{"id":9423,"date":"2026-07-10T08:39:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T08:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rfamw.com\/?p=9423"},"modified":"2026-07-20T08:53:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T08:53:44","slug":"roads-fund-administration-and-university-of-malawi-forge-strategic-partnership-sign-a-memorandum-of-understanding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rfamw.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/10\/roads-fund-administration-and-university-of-malawi-forge-strategic-partnership-sign-a-memorandum-of-understanding\/","title":{"rendered":"ROADS FUND ADMINISTRATION AND UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI FORGE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP- SIGN A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>ROADS FUND ADMINISTRATION AND UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI FORGE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP- SIGN A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Roads Fund Administration (RFA) and the University of Malawi (UNIMA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), marking the beginning of a strategic partnership aimed at strengthening industrial and academic collaboration for the mutual benefit of the two institutions and the nation at large.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The signing ceremony, held at the RFA Head Office in Lilongwe, brought together senior officials from both institutions who reaffirmed their commitment to fostering knowledge exchange, research, innovation, capacity building and practical learning opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The partnership is expected to bridge the gap between academia and industry by creating avenues for collaborative research, internships, professional development, and the sharing of expertise in areas of mutual interest. Through this collaboration, the two institutions seek to contribute to the development of skilled human capital and support Malawi&#8217;s socio-economic growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking during the ceremony, the RFA Chief Executive Officer, Stewart Malata indicated that the commitments should not just be words on paper. \u00a0They are promises of action. The Roads Fund Administration will open its doors, its data, and its expertise to UNIMA, while UNIMA will bring its research, its students, and its intellectual capital to the Roads Fund. The institutions will co-develop systems, pilot new technologies, and mentor the next generation of innovators. Therefore, this partnership is about creating a thriving ecosystem where knowledge meets practice, where ideas submitted by employees through the idea submission portal meet opportunity, and where innovation meets impact. \u00a0It is also about ensuring that the solutions we develop are not only scientifically sound but also practical, affordable, and sustainable.\u00a0 On the other hand the University of Malawi&#8217;s Vice Chancellor, Professor Mkali Idrus Sajidu expressed with confidence that the partnership creates a mechanism through which RFA can present real operational challenges to UNIMA students, while UNIMA can mobilise student talent to develop practical, affordable and locally appropriate solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"867\" height=\"651\" src=\"https:\/\/rfamw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rfamw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1.png 867w, https:\/\/rfamw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/rfamw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1-768x577.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 867px) 100vw, 867px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ROADS FUND ADMINISTRATION AND UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI FORGE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP- SIGN A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING\u00a0 The Roads Fund Administration (RFA) and the University of Malawi (UNIMA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), marking the beginning of a strategic partnership aimed at strengthening industrial and academic collaboration for the mutual benefit of the two institutions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9431,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[103,104,102],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rfamw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9423"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rfamw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rfamw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rfamw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rfamw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9423"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rfamw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9432,"href":"https:\/\/rfamw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9423\/revisions\/9432"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rfamw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rfamw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rfamw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rfamw.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}