MicroMek

This week MicroMek is at the Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi, Kenya ,representing Malawi as one of the Youth led Innovators invited to showcase our locally built Drones for delivery of medicine in hard to reach areas .

The Africa Forward Summit 2026, hosted jointly by Kenya & France, brings together Heads of State, business leaders, & innovators to forge a new partnership built for innovation & growth .

MicroMek is on mission to revolutionize the public health supply chain through Innovation & doing this through : (1) Physically building advanced autonomous delivery aircraft locally (2) influencing policy through high level dialog & advocacy for integration of Drones into Public Health Supply chain. 3) Building a local capacity of Malawian youths as developers of hardware Tech through STEM Education.

Today our Founder Dumi Kaliati had the Privilege to join a private delegation meeting led by Dr George Chaponda , Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for Malawi at the Icon hotel , Nairobi.

Looking forward to more meaningful engagement as the week starts.

National Youth Council of Malawi

Youth Take the Budget Conversation Head-On at Youth-Focused Pre-Budget Consultation

On Monday, 20th January 2026, the Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Decentralisation, in collaboration with the National Youth Council of Malawi, convened the much anticipated Youth-Focused Pre-Budget Consultation, bringing young people into direct dialogue with government on national priorities ahead of the 2026/2027 budget.

The consultation attracted over 100 youth leaders from across the country, including entrepreneurs, tech experts, university students, innovators, creatives, and youth network leaders. Participants engaged the Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Decentralisation, Honourable Joseph Mathyola Mwanamvekha, MP, in a rare national platform that reflected the current administration’s growing commitment to youth inclusion in decision-making and responded directly to His Excellency President Prof. Arthur Peter Mutharika's call for youth to be actively involved across all sectors of the economy... Micromek being one of the selected. Micromek appoint Mr Andrew Mpate Drone Technician and Entrepreneaurship instructor as Micromek representative

This week Micromek founder and CEO Mr Dumisani Kaliati.. in Dakar , , winding up 1st cohort of the Creating Opportunities for Youth & Women in Africa , a capacity building on Digital & Financial Literacy.

Super grateful to the African Union Development Agency & the Ministry of Youth in , having Micromek CEO Mr Dumisani Kaliati as one of the African youth pioneers for this long term knowledge & capacity building that will see a thousand more youths benefiting from follow up cohorts.

Opening our session this morning in Dakar , was the Ambassador of Spain to Senegal HE Dolores Ríos , Officials from the Spanish Agency for International Development & Minister in the Presidency of Senegal HE . Amadou Tidiane Wone