Senior Development Planning Specialist for Infrastructure and Spatial Planning - National Planning Commission of Malawi
Maxwell Jackson Maida is the Senior Development Planning Specialist responsible for Infrastructure and Spatial Planning at the National Planning Commission in Malawi. He joined NPC in 2020 at the time Malawians were formulating their new vision, MW2063. Maxwell was instrumental in coordinating together with partners the development of the Malawi Secondary Cities Plan which is a plan to create 8 secondary cities in Malawi.
With urban populations surging, how can new cities scale infrastructure, services, and governance at an unprecedented pace? This session dives into the strategies that enable cities to absorb massive growth"”from modular urbanism and flexible zoning to AI-driven planning and decentralized governance models.