President · Malawi
Joyce Banda
35 recorded engagements, 2012–2014: 35 visits and 2 signed agreements.
Biography
President of Malawi from 2012 to 2014
Joyce Hilda Banda (née Ntila; born 12 April 1950) is a Malawian politician, educator, and activist who served as the fourth president of Malawi from 2012 to 2014. She became president after the death of Bingu wa Mutharika, under whom she served as the fourth vice president from 2009 to 2012. A member of the People's Party, Banda has led the party since its creation in 2011. She was the first female president of Malawi and the second head of state, after Elizabeth II, and the second in Africa, after Liberia's Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
Born in Malemia, Banda graduated from the Columbus University and the Royal Roads University with a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in arts, and the Atlantic International University with a bachelor's degree on social science in the early 1970s. She then founded the Joyce Banda Foundation, the National Association of Business Women (NABW), Young Women Leaders Network, and the Hunger Project. Banda joined politics in 1999 and was elected to the National Assembly as a member of the United Democratic Front (UDF) the party of President Bakili Muluzi.
In 2004, Banda was appointed Minister of Gender, Child Welfare, and Community Service by President Mutharika...
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Where they travelled
Malawi Visited or called (darker = more often)
Most-visited countries
Discussion topics
Activity by year
Signed agreements
Where the agreement's title was not recorded, its type or category is shown, as coded in the dataset.
| Date | Partner | What was signed |
|---|---|---|
| 2012-05-12 | Mozambique | Malawi-Mozambique MoUs on Cahora Bassa energy and cooperation (May 2012) |
| 2013-03-25 | Botswana | Functional cooperation |
Every recorded engagement
| Date | Type | Destination | Agreements |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-04-27 – 2012-04-28 | Visit | South Africa · Pretoria | |
| 2012-04-28 – 2012-04-29 | Visit | Liberia · Monrovia | |
| 2012-05-12 – 2012-05-14 | Visit | Mozambique · Maputo | Agreement signedMalawi-Mozambique MoUs on Cahora Bassa energy and cooperation (May 2012) |
| 2012-06-10 – 2012-06-14 | Visit | United States of America · Washington | |
| 2012-07-14 | Visit | Ethiopia · Addis Ababa | |
| 2012-07-25 – 2012-07-30 | Visit Summit | Nigeria · Abuja | |
| 2012-07-30 – 2012-08-02 | Visit | South Africa · Pretoria | |
| 2012-08-17 – 2012-08-18 | Visit Summit | Mozambique · Maputo | |
| 2012-09-26 | Visit Summit | United States of America · New York | |
| 2012-10-15 – 2012-10-21 | Visit Summit | Belgium · Brussels | |
| 2012-11-22 – 2012-11-24 | Visit Summit | Uganda · Kampala | |
| 2013-01-27 – 2013-01-28 | Visit Summit | Ethiopia · Addis Ababa | |
| 2013-01-29 – 2013-02-01 | Visit Summit | South Korea · Seoul | |
| 2013-03-17 – 2013-03-18 | Visit | United Kingdom · London | |
| 2013-03-25 – 2013-03-26 | Visit | Botswana · Gaborone | Agreement signedFunctional cooperation |
| 2013-03-28 | Visit | United States of America · Washington | |
| 2013-04-23 – 2013-04-27 | Visit | Zimbabwe · Harare | |
| 2013-05-25 – 2013-05-29 | Visit Summit | Ethiopia · Addis Ababa | |
| 2013-05-30 – 2013-06-03 | Visit Summit | Japan · Yokohama | |
| 2013-06-03 – 2013-06-08 | Visit Summit | China · Beijing | |
| 2013-06-08 – 2013-06-11 | Visit Summit | United Kingdom · Lough Erne | |
| 2013-06-11 – 2013-06-13 | Visit Summit | Switzerland · Geneva | |
| 2013-06-26 – 2013-06-27 | Visit Summit | Nigeria · Abuja | |
| 2013-09-25 | Visit Summit | United States of America · New York | |
| 2013-11-04 – 2013-11-05 | Visit Summit | South Africa · Johannesburg | |
| 2013-11-17 – 2013-11-20 | Visit Summit | Kuwait · Kuwait City | |
| 2013-11-20 – 2013-11-23 | Visit Summit | United Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi | |
| 2013-11-27 – 2013-11-28 | Visit | Nigeria · Abuja | |
| 2013-12-10 | Visit | South Africa · Pretoria | |
| 2013-12-11 – 2013-12-12 | Visit | Kenya · Nairobi | |
| 2013-12-15 | Visit | South Africa · Pretoria | |
| 2013-12-27 – 2013-12-29 | Visit | Nigeria · Abuja | |
| 2014-02-26 – 2014-02-27 | Visit Summit | Democratic Republic of the Congo · Kinshasa | |
| 2014-02-27 | Visit Summit | Nigeria · Abuja | |
| 2014-04-26 | Visit | Tanzania · Dar es Salaam |
Cite this profile
Ozturk, Y., Atabas, H., Guler, E., Duyar, B., & Yucel, R. (2026). Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database [Data set]. Africa Foundation. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22898778 [Joyce Banda leader profile. Accessed 26 September 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/leaders/joyce-banda.html]