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Call Opening Date: 26th June, 2023 Call Closing Date: 25th July, 2023 Introduction  OFAB-Malawi Chapter is calling for entries from all journalists reporting on sustainable agricultural biotechnologies for the OFAB Annual Media Awards for 2023. The Awards will be at OFAB-Malawi Chapter level and later culminate into the OFAB-Africa Media Awards. The OFAB-Malawi Chapter is hosted by the National Commission for Science and Technology (NCST) with support from African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF). NCST was Read more…

Call Opening Date:26th June, 2023 Call Closing Date: 25th July, 2023 1.0       BACKGROUND The National Commission for Science and Technology (NCST) was established under the Science and Technology Act No.16 of 2003 with the mandate to advise the Government and other stakeholders on all science and technology matters in order to achieve a science and technology-led development. Its Mission is to promote, support, co-ordinate and regulate the development and application of research, science, technology and Read more…

Call Opening Date: 26th June, 2023Call Closing Date: 25th July, 2023 1.0       BACKGROUND The National Commission for Science and Technology (NCST) of the Republic of Malawi and the Research Council of Zimbabwe (RCZ) are participating in the Science Granting Councils Initiative (SGCI) Phase II-plus. Participation in the SGCI Phase II-plus builds on the previous SGCI Phase II objective of seeking to strengthen the capacities of Science Granting Councils (SGCs) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) concerned with Read more…

Members of Parliament (MPs) have pledged to provide the necessary support to the National Commission for Science and Technology (NCST) in its efforts to promote and enhance science and innovation across Malawi. Member of Parliament for Thyolo North Constituency and member of the Parliamentary Committee on Education, Science and Technology, Ephraim Nayeja, made the pledge on Wednesday 21st June,2023 when they toured a biogas project, which Green Impact Technologies is implementing with financial support from Read more…

Open Forum for Agriculture and Bio-technology (OFAB) through The National Commission for Science and Technology (NCST) organized a workshop for journalists on science reporting which was held on 1st June,2023 in Lilongwe, the 9th June 2023 in Mzuzu and 14th June,2023. Part of the training was sharing some of the reasons Biotech adoption is low to lack of Communication concern shared by experts. Biotechnology is the use of biology to solve problems and make useful Read more…