Driemo’s latest song ‘Trailer’ has now become Malawi’s quickest video to hit 1 million views on YouTube.
On Saturday, ‘Trailer’ hit 1 million views in just 12 days beating the record set by Eli Njuchi and Yo Maps’ song ‘Yabaya’ which hit a million views in a space of 3 weeks and 3 days.
Reacting to the development on Facebook, Driemo, real name Shaffie Phiri said he was very excited with development and had a few words to his fans “Thank you fam for 1 million views in 12 days, you guys are the best,” reads the post on his official Facebook page.
The song was produced by his longtime producers Taktic and Nyanda and the video was directed by Twice P who also produced music video for his popular song ‘Popo’.
The Ministry of Education has expressed hope that sign language training, which is currently rolling out across the country, will help to bridge the communication gap between learners with hearing impairments and their teachers in schools.
Speaking on Friday during a progress inspection of the training at Mchinji Teacher’s Training College, Public Relations Officer for the Ministry of Education, Mphatso Nkuonera called upon teachers to utilize the skills and knowledge gained to promote inclusive education.
Public Relations Officer for the Ministry of Education, Mphatso Nkuonera
“This training has been organized by the ministry with support from UNICEF and is targeting 500 specialist teachers in selected districts like Mchinji, Lilongwe, Kasungu, Salima, Dowa, Dedza, Machinga, Mangochi, Chikwawa, Nsanje and Chiradzulu.
Our hope is that these specialist teachers will fully support learners with hearing impairments so that they also excel in their studies. Once learners are equipped with necessary skills, the country will be able to achieve inclusive education,” Nkuonera said.
Nkuonera said sign language training was essential in fostering the Malawi 2063 Agenda, as the knowledge which learners will acquire in various schools will help to address the communication barrier, thereby fostering national development.
In her remarks, one of the instructors at the training, Edna Chigwenembe from Soche Hill Secondary School called upon teachers to establish Sign Language Clubs in their respective schools to equip each other with knowledge on sign language.
“We have asked teachers to incorporate all learners in the formation of these clubs so that they have knowledge on the subject. Such interactions will enable teachers to perform well,” said Chigwenembe.
Speaking on behalf of specialist teachers, Gift Kaunda from Nkhwazi Primary School hailed the ministry for the training, saying amongst other things, they had gained knowledge on sign letters, numerals and words which they will use in their tutorials.
Minister of Education, Madalitso Kambauwa Wirima has expressed optimism that the newly graduated specialist teachers will add value to the country’s education.
Speaking Saturday at Montfort Special Needs Education College during the graduation of 143 specialist teachers who have been awarded Diplomas in Special Needs education, Wirima said the skills acquired by the teachers would assist them in managing learners with diverse learning needs.
She added that government, under the leadership of Dr Lazarus Chakwera through Ministry of Education is geared to implement the Malawi 2063 agenda by producing high performing professional public service providers through different colleges and what Montfort Special Needs Education College is doing is in line with this quest.
Wirima acknowledged challenges encountered in the provision of quality special needs and inclusive education such as inadequate teachers, specialised teaching, learning and assessment resources as well as resource centres, special and vocational training schools.
She said government remains committed to seeing an increase in number of specialist teachers citing government’s sponsorship of Certificate course in Inclusive Education and Diploma in Special Needs Education at Montfort College as well as introduction of Diploma Course in Inclusive Education at Machinga Teacher Training College in 2020.
Speaking earlier, Acting Principal for Montfort Special Needs Education, Sidaya Masanjala Kalawa said they are geared to provide quality training programs in special needs and inclusive education for the betterment of learners with diverse educational needs, despite some shortfalls.
Out of the 143 graduating teachers in the program’s 4th cohort, 54 are females and 90 are males.
For the past decades, little has been done to sell Malawi as a country full of business opportunities.
Business opportunities spring and increase investment base in the country through proper partnership.
If one goes to Europe, Latin America, Asia Pacific, United Kingdom and USA little is known about Malawi.
That is why there is need for greater efforts to sell Malawi in order to increase investment opportunities.
One of the strategies is that of identifying brand trade ambassadors from these countries.
Decision to have people like Trade Ambassador Yonus Gamal who help the country to facilitate trade and tourism is the way to go.
Malawi needs many people Ambassador Yonus Gamal who are well known business tycoon and working on pro bono basis, trade pundits themselves who know what they are doing in these fields easily bring investment opportunities in a big way to a country such as Malawi.
Fake news and detractors will always be there but the truth of the matter is that lets face the reality we need trade, we need productivity to increase exports.
The reason why Malawi is poor today is over reliance on imports rather than exports.
The good news is that people already know Malawi as one of the peaceful countries in Africa but as the country we need more business and trade ambassadors to turn around the economy.
Barely a day after releasing his first 2024 project, ‘I am Strong’ EP, Afro-Pop musician Onesimus has claimed the number one position on Apple Music.
Reacting to the news on his Facebook page, the ‘Solomon’ hit-maker said he was very excited with the development saying it is a clear indication that the Malawi music industry is growing faster.
The musician has since thanked his fans, friends, producers and management team for making sure that the project is successful.
“Thank you so much Team butter, Jmass, Savage, Yalabayala, Robin walsh, B2 Animations, Nkosana and My management for being part and parcel of this project, I couldn’t have done this without you all. May the Lord bless and reward you all for the hardwork and sleepless nights,” reads his Facebook post.
The newly released EP has songs like Runaway, Ubwera(Are you coming), Bygones, I’m Sorry,Nabanda and Love Again which he featured Piksy.
Here is the link for Onesimus’ new EP. https://open.spotify.com/album/5D4FxxBVaMpa8aKc8zdutD?si=7jnpmQqrSRyWMAdeMQn_xQ&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A5D4FxxBVaMpa8aKc8zdutD
