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Malawi economic hardships

Economic Challenges and Public Discontent The government recently revised its 2025 economic growth forecast downward from 4.0% to 3.2%, primarily due to soaring inflation, which reached 28.5% year-on-year in January. This economic strain has sparked widespread protests in major cities, including Blantyre, where street vendors and unemployed youths demand governmental intervention to control escalating prices. Finance Minister Simplex Chithyola Banda has acknowledged the adverse effects of foreign exchange shortages on essential imports and emphasized plans to bolster dollar-generating sectors such as agriculture, tourism, and mining.