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WELCOME TO MALAWI “THE WARM HEART OF AFRICA”

The Republic of Malawi is a founding These pillars are catalysed by seven
member of the Southern African enablers: Mindset change; Effective
Development Community (SADC), created governance system; Public sector
as the Southern African Development performance; Private sector dynamism;
Coordination Conference (SADCC) in Human capital development; Economic
1980 and celebrating 40 years of infrastructure; and Environmental
development as a Regional Economic sustainability.
Community. We are proud of our collective Pursuant to these aspirations, the
achievements in developing our common Malawi 2063 First 10-year Implementation
future together and growing from 9 to 16 Plan (2021-2030) aims to meet two key
Member States. milestones:
Malawi is a land-linked country located v Raising the country’s income status
at the southern end of the Great Rift Valley to lower-middle-income level by
and bordered by Mozambique, Zambia and 2030; and
the United Republic of Tanzania. Lake v Accelerating the achievement of the
Malawi is the southernmost lake in the Rift 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
system, a freshwater body that is one of the Development.
African Great Lakes and one of the largest and To achieve this, the country identified
deepest lakes in the world. Lake Malawi has “quick wins and game changers” focused on,
one of the richest varieties of lake fish in • achieving permanent food
Africa, and the bottom of the lake is below sea security;
level in some places. The highest point in the • creating jobs for Malawi’s youth so
country is Mt Mulanje in the south, above they are active and productive
3,000 metres. contributors to development; and
The beautiful lake, the mountains and • creating wealth for Malawians.
other natural attributes including wild Malawi has a population of almost 20
animals, birds and plant species, are an million people with more than 80 percent 37
attraction for domestic and foreign living in the rural areas, and less
visitors. There are five national parks in than 20 percent living in urban areas,
Malawi, four wildlife and game reserves, primarily in four main cities. The capital
and two other protected areas. The city is Lilongwe, and the commercial
country has two sites listed as UNESCO centre is Blantyre, each with a population
World Heritage Sites: the Lake Malawi of about one million people. The other
National Park, and the Chongoni Rock Art two main cities are Mzuzu in the north
Area. The national bird is the African Fish which has significant agricultural and
Eagle and the national animal is the tourism potential, and Zomba, the former
Thompson’s Gazelle. capital, where the well-known Chancellor
Malawi’s economy is predominantly College of the University of Malawi is
agricultural, accounting for almost one- located.
quarter of GDP. An economic growth rate Malawi is a multilingual and
of 3.8 percent is projected for 2021, down multicultural country and the people of
from 6.1 percent due to resurgence of the Malawi comprise several language groups.
COVID-19 pandemic. English is the official language.
Malawi aspires to be an inclusively Malawi is known as “The Warm Heart
wealthy and self-reliant industrialized of Africa” because of its friendly people and
upper-middle-income country by the year warm welcome.
2063 as articulated in the Long-Term
Vision, Malawi 2063 (MW2063).
The vision is anchored on three pillars: MALAWI INVESTMENT
v Agriculture Productivity and OPPORTUNITIES
Commercialization; Malawi is today a preferred choice for
v Industrialization driven by Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), and has a
manufacturing and mining skilled and productive workforce in a long-
beneficiation; established free enterprise economy with
v Urbanization, driven by the creation political and economic stability, and is
of modern secondary cities and known for being a safe and secure location
world-class tourism hubs. for both business and family life. The