Background
Mtumbuka was born on July 29, 1978 in Rumphi, Malawi; the son of Austine Chinombo Mtumbuka and Anne-Mary Mtumbuka.
P.O. Box 280 Chancellor College, Zomba, Malawi
Mtumbuka received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Malawi in 2002.
Oxford OX1 2JD, United Kingdom
Mtumbuka earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Oxford in 2005. He worked there from 2002 to 2005.
Mtumbuka was born on July 29, 1978 in Rumphi, Malawi; the son of Austine Chinombo Mtumbuka and Anne-Mary Mtumbuka.
Mtumbuka received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Malawi in 2002. Three years later he earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Engineering Science from the University of Oxford.
Mtumbuka began his career, working at communications research group at Oxford University in 2002, where he had served for three years. In 2006, he was appointed an IT service delivery co-ordinator at Shell Exploration & Production. Then in 2009, Matthews became a head of technical services at Malawi Switch Centre Limited.
He served as an IT Director and chief executive officer at Airtel Malawi Limited in Malawi from 2011 to 2015. In 2015, Mtumbuka held the same position at Airtel Malawi Limited in Rwanda. Since 2016 he has been a claster IT governance head at Airtel Africa, where he is responsible for all IT Governance activities for Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania and Kenya. Since 2017 Matthews has served as an IT governance and operations lead at the same company. Also he works as an executive assistant for the chief information officer who heads the IT function for Airtel across 14 countries in Africa - implementing his actions in liaison with the Country IT Heads.
In addition, he is a councilor and senate vice chairman for Exploits University and a visiting lecturer at the University of Cape Town.
Mtumbuka is a member of Toastmasters International and Oxford Speakers Club.
Matthews championed the formation of MIND during 2007-2009, a charity that sends Diaspora Malawian volunteers to Malawi.
Matthews Mtumbuka is married to Nancy Tiyo Nyirenda.