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Malawi
Monkey Bay, Balaka, Mangochi, Nkhotakota, Lilongwe, Ekwendeni and Karonga
Yao, Tonga, Chewa, Tumbuka, Ngoni
The Yao people of Malawi were influenced by the Swahili-Arab traders of the late 1800s and practice Islam intermingled with witchcraft, ancestral worship and animism. Today, Yao Muslims belong predominantly to one of two groups of Muslims, both of which are Sunni. One group is Sufi in belief and practice and are known as the Qadiriyya. This group combines Islam with traditional African religion, using traditional medicines and talismans for protection from sorcery and witchcraft, as well as for healing and obtaining good fortune. The other group is largely anti-Sufi and more scripturalist in their approach to Islam. The Yao are poor, predominantly illiterate, and suffer greatly from divorce and HIV/AIDS as a polygamist society.
In 2024, Malawi experienced significant growth with 233 Discovery Bible Studies, 69 house churches, 226 baptisms, and 94 new businesses launched through 31 Pioneer Business Planting (PBP) trainings that reached 512 people. Despite challenges like family members that are unable or unwilling to work and limited business capital, initiatives like the FaithFund and Savings Groups helped start 24 businesses with a 95% loan repayment rate.
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Key Leader
Gibson Banda
Gibson oversees our Southern Africa initiatives. When his stepfather chased him away from his house as a young boy, he was taken in by some missionaries and from there he met Jesus. God changed him completely. He attended a church planting training (CPx) in South Africa and started planting churches back in Malawi.
Protea Valley Church from South Africa has played a significant role in both his ministry and business achievements and played a pivotal role in bringing him and his family to Cape Town for the church planting training. Subsequently, they entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with All Nations and jointly supported him. In 2018 he attended a Pioneer Business Planting that helped him grow his own print shop and use his business to make disciples. With his team he is leading a church planting movement in Monkey Bay, Malawi and he is training people to plant churches and businesses at the same time.
Over the last years Gibson, Stefano and their teams have trained hundreds of people in starting Kingdom businesses. Many businesses have been started, like fishing businesses, grocery stores and more that will enable the leaders to be self-sustainable. Together they have raised up more than 10 local trainers and coaches that also train and coach people in Mozambique, Tanzania and Kenya.
The ministry started by praying for many people with diseases and demons. As word spread, they began discipling small groups, teaching them to pray for others, with signs and wonders following.
Gibson has a fruitful printshop, grocery store, rents out houses and a truck. Stefano has a furniture shop. Through their businesses they can sustain themselves, help others and share the gospel.
Action Steps 2026
- Prayer for change of hearts and minds of the Yao, Tonga, Chewan, Tumbukato to learn how to handle money in a good way and use business to make disciples.
- Facilitate 6 five-day Pioneer Business Planting training and train at least 240 participants.
- Conduct 2 Facilitators Training and raise up 20 facilitators for Pioneer Business Planting.
- Our local leaders will do 3 follow up visit and coach the people that have gone through the Pioneer Business Planting training to grow their businesses.
- Facilitate discipleship training and outreaches to plant more churches.
- Distribute the Multiply Ubuntu app that can work on a feature phone and smartphone, which consists of audio bibles in Chichewa and Pioneer Business Planting videos and audios in English.
- Grow the FaithFund in Malawi to help people receive loans to grow their businesses.
Outcomes 2026
- 20 new house churches planted.
- 20 new leaders of house churches will be established.
- 240 people trained in Pioneer Business Planting.
- 120 new businesses started.
- 20 new local trainers of Pioneer Business Planting raised up.
Investments 2026
- • Travel costs $2,200
- • Training materials $1,200
- • Coaching costs $3,000
- • Honorarium trainers $3,400
- • FaithFund $24,000
- • Admin / Project Management $5,000
- TOTAL COST $38,800
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Impact 2018~2024
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