Malawi Investment and Trade Centre (Mitc) recently organized an industrial workshop for the manufacturing sector, where it seemed the sector had bemoaned of various challenges.

Malawi Annual Ecomomic Report that noted a decrease in the manufacturing share in an overall GDP, from 9.5 in 2015 to 9.1 in December, as this year is expected to lower to a 9%, as players in the manufactures have blamed smuggling and lack of strict laws against the crime.

The Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism also noted that the challenge faced by the players was lack of awareness and buy-in.