MUBAS shines!

News   Hazviperi Mbizi   June 7, 2021
PIC: The MUBAS team
Representatives from the Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (MUBAS) attended the installation ceremony of the President of Malawi, Dr Lazarus Chakwera as a Champion of Higher Education in Africa.

The ceremony which took place at the Kamuzu Palace Hall gave the MUBAS team an opportunity to show case the innovative products which are being manufactured at the University.

This was a  perfect opportunity to introduce MUBAS on the world stage, and display its uniqueness through what it is offering.

At that function, through it's faculty representaves, MUBAS exhibited technologies, innovations, architectural and engineering models and processes, business and entrepreneurship initiatives, communication productions and MUBAS future prospects. All these focused on how MUBAS supports national development strategies including the Malawi 2063 Agenda and NESIP.

Some of the items are; the COVID-19 innovations such as drones, hand sanitisers, 3D masks and face shields from the Design Studio, MUBAS jam, mayonnaise and peanut butter from the food laboratory including MUBAS briquettes from the physics laboratory, plus the State of the art building models from the Department of Architecture.

The aim was to demonstrate to the world that at MUBAS, innovation and entrepreneurship are the core values in as far as higher education is concerned.

Some of the items are already on the market while others will be available for purchase once all the procedures have been followed.

The team comprised of the Acting Principal Dr Nancy Chitera, Victor Chikoti, Ulemu Chimimba, Hilary Lodzanyama, Ike Phiri and Bester Nyang’wa.

 


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