INVEST
IN MALAWI
M
alawi is a land-locked country covering 118,500
square meters. The country is surrounded by huge
markets on all its fronts, with Mozambique off ering
a population of 24 million people on the east and southwest,
Tanzania with over 50 million people on the north and northeast,
and Zambia 16 million people on the west and northwest.
Just beyond this country, there are other huge countries
such as Zimbabwe which has a population of 16 million and
Democratic Republic of Congo with a population of over 70
million.
All these countries are either members of SADC and
COMESA to which Malawi exports manufactured products
duty-free as long as they comply with a pre-stipulated minimum
of local content.
Malawi thus is a hub of production that conveniently directly
interfaces three market fronts with a total population of over
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