Investment Opportunities in Malawi
Agriculture and Agro-Processing Investment Opportunities
Investment opportunities in agriculture and agro-processing projects in Malawi include farm machinery; irrigation equipment infrastructure development and technology development; and macadamia nuts, tea, rice, legumes, and cassava farming. Furthermore, there are investment opportunities in aquaponics and bamboo plantation, honey production, and mushroom growing.
Investment opportunities in fisheries and aquaculture include large-scale commercial fish farming, cage fish farming; commercial pond fish farming; cold rooms and fish transport infrastructure; fish processing facilities; fish feed production, and fingerlings multiplication.
Mining and Quarry Investment Opportunities
Malawi is naturally endowed with an abundance of unexploited mineral resources. Mining contributes 10% to GDP. The sector is developing with major exploitation in uranium, coal, quarry, limestone, niobium, and gemstone.
Gemstone exports are dominated by aquamarine, agate, garnet, rubies, sapphires amethyst, terrazzo, rock aggregate red, rhodolite garnets, quartz, angering, and feldspar. This creates an opportunity to invest in the production of jewels and jewelry.
Potential investors can invest in mining bauxite, niobium, rutile, heavy mineral sand, gypsum, gold, corundum, graphite, phosphates (apatite) kaolinitic, kyanite, rare earth elements (strontianite and monazite), rees, sulfides (pyrite and pyrrhotite), titanium minerals, vermiculite, lime, base metals, platinum group of minerals, iron, silica sand, nickel and copper, limestone.
In April 2022 the Malawi government through Sovereign Company found natural rutile deposit at Kasiya in Lilongwe district. It is believed that the Kasiya area has the largest rutile deposits in the world with 1.8 billion tonnes resulting in over 18 metric tonnes of contained natural rutile. The assessment report indicates that the metallurgical results for the Malawi rutile show that the mineral is of very high quality with 96% TiO2, no critical impurities, standout chemical parameters, and a highly favorable grain size distribution.
Rutile minerals are preferred as the source of titanium ore, and titanium dioxide pigment. The minerals can be used in coatings and plastics, welding, aerospace and military applications, paper products, paints, sunscreen, food coloring, porcelain, glass manufacturing and making steel and copper alloys. This is a great opportunity for mining investors to invest in the Malawi mining sector.
Manufacturing Investment Opportunities
The manufacturing sector contributes around 9% to the GDP of Malawi. The country recognizes the importance of having well-established manufacturing companies in Malawi, as most of the consumer-manufactured goods are imported. These include clothing and footwear, cement, fertilizer, plastics, and food products. There are great opportunities for investors to establish manufacturing plants in the above-stated imported products. Investors can invest in agricultural products that can be converted into high-value finished product such as tobacco, tea, coffee, cotton, Soyabean and fruits.
Energy Sector Investment Opportunities
Energy is vital for any sector of the economy to operate whether it is in agriculture, manufacturing, and mining. The most used energy sources in Malawi include hydroelectricity, fossil fuels, and biomass. To meet the growing demand for energy for household and industrial use, the government is inviting local and foreign investors to invest in energy generation, transmission and distribution. Investment opportunities exist in the following areas: biogas and renewable power generation, hydro generation, solar energy, wind energy, oil pipeline facilities, thermal power plant and biomass stoves.
Tourism Sector Investment Opportunities
Malawi is endowed with beautiful and unique tourist spots including Lake Malawi, National Parks and Game Reserves, Mulanje Mountain, forest reserves, and cultural and historical sites such as missionary graves and slave trade villages.
Malawi has identified potential investment opportunities in Eco-tourism, Hotel, camps and lodges, Development of support infrastructure (Electricity, Water and Transport), Water and lake sports, community-based tourism, wilderness safari, travel and tours, game and forest lodges, and casinos and entertainment centre. 
