03/02/2026
As Wombanimakwa ICT Solutions, we are genuinely concerned by this development.
For years, we were told “you are the future”. We went to school, studied ICT, sharpened our skills, and stayed hopeful.
Now the future is here and once again, we are watching opportunities fly past our borders.
This revenue monitoring system can be developed locally. Malawi has capable ICT experts, software developers, system architects and data engineers who are unemployed or underutilized. The problem is not lack of skills, the problem is lack of trust and opportunity.
Why Ghana?
What makes Ghana so special that Malawi developers were not even given a fair chance?
If government truly believes in youth empowerment, transparency and local capacity building, then local developers should be the first option, not the last resort. Procurement should not automatically mean “outside the country.”
What hurts even more is that when such opportunities arise locally, they often go to people with connections but zero practical skills, while competent developers on the ground remain sidelined.
This kills innovation, demoralizes the youth and weakens our ICT ecosystem. We cannot grow as a nation if we keep outsourcing our confidence.
We cannot build a strong digital economy while ignoring our own builders.
Give local ICT experts a chance.
Invest in Malawian talent.
Let solutions for Malawi be built by Malawians.
This is not an attack. It’s a concern, a plea and a call for reflection.
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