EENI Global Business School

Business in Malawi, Lilongwe, Blantyre



Malawian Economy, Logistics and Foreign Trade: agriculture, mining, manufacturing. Mzuzu (Malawi)

  1. Introduction to the Republic of Malawi (East Africa)
  2. Malawian Economy
  3. International Trade of Malawi
    1. Export and Import Procedures
  4. Transport and Logistics
  5. Business and Investment Opportunities in Malawi
    1. Energy
    2. Services
    3. Food and Beverage
    4. Infrastructure
    5. Tourism
    6. Malawian Mining
    7. Manufacturing
    8. Forestry
  6. Case Study:
    1. Agriculture and Agro-processing sector in Malawi
    2. Malawian Mangoes
    3. Press Corporation Limited
  7. Access to the Malawian Market
  8. Business Plan for Malawi

International Trade and Business in Malawi:
International Trade and Business in Malawi


The objectives of the subject “Foreign Trade, Logistics and Business in Malawi” are the following:

  1. To analyze the Malawian Economy, Logistics and Global Trade
  2. To identify business opportunities in Malawi
  3. To explore the Malawian trade relations with the student's country
  4. To know the Malawian Trade Agreements
  5. To develop a business plan for the Malawian Market

Student, Online Doctorate in International Business

The Subject “Foreign Trade, Logistics and Business in Malawi” belongs to the following Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:

Doctorate in African Business.

Doctorate in International Business (DIB) Online

Master in Business in Africa, International Business, Foreign Trade.

Masters in International Business and Foreign Trade (MIB)

Business in East Africa.

Foreign Trade and Business in East Africa

Masters adapted to Malawi Masters, Doctorate, Foreign Trade, Business Malawian Students.

Languages: Masters, Doctorate, International Business, English or Study Doctorate in International Business in French Malawi Masters Foreign Trade in Portuguese Malawi Study Master Doctorate in International Business in Spanish Malaui.

  1. Credits of the Subject “Business, Trade and Transport in Malawi”: 1 ECTS Credits

We Trust in Africa (Affordable Higher Education for Africans)

International Trade, Logistics and Business in Malawi.

The Republic of Malawi: a landlocked agricultural country. Access via the Port of Maputo (Mozambique).

Transport and Logistics in Africa. Corridors, ports

Transport and Logistics in Malawi
  1. North-South Logistics Corridor
  2. Nearest ports to Malawi
    1. Port of Maputo (Mozambique, 931 kilometers, Nacala Rail transport)
    2. Port of Dar es-Salaam (Tanzania): Malawi Cargo centre

North-South African Transport Corridor, Botswana, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania

African Economic Integration

Market Access - Free Trade Agreements

Malawian Preferential Access and Trade Agreements:

  1. Malawi and the East African Economic Area
  2. Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
  3. Southern African Development Community (SADC)
    1. EU-SADC Agreement
  4. COMESA-EAC-SADC Agreement
  5. African Continental Free-Trade Area
  6. The United States-Malawi
    1. COMESA-US Agreement
    2. Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)
  7. EU-Malawi
    1. Africa-EU Partnership
    2. GSP
  8. Trade Agreements with South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique
  9. Malawi-China Trade and Industry Agreement
  10. Malawi-India Trade Agreement
  11. ICGLR - Guest Member

Malawi Free Trade Agreements

Trade Facilitation Programs. TFA Agreement

  1. World Trade Organization (WTO)
    1. Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)
    2. Agreement on Sanitary Measures
    3. Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
    4. Agreement on Preshipment Inspection
    5. Agreement on Safeguards
    6. Trade Facilitation Agreement
  2. World Customs Organization (WCO)
    1. Kyoto Convention
  3. Hamburg Rules (Maritime Transport)
  4. BIC (Containers)
  5. Chicago Convention (ICAO)
  6. IMO- not a member

African Institutions (AU, AFDB, AUDA-NEPAD, UNECA)

  1. Economic Commission for Africa
  2. African Union
    1. AU Convention on Combating Corruption
    2. AUDA-NEPAD
    3. Africa Agriculture Development Programme
  3. African Development Bank
  4. Africa-Asia Partnership
  5. Africa-Korea Partnership
  6. Africa-BRICS
  7. Africa-Turkey Partnership
  8. Afro-Arab Cooperation
  9. Arab Bank for Africa (BADEA)
  10. Africa-Japan Cooperation
  11. Africa-South America Summit
  12. China-Africa Cooperation
  13. Africa-India Cooperation

Globalization and International Organizations

  1. United Nations
    1. Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
    2. International Trade Centre
    3. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
  2. World Bank
  3. World Trade Organization (WTO)
  4. International Monetary Fund
  5. World Health Organization
  6. Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
  7. Commonwealth of Nations

  1. Borders of Malawi: Zambia, Tanzania, and Mozambique
  2. Population of Malawi: 18 million people
    1. Bantu
  3. Lilongwe (Political capital): 1.9 million people
  4. Blantyre (economic capital of Malawi): 1 million people
  5. The largest cities of Malawi are Lilongwe, Blantyre, Mzuzu and Zomba
  6. Malawian Life expectancy: 54.6 years
  7. Malawian Literacy rate: 72.8%
  8. The area of Malawi: 118,844 km²
  9. Independence of Malawi from the United Kingdom: 1964

More information about Malawi (EENI African Business Portal).

Religions in Malawi.

  1. African Traditional Religions
  2. Christianity
    1. Catholicism (2.3 million)
    2. Protestants (4 million, 35% of Malawian population)
  3. Islam (15%)

Christianity and Global Business (Catholicism, Protestantism)

Malawi belongs to the East African Economic Area.


Malawian Economy:

  1. The economy of Malawi is based on the agricultural sector, which is the driving factor of the Malawian economic growth
  2. Agriculture: 30% of Malawi's GDP
  3. The Malawian agricultural sector also grew strongly resulting in augmented tobacco production
  4. Malawi is the seventh largest world tobacco producer
  5. Malawi is Africa's third largest tea producer
  6. The Malawian economic growth impulse is generated by manufacturing, information and communication (IT), financial, and insurance services, mining, and quarrying, Transport and storage, accommodation, and food services sectors
  7. Malawian currency: Malawi Kwacha

Foreign Trade (Importing, Exporting)

International Trade of Malawi:

  1. Total exports of Malawi rise to 688.5 million dollars from 634.3 million in the previous year
  2. Malawian imports are estimated to have augmented to 992.1 million dollars from 920.3 million
  3. International business and Foreign direct investment opportunities exist in all the sectors of the Malawian economy
  4. There are preference sectors that are targeted because of their economic potential to increase the export earnings of Malawi, in line with the Malawi Growth and Development Strategy
  5. The main sectors offering optimum returns to local and foreign investors: manufacturing, agriculture, tourism, mining, and forestry



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