Priority Sectors
1-Agriculture & Agro-processing:
There are various investment opportunities in
Agriculture, including livestock production (for
dairy and beef), aquaculture, horticulture, agro-
processing, sugar, piggery, honey production,
integrated cotton development, cassava
production, and mushroom growing.
These agriculture products can be processed
and exported under trading arrangements
encompassing SADC, COMESA, and GSP
SCHEME of the EU’s EBA Initiative. The
African Growth And Opportunity Act (AGOA),
China General Tariff Preferential Treatment,
the India Preferential Trade Arrangement
Benefi ting LCD’s and the Japan Preferential
Trade Arrangement Benefi ting Least Developed
Countries (LDCs).
Specifi c Investment Opportunities :
• Cold room and relevant transportation
infrastructure
• Processing factories for value addition
to make puree, spices, pastes and
juices.
• Storage, cleaning and grading
facilities
• Large-scale commercial farming
• Market development
• Contract farming
2-Mining: Malawi is naturally endowed
with vast unexploited mineral resources. The
government expects a steady increase in the
contribution of the mining sector to GDP by
at least 10 percent annually. Currently, mining
is limited to coal mining, quarrying, limestone
production and gemstone mining. Gemstone
exports are dominated by an aquamarine,
amethyst, red and rhodolite garnets, quartz,
angering and feldspar.
Specifi c Investment Opportunities:
• Gold
• Uranium
• Platinum group of minerals (PGMs)
• Base metals
• Nickel and copper
• Dimension stone
• Phosphates
• Heavy mineral sands
• Graphite
• Coal
3-Tourism: Malawi is endowed with
beautiful and unique tourist spots including
Lake Malawi, national parks and Game
Reserves, Mulanje Mountain, wild game (the
big five), forest reserves, and cultural and
historical sites such as missionary graves and
slave trade villages.
Specifi c Investment Opportunities:
• Eco-tourism
• Hotel, camps and lodges
• Develop support infrastructure
(Electricity, Water and Transport)
• Water and lake sports
• Cultural and traditional troupes
(community-based tourism)
• Wilderness safari, travel and tours
• Game and forest lodges
• Casinos and entertainment centre
4-Manufacturing: Manufacturing accounts
for about 12 percent of Malawi’s GDP. As
most of the traditional agriculture crops such
as tobacco and tea are exported in a semi-
processed state, there are great opportunities for
investors to convert these agricultural products
into high-value fi nished products. Investors
may venture into the manufacture of any of the
products listed below.
*Textile and Garment manufacturing:
With market opportunities under AGOA and
preferential agreements between Malawi and
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