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Norbert Nthala

Election Year: 2015

Election Constituency: Southern Africa

Scholar Status: Scholar Alum

Rhodes Identifier: Malawi & Linacre 2015

Norbert Nthala

Biography

Norbert completed his BSc in IT earlier this year with a high Distinction and is working as a consultant for Challenges Africa Limited. Norbert has also worked for Malawi SDNP as a Special Services Assistant Network Engineer and Assistant Network Engineer intern. While in college, Norbert served as a Part-Time Lecturer at John Paul II Leadership and IT Institute. He received the Overall Outstanding Student Award (for best Applied Sciences student), Best Student Achievement Award and Star of the Faculty Award. He has been on the Dean's Merit List from 2010-2014. He served in the Executive of the University of Malawi Catholic Students Association. Norbert enjoys football, music and chatting. His keen interest is in the application of ICT to economic development.