Nthanda Manduwi is a Malawian economist, technology entrepreneur, and ten-time published author working at the intersection of digital transformation, institutional development, and innovation. An economist by training and systems builder by trade, she develops intelligence-first ventures spanning experiential learning, predictive production, and autonomous mobility.
Her career spans public administration in Malawi, international development at the United Nations, and commercial technology at Microsoft. She has led implementation under the World Bank-funded Digital Malawi programme, supported evaluation and evidence synthesis at UNDP’s Independent Evaluation Office, and worked in business development and analytics with Microsoft’s ID@Xbox team.
As founder of Bien Corporation and its ventures, Nthanda builds technology, media, and learning systems for African and global markets. Her work has helped mobilise nearly half a million dollars and deliver development programmes reaching over 10,000 young people across 20 African countries.
She holds an MBA from Michigan State University, concentrating in Marketing and Business Analytics, and an MSc in Entrepreneurship focused on Information Management Systems.
Her research and writing explore technology adoption, digital public infrastructure, institutional capacity, and the relationship between innovation and economic development, with a particular interest in building systems that translate technological progress into measurable human and economic value.
