Mavis Zaina Banda

Zaina Banda is a chartered accountant with over 8 years’ experience in finance, banking, and strategic management. She is passionate about the agricultural value chain and its potentially high impact reach for poverty alleviation and development. She is the founder and CEO of Kanjadza Acres, an agricultural enterprise that aims at becoming a world class entity that participates in the end-to-end agricultural value chain, thereby creating jobs and wealth for the community. Zaina employs ten locals and projects that this number will double within 2 years. She is also the founder of Beautiful Feet, a women’s wellness group that focuses on leadership, mentorship, and growth of young women. Upon completion of the Mandela Washington Fellowship, she hopes to have acquired knowledge and skills to improve her leadership approach, develop a solid client value preposition, develop market links and operational strategies. Moreover, she to plans to motivate the youth to actively participate in the untapped potential of agribusiness for the transformation of Malawi and Africa through an agricultural hub.