Mwai Kumwenda(Note 1) (born 27 September 1989) is a Malawi netball international player.

Kumwenda captained Malawi and was again tournament top scorer when they finished third at the 2016 Fast5 Netball World Series.

"For balls, we used plastic bags and put them under the fire to melt, then moulded them with our hands and tied them with string.

When Kumwenda was just fifteen, and with the encouragement of Sayenda, she moved to Blantyre to pursue a netball career.

[15] While playing for Malawi at the 2009 Netball World Youth Cup, Kumwenda came to the attention of Waves coach, Maxine Wauchope.

[1][5][6][7][8][12] In 2012 she shared the league's MVP award, the Margaret Caldow Trophy, with Helen Barclay and Caitlyn Strachan.

[15][18] In 2013, together with Elle Bennetts, Kate Moloney and Fiona Themann, Kumwenda was a member of the Victorian Fury team that won the Australian Netball League title.

[25][28][29] On 29 July 2018, during a Round 13 match against West Coast Fever, Kumwenda ruptured her anterior cruciate ligament.

[30][31] Kumwenda missed the early part of the 2019 season but made a comeback against Fever in Round 11.

[49] Kumwenda captained Malawi and was again tournament top scorer when they finished third at the 2016 Fast5 Netball World Series.