Kaime holds a doctorate in law (PhD) from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) which is part of the University of London.
He previously received an LLM, Masters of Law in international human rights law from the University of Pretoria after studying at the University of Malawi and the University of Western Cape.
His research areas include children’s rights, human rights, intellectual property protection and water law.
Kankwamba, 21 is currently a student of the African Leadership Academy.
Kamkwamba gained fame in 2001 when he self-built a windmill using such components as blue-gum trees and bicycle parts to power a few electrical appliances in his family’s house in Masitala, Kasungu district.
He has so far he two other windmills in his village, and the tallest stands at 39 feet.
Kamkwamba who learned how to build windmills s after he left school because he couldn’t pay fees plans to build two others.
The two Malawians made the list of young African professionals which included Editor of This Day leading newspaper in Nigeria, Simon Kolawole and another Nigerian, Dr Joseph Adelegan, a chartered civil and structural engineer.
Others who The Banker magazine named in the list of next generation of African leaders included Phuti Malabie, a South African company executive; Nigel Chanakira, a Zimbabwean entrepreneur and business owner; Erik Charas, a Mozambican entrepreneur; Acha Leke, a Cameroonian business consultant.
The magazine also named Yolanda Cuba, a South African chief executive; Nathan Reddy, a South African graphic designer; and Jose de Lima Massano, a bank chief executive from Angola.
The Banker, in its current edition, noted that "good news from Africa is often drowned out by a tide of negative reporting", saying it aimed to combat this "by profiling the achievements of leading young Africans".
The magazine, which was established in 1926, wrote: "War, corruption, famine and disease. Pick up a newspaper in any developed country and these four words will leap off the page in any given story about Africa. Often it can seem there is no good news to be found in the continent at all."
The magazine said the report on the next generation of leaders "is another attempt to redress the balance of bad news. With help from the World Economic Forum (WEF), we have identified some young Africans who we believe represent the future of the continent".
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