Honourable Simplex Chithyola Banda is Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Member of Parliament for Kasungu South and Government Deputy Chief Whip. He Holds Masters Degree in Public Policy and Administration, Bachelor of Arts Degree in Education and Post Graduate in Restorative Justice and Human-rights.
Simplex is an Expert on International Trade and Developmental Economics, Carbon Financing and Climate Change Management. He is a renowned Human-rights Activist with over 20 years’ experience in NGO Management. He has worked at both country level as Country Director, regional level as Regional Representative for Africa and global level as Global Partnership Lead. Born on 1st January 1974, Simplex is married to Jean and has 4 Children. He is a Pan-Africanist and enjoys listening to the Pan African Agenda.
At Ministry of Trade and Industry he championed a transformation that centered on 4 KPIs which were (1)Inter-ministerial and Key Stakeholders Collaboration and Networking, (2)SMEs Development and Promotion, (3)Local Industrialization Promotion, and (4)Legal and Regulatory Framework. After 8 months of being at the Ministry, he made it become a household name and championed quite a number of reforms.
At Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, he is championing the development of a strategy to address the 4Fs which are crippling Malawi’s economy namely (1)Forex, (2)Fuel, (3)Food, and (4)Fertilizers. He has focused much on doing structural reforms i.e. fiscal discipline through expenditure controls, economy diversification, sustainable debt management and resource
