James Gondwe

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James Gondwe
Obstacles are what you see when you take your eye off the goal.' Giving up is not my style. I just want to do something that's worthwhile
Role(s) SDDP African Core Participant
Affiliation(s) Centre for Youth and DevelopmentNetwork of African Youth for DevelopmentAfrican Views
Co-Lab(s) Nairobi
Links Jame's Profile on FacebookCentre for Youth and Development's pageCentre for Youth and Development's Youtube Channel
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James Gondwe's presentation on the challenge of lack of a Monitoring and reporting tool
James Gondwe interviewd by MBC TV to learn more about Centre for Youth and Development


'James Gondwe is a member of different networks where he shares innovative ideas, knowledge, information, discussions with different experts and professionals in a specific context and learn from. He believes that innovation is the pillar of sustainable development forward progress. He is a creative and business-savvy Development and Project Management professional with over 5 years of progressive experience across a broad range of development functions. He has proven ability to combine vision, creativity and strong project management acumen with well-developed leadership qualities to support growth of Non profit Organizations.


He specializes in programme and research design, implementation, management, monitoring and evaluation with bias to child and Youth Development. Experienced in institutional and organizational development, strategic plans development, capacity building including mentoring, coaching and training using internationally agreed packages and principals.


He is the founder of Centre for Youth and Development and currently leads it as its Executive Director. CYD that focuses on sustainable social developments, that endeavor to create resilient, indigenous and a competitive environment that inculcates entrepreneurial values among Children and Young people for positive development in Malawi.


James's areas of Expertise include; Strategic Planning, Project Management, Project design and development, Communications, Start up and growth, Monitoring and Evaluation, Team Building and Leadership, Events Management, Public Speaking and Presentations, Child and Youth Development, Rights Based Approach, Sustainable Livelihood initiatives


James joins the Reinventing Democracy as a core participant with his idea of using technology to improve citizen's engagement in monitoring and reporting service delivery and implementation of projects by the Government of Malawi and using technology integrated with structured dialogues to improve young people's participation and engagement in governance.



Shadow Participants caption

  1. Charles Kajoloweka
  2. Madalitso Chidumu
  3. Darius Luhanga
  4. Gibson Chisale
  5. Reuben Moyo
  6. Braxton Banda
  7. Ben Kalua
  8. Pearson Malisau
  9. Macdonald Nyoni
  10. Robert Banda