{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_scdjajophx6m6hzwhdlq","title":"Mumba’s K1bn bet: poverty, not talent, is holding Malawi’s students back","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/mumbas-k1bn-bet-poverty-not-talent-is-holding-malawis-students-back-scdjajophx","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_scdjajophx6m6hzwhdlq","seq":1599321,"kind":"article","title":"Mumba’s K1bn bet: poverty, not talent, is holding Malawi’s students back","url":"https://www.nyasatimes.com/mumbas-k1bn-bet-poverty-not-talent-is-holding-malawis-students-back","summary":"On a Friday night in Lilongwe, a roomful of guests heard a pointed message from the founder of an organisation with “politics” in its name: stop expecting politicians to save you. “Many people have placed too much hope in politicians,” said Vitumbiko Mumba, an engineer, as he launched the People Over Politics Foundation and its […] The post Mumba’s K1bn bet: poverty, not talent, is holding Malawi’s students back appeared first on Malawi News | Breaking News, Politics…","published":"2026-10-03T23:36:34Z","seen":"2026-10-04T00:13:55Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-nyasatimes-com-6b0b9e","name":"nyasatimes.com","domain":"nyasatimes.com"},"via":"kite-nyasatimes-com-6b0b9e","topics":["africa","featured","national","vitumbiko mumba"],"authors":["Nyasa Times News Desk"],"entities":[{"id":"Q1020","name":"Malawi","type":"place"}],"mentions":2,"story":"st_scdjajophx6m6hzwhdlq","category":"education","category_p":0.6399999856948853,"sentiment":"positive","tone":0.11999999731779099,"political":0.18000000715255737}]}