• Malawi’s capital (and largest city) is Lilongwe. Its second-largest is Blantyre, its third-largest is Mzuzu and its fourth-largest is its former capital, Zomba.
• Malawi is among the world’s least-developed countries. The economy is heavily based on agriculture, and it has a largely rural and rapidly growing population.
• Around 85% of the population lives in rural areas.
• There are many investment barriers in Malawi, which the government has failed to address, including high service costs and poor infrastructure for power, water, and telecommunications.
• The economy of Malawi is predominantly agricultural. Over 80% of the population is engaged in subsistence farming.
• The main agricultural products of Malawi include tobacco, sugarcane, cotton, tea, corn, potatoes, sorghum, cattle and goats. The main industries are tobacco, tea and sugar processing, sawmill products, cement and consumer goods. 

Languages: 

• The official language is English.
• Chichewa (57%)
• Chinyanja (12.8%)
• Chiyao (10.1%),
• Chitumbuka (9.5%