Priscilla Maliwichi, a 2019 MMEG grantee from Malawi, is a lecturer in information and communication technologies (ICT) and coordinator for postgraduate studies in the Department of Computer Science and Information Technology at the Malawi University of Science and Technology. She also serves as coordinator of the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and STEAM. Priscilla is passionate about promoting STEAM and the use of emerging technologies such as AI, IoT and Blockchain among girls in secondary school.

Priscilla holds a BSc in information technology and an MSc in Informatics from the University of Malawi, along with a PhD in information systems from the University of Cape Town. Her research interests include ICT for Development, health informatics, artificial intelligence, internet of things (iOt) and cybersecurity. She is a peer reviewer for several journals, including the Health Informatics Journal, PLOS Digital Health, Frontiers in Digital Health, Frontiers in Health Services, and Frontiers in Health Services.