MALAWI CONVICTS BOGUS UNIVERSITIES OWNER, CIVIL SOCIETY CALLS FOR MORE ACTION
January 30th, 2024
An executive of an unregistered university in Malawi has been convicted and fined, the first legal fruit of a government crackdown launched in 2022.
Tuweh Gusto Gadama, 55, on January 17 (2024) was ordered by Principal Resident Magistrate Rodrick Michongwe, sitting in the capital Lilongwe, to pay Malawi Kwacha MWK3.4 million (USD2,000) for operating higher education institutions illegally. He was fined an additional MWK1.7 million (USD1,000) for conferring illegal qualifications on his students. If he fails to pay, he will be jailed for four years, with two ...
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