WANAWAKE WANAWEZA : PICHA MBALI MBALI ZA RAIS JOYCE BANDA WA MALAWI AKIFANYA SHUGHULI ZAKE NA POCHI YAKE MKONONI

Inspecting the Guard of Honour just before departing for Lagos, Nigeria.
 
Today I will be travelling to Lagos, Nigeria to deliver a lecture on Genuine Democracy: Leadership and the Challenge of Delivering Appropriate Dividends of Democracy to the Citizens at the 14th Session of the Emmanuel Onyechere Anyiam-Osigwe Lecture series tomorrow.

I feel honoured to be joining the lists of world leaders who were previously invited to address this prestigious Democracy forum the likes of F.W. DeKlerk, Shimon Perez, Vaclav Klaus, Helmut Kohl, Al Gore, Mahathir bin Mohamad, Fernando Cardoso, The Dalai Lama, John Major, Cherie Blair, Tipper Gore Aleksander Kwasniewski, Chandrika Kumaratunga etc.

The trip is fully funded by the organisers:- APB Speakers International and this is another indicator that our government's efforts to promote peace and democracy in this country are being appraised highly by our people at grass root level and hence the acknowledgement by our international partners to warrant this invitation.

Thank you all for your support and prayers.

May God bless you.

Dr Joyce Banda
President
Republic of Malawi

Here; I met with His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai, Together we looked at ways of bolstering joint cooperation in various fields to serve mutual interests, notably in areas of trade and investments to benefit our people in our respective countries.

Here; I held bilateral discussions with His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al Jaber Al Ahmed Al Sabah, the Amir of the State of Kuwait and expressed gratitude to His Highness the Amir of Kuwait for the US$1 billion that Kuwait announced on Tuesday for investment and infrastructure projects in Africa and for Kuwait's continued support towards Malawi’s social and economic development.

Here; I was Attending the World Economic Forum’s Summit on the Global Development Agenda in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates while putting Malawi on top of the agenda!

Here; Discussing with our international partners on highly important issues of development while putting Malawi on top of the agenda. On behalf of the people of Malawi, I express my profound gratitude to Direct Aid and the people of Kuwait for their commitment to work in partnership with our government in supporting various programmes that are benefiting our people. Together we are making a difference!

Here; Inspecting the Guard of Honour just before leaving for Abu Dhabi where I will attend the World Economic Summit and then proceed to Kuwait for the Africa -Arab Summit. This is part of our government's efforts to work in partnership with our international partners to promote trade and foreign investments that will ultimately benefit our people.