By Linda Kwanjana
President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera will fly to Lusaka, Zambia on Thursday to a attend the COMESA summit.
Themed “Economic Integration for thriving COMESA, anchored on green investment, value addition and tourism”, the summit could not have come at a better time than this when President Chakwera has been championing the need for Malawi to intensify value addittion for its agricultural products as one way of enhancing the country’s exports.
The theme bodes well with the Malawi government’s quest of investing and boosting heavily in Agriculture, Tourism and Mining (ATM), the three growth areas positioned to revitalise the economy.
With a 21 country membership, COMESA has huge trade potential valued around $110 billion which Malawi is seeking to utilise.
This year’s summit started on Tuesday with Ministers from the region and it will take centre stage on Thursday with the meeting of Heads of State and Government. The summit has attracted over 3000 delegates.
