By Chisomo Phiri
The Golden Peacock Hotel in Blantyre on Saturday partnered with Center for Governance and Leadership (CEGOL) to host the inaugural Blantyre City Public Speaking Competition for Secondary Schools on May 30,2025.
Speaking during the partnership agreement signing ceremony in Blantyre,Golden Peacock Hotel Senior Marketing Officer, Khumbo Gwede said the Hotel values education development and has since placed it as one of the priority areas under its corporate social responsibility.
“We prioritize education development under our corporate social responsibility initiative
“We are excited to support this competition and help nurture the next generation of leaders,” said Gwede.
On his part,CEGOL Team Leader Chimwemwe Kaonga hailed the partnership as a significant milestone in ensuring the competition’s success.
Kaonga said the competition will be jointly implemented by Story Lab, an outreach program in the Department of Media and Journalism at the Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (MUBAS).
He said themed ‘Speak, Keep, and Act the Vision of Malawi’ thirty government, private, and mission secondary schools have been randomly selected to participate in the pilot phase.
“We have sent out invitations, and schools are still confirming the names of their contestants.
“If some schools don’t submit their contestants, we’ll consider other schools that weren’t initially selected,” added Kaonga.
