Nyokase Madise

Nyokase Florence Madise (30 April 1939 – 26 February 2024) was a Malawian radio broadcaster, producer and journalist. Madise worked for the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) from 1964 until 1994 and was only the second woman employed by the state broadcaster. She headed MBC's women's desk and was the first producer and presenter of the programme Women's World.

Career Madise joined the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation in 1964, the year of Malawian independence, working as a presenter, reporter and producer. Shortly after being hired, she became the first woman in Africa to be sent to the United Kingdom for training with the BBC. The Malawian writer and former minister Ken Lipenga remembered being taught tape editing during vocational placements at MBC in the 1970s when Madise was departmental head.

Later life and death After retiring from MBC, Madise produced and presented radio programmes on a voluntary basis for a religious station, Trans World Radio.