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Economy · MalawiMalawi's tobacco industry is facing a tough season. Preliminary reports show that buyers want to purchase only 170 million kilograms of tobacco in the 2025/26 season. This is 25 percent less than last year, when buyers bought 213 million kilograms.See the Story
Malawi: Tobacco Demand Drops, Raising Concerns for Farmers and the Economy
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Taxes · MalawiBarely seven months after launching a $100 million soya extraction and vegetable oil refinery in Blantyre, Malawi’s main commercial city, Tanzanian billionaire Said Bakhresa is deepening his bet on the country’s manufacturing sector with a new soap production facility. The project, under Bakhresa Malawi Limited, reflects Bakhresa’s broader effort to broaden his companies’ activities in Southern Africa. Said Bakhresa, 77, is known across East Afr…See the Story
Tanzanian billionaire adds Malawi soap factory after $100m plant
Malawi · MalawiThe preliminary demand for tobacco from buyers in the 2025/26 selling season stands at 170 million kilogrammes (kg), a 25 percent drop from last year’s 213 million kg. This comes when the number of buying companies is also projected to drop from 11 last season to eight this year, a situation analysts fear could dumpen prices if more buyers do not join the market. A tobacco farmer harvests mature leaf. | Nation In an interview yesterday, Tobacco …See the Story
