{"id":542,"date":"2020-07-24T02:05:52","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T02:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo.ovathemes.com\/egovt\/?p=542"},"modified":"2022-03-22T15:38:31","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T15:38:31","slug":"why-invest-in-malawi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/embassymalawi.be\/newsite\/2020\/07\/24\/why-invest-in-malawi\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Invest in Malawi ?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"542\" class=\"elementor elementor-542\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b997138 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b997138\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9da448c\" 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- v3.6.5 - 27-04-2022 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"> BUSINESS FRIENDLY AND LIBERALISED ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91ee737 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"91ee737\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.5 - 27-04-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><br \/>Market determined interest rates<br \/>Floating currency<br \/>Foreign currency denominated accounts for regular exporters with 60% retention<br \/>Full repatriation of profits and dividend.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3709a5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3709a5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">POLITICALLY STABLE COUNTRY<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60c0aa2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60c0aa2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Malawians are peaceful and friendly people<br \/>No history of civil war<br \/>Malawi has a vibrant democracy.\u00a0 Peacefully transited from singular to plural politics.<br \/>Have had four free and fair democratic 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol><li value=\"3\">Land for investment purposes readily available<br \/>Industrial sites available in the major cities of Lilongwe, Blantyre and Mzuzu<br \/>Preferential access to world markets under COMES,\u00a0 SADC, COTONOU, AGOA<br \/>Serviced Industrial Estate and Export Processing Zones.<\/li><\/ol><p>The Malawi Government has prioritised the following sectors to accelerate economic development:<\/p><ul><li>Tourism<\/li><li>Manufacturing<\/li><li>Agriculture\/agro-processing<\/li><li>Infrastructure<\/li><li>Energy and Mining<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3c18ecf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3c18ecf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Cotton, coffee, soya beans, tea, cassava, cut flower production, sugarcane <br \/>Wheat farming<br \/>Dairy farming<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9bd8d7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9bd8d7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">AGRO-PROCESSING<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb89e3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fb89e3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Vegetable oil extraction and processing<br \/>Fruit Processing<br \/>Cassava starch processing<br \/>Meat processing<br \/>Cereal processing<br 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