Academic Qualifications & Awards/Honours

Academic Qualifications

1- PhD (Political Science), University of the Western Cape, 2016

Thesis title: The Westphalian Model and Trans-border Ethnic Identity: The Case of the Chewa Kingdom of Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia

2- Master of Public Administration with Distinction – University of Stellenbosch, 2005.

Thesis title: The Role of Party Politics in Local Participation and Representation: Challenges and Prospects in Malawi’s Local Assemblies

3-Bachelor of Public Administration (Honours) with Distinction – University of Stellenbosch, 2004

4- Bachelor of Arts (Public Administration) with Credit - University of Malawi, 1997

5-University Certificate in Field Survey Research- Ruhr Universitat Bochum, 2011

Awards/Honours

1. Faculty Affiliate- Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Initiative Programme in Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM), University of Oslo, Norway. March 2018 to date

2. American Political Science Association Training Award- “Local Communities and the State in Africa” July, 2012.

3. School of Public Planning and Management’s Student of the Year Award- “Duk-Student 2005”, University of Stellenbosch.

4. PricewaterhouseCooper Award for being the best Master in Public Administration student in 2005 at Stellenbosch University.

5. School of Public Planning and Management Award (University of Stellenbosch) for being the best student in “Sustainable Development” project 2004.

6. Post-Graduate Merit Bursary Award from the University of Stellenbosch 2004

7. South African Embassy Study Bursary Award (while at Chancellor College) 1993.

8. NUFU/MA Scholarship Award to study at Stellenbosch University 2003.