The Royal Society of Edinburgh is in Malawi this week on a visit to the Malawi Academy of Sciences. Elita Chamdima, a member of the RSE’s Africa Working Group, accompanied the visiting delegation to Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (MUBAS) and Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHeS). The visit included a tour of the UniPod at MUBAS led by Prof Tracy Morse, followed by a meeting with the Vice-Chancellor at KUHeS organised by Dr Kondwani Katundu.