Dr David Mkwambisi
Innovation Scholar
David Dalison Mkwambisi is currently an Associate Professor of Environment and Development and Director of MUST Institute of Industrial Research and Innovation (MIIRI) at the Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST). He holds a PhD and MSc in Environment and Development from University of Leeds and East Anglia (UK) respectively. David has a Diploma and BSc in Agriculture from the University of Malawi. David has worked with the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources and advanced several research and scholarly outputs contributing to national and global development agenda. He has also worked with Pannar Seed, Monsanto Malawi and Unilever Malawi Limited as a senior manager responsible for strategic marketing and partner engagement in the Agribusiness sector.
He is currently advancing science, technology innovation (STI) ecosystem and management functions to drive university innovation garage, innovative growth industries, community’s innovation hubs for economic transformation. David is also leading programmes that are mentoring and coaching Faculty and industry experts to support commercialisation of innovations. In his 15-year professional career, David has been involved in several development and research programmes working the industry, public, NGOs, rural and urban communities especially on STI, climate change and agriculture, environmental sustainability, poverty and institutions and urban informal economy. He is among national experts responsible for policy guidance on climate change, agriculture, industry, STI, environment and rural development. David has been contributing to strategic programing and delivery of several interventions by UNEP, UNFPA, COMESA, SADC, African Union, UNFCCC, World Bank, FAO, African Development Bank, UNICEF, UNDP, NEPAD, Government of Malawi and several international and national Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs).
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