Muthi Nhlema

The Idea

The Right Boreholes in the Right Places in Malawi

Organization

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Organization

BASEflow

Year

2025

Geography

East Africa

Sector

WASH

Structure

Nonprofit
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Muthi has just begun his Rainer Fellowship. The Fellowship is a one-year program that focuses on design for impact and strategy for scale. It consists of an intensive week-long retreat, structured work over the year, and another week-long retreat at the end. We'll add more detail on Muthi's solution towards the end of his year with us.

About Muthi

Muthi is a trained civil engineer. He first got deep into water while working at Water For People, where he saw firsthand how quickly Malawi’s aquifers were drying up—and how urgently the sector needed to rethink its approach. He got his MBA from Edinburgh Business School. Outside of work, he’s also an award-winning speculative fiction writer!