I am currently pursuing a PhD in Sociology at the University of Cape Town. My research focuses on factors that affect the domestic financing of social protection using Malawi as a case study.  Prior to this, for ten years, I worked in the field of social protection on the largest cash transfer programme in Malawi, the Malawi Social Cash Transfer Programme, where I  contributed to the establishment of the programme from a pilot to nationwide coverage targeting 1.2 million people in a population of close to 20 million.  I have also worked as an Economist for the Malawian Government, providing advice to the Finance Minister on how to raise domestic revenue.