Mavuto Kapyepye is a graduate of the University of Malawi (Bsc Agriculture, 1995), has specialised training and qualification in Organisation Development (OD) from EASUN/CDRA, Arusha, Tanzania (2000) and practical experience as an OD Practitioner and Project Management Consultant. His career development includes various courses in OD and project management: Strategic Thinking, Change Management, Team Building and Conflict Management, Leadership Development, Consultant Development, Fundraising, Development Journalism, Training of Trainers (TOT), Community Mobilisation, and Communication Campaign Planning. He is currently studying for a Masters Degree in Strategy and Organisation Dynamics with the Leadership Centre of the University of Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa.

Kapyepye began his professional career in 1995 with a brief stint in teaching in Malawi before joining the Wildlife and Environment Society of Malawi (WESM) as Head of Environment Education and Communication Programme in 1996 for close to three years. He later joined the Capacity Building Unit for Non-Governmental Organisations (CABUNGO), a Malawian NGO, where he worked as an Organisation Development (OD) Practitioner facilitating interventions in the Malawian NGO sector

He is founder and Director of Mlambe Consulting Firm (MCF), established in 2000, and has since then facilitated various OD and project management interventions with various organisations both in Malawi and abroad. His international consultancy profile includes long contracts with Radio for Development (UK) and the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) Africa office based in South Africa.

Mavuto Kapyepe has a proven track record in managerial competences and successful fundraising as well as handling of multi-donor funds for development projects. As a project management consultant for Radio for Development (RfD), Mavuto acted as its internal OD consultant responsible for leading the change and expansion process for its initiative at the Development Broadcasting Unit (DBU) at the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC). From the year 2000 he managed the DBU as a single-donor project, but within three (3) years expanded it to the level of an established institution simultaneously running several multiple-donor projects and partnerships. This also resulted in handling bigger project budgets.

Currently Mavuto is on a consultancy contract with AMARC Africa for its New Technology Programme, responsible for supporting the building of broadcasting capacity for community radio stations in Africa through provision of equipment, modern ICTs and training. His interaction with NGOs has seen him working with a number of sectors including human rights; HIV and AIDS; Environment; Gender and Media. He also writes regularly on topical issues in OD and social development, and has contributed articles to both national and international publications.

Mavuto Kapyepye also sits on a number of boards for youth NGOs in Malawi for which he has assisted in initiating community projects and fundraising. His membership includes the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Malawi; and the Civil Society Committee on the Future of ADMARC, Malawi's grain marketing board.

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