Ernest Madi Kabichi

Ernest Kabichi is an entrepreneur who believes that success is serving others and helping them move a step ahead. Ernest is the Founder and Managing Director of the Kabichi Skills Development Centre, which trains deserving, poor, rural youth in technical, entrepreneurship , and vocational skills at no cost. He also runs Yuka Civil Engineering and Fast Metal Welders, which focus on rural infrastructure development in the education sector. Ernest supported two primary schools through the construction of school buildings and desks. Ernest holds a certificate in Welding and Fabrication from Lilongwe Technical College where he learned how technical skills are a tool for employment and poverty alleviation. Ernest believes that youth, the largest population in his country, have an opportunity to become major job creators and improve the socioeconomic status of their communities and country. In addition, he helped a community establish a bursary fund to support students in need, allowing them to attain secondary and tertiary education. To date, the bursary has supported eleven students (eight girls and three boys). Ernest plans to help youth access technical, entrepreneurship , and vocational skills to reduce youth unemployment in his country.