Africa UpdateMalawi's President Peter Mutharika has marked one year in office, having inherited a country in the grip of a severe economic crisis. When he took office in October 2025, Malawians were facing fuel shortages, persistent power cuts, water scarcity, high inflation and rising food prices.
Foreign currency shortages and mounting public debt further strained the economy, while drought worsened food insecurity. Mutharika now faces pressure to stabilise the economy, restore essential services and ease the cost-of-living crisis.
Lulu Gaboo spoke to Dr Bertha Bangara Chikadza, a Senior Lecturer in Macroeconomics at the University of Malawi's Department of Economics.
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