01/07/2025
The National Youth Council of Malawi (NYCOM), in partnership with the Ministry of Youth and Sports, will from Tomorrow, Wednesday host the 2025 National Youth Summit at the Bingu International Convention Centre (BICC) in Lilongwe.
According to NYCOM executive director Rex Chapota, the summit will bring together over 1,000 young people from within the country and Africa to position youth innovation and entrepreneurship at the centre of national development, in line with Malawi 2063 aspirations.
Chapota also announced that during the summit which will be presided over by President Lazarus Chakwera the council will also launch the K2 billion Youth Innovation Fund (YIF) to finance youth-led innovations for Accelerated Impact of the Agriculture Tourism Mining and Manufacturing among young people.
Among the key highlights at the summit is the High-level Ministerial Panels on youth economic transformation, featuring Ministers of Finance, Youth, Labour, Mining, Tourism, Agriculture, and Trade.
Meanwhile, the council has also signed a Memorandum of Understanding with UNICAF University which will see the university supporting youths with academic scholarships.
UNICAF Deputy Vice Chancellor Dr Fritz Kadyoma said they believe that the opportunities will help the youths to contribute significantly to the national development.
The theme for this three day summit which runs from Wednesday to Friday this week is “Harnessing Youth Innovation for Economic Empowerment and Sustainable Job Creation Towards Malawi 2063.”
Reported by Christopher Kamanga-LL