula

LILONGWE-(MANA)-President Lazarus Chakwera has described the visit by the Prime Minister to Iceland as a blessing for Malawi saying it acts as a model from where Malawi can draw lessons to its aspirations.

President Chakwera was speaking Monday evening at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe during a State Banquet he hosted for the visiting Prime Minister of Iceland.

He said Iceland has achieved an inclusive wealth and self-reliance status, which Malawi aspires in the Malawi 2063, as such Malawi can study what Iceland has done to recover its economy from debt distress to productivity through tourism.

“Malawi has an opportunity of learning from the success of a truly role model nation and that makes for a very special relationship,” he said.

He, therefore, hailed Iceland’s commitment to assisting Malawi in areas such as health and education as a symbol of strengthened relationship existing between the two countries which creates a number of areas of cooperation for the benefit of the people of the two countries.

Prime Minister of Iceland, Bjarni Benediksson, said his country cherishes the existing relationship between the two countries saying over 100 citizens, with a population of 400,000, call Malawi their home.

He, therefore, pledged his country’s continued support to Malawi in its development agenda.

Currently, Iceland is support Mangochi District in the health and education sectors and intends to replicate the same to Nkhotakota.

Benediktsson, arrived in the country on Sunday through Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) for a five-day working visit.

He is expected to visit Koche Demonstration School in Mangochi on Wednesday among other engagements before departure for Iceland on Thursday.

Malawi and Iceland relations date back to 1989 through the Icelandic International Development Agency (ICEIDA).

Development, Malawi, Regional

Chakwera, Iceland PM Benediktsson open 9th African Population conference

Ufulu

LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-President Lazarus Chakwera on Monday, May 20, 2024 presiding over the opening of the 9th African Population Conference at the Bingu International Convention Centre (BICC) in the capital Lilongwe.

Chakwera opened the conference alongside Prime Minister of Iceland, Bjarni Benediktsson, who arrived in the country on Sunday on a five – day official visit.

The Malawi leader was welcomed on arrival at BICC by the country’s Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima and several other high ranking government officials.

Over 600 international delegates are taking part in the conference.

The African Population Conference is the largest scientific meeting on population issues, organised every four years by the Union for African Population Studies (UAPS).

The main aim of the conference is to examine the state of knowledge gaps regarding various populations and development issues impacting the African continent.

The conference also offers an opportunity for a diverse set of stakeholders, researchers, policymakers, representatives of civil society, regional and international organisations as well as non – governmental organisations, to explore ways and means of applying research evidence, generated to improve the well – being of the African people.

Key objectives of the conference include supporting the training of the next generation of researchers, linking scholars for knowledge sharing through various forms of networking and promoting dialogue between population and development experts and policy makers.

The conference is being held under the theme, “Road to 2030: Leveraging Africa’s human capital to achieve transformation in a world of uncertainty.”