Malawi performs poorly on African Union Agenda 2063 implementation

Malawi has performed poorly on the implementation of African Union Agenda 2063

According to a report the poor performance is due to slow pace in reducing the number of people that live below the poverty line

The report blames Malawi for increased cases of child labour and marriages, low agriculture production and productivity as well as high malaria incidence rate

However the report has hailed Malawi for making better strides in reducing HIV AIDS prevalence rate and increased access to anti-retroviral therapy

The report has also commended Malawi for increased access to electricity as well as internet

AU development agency chief executive officer Dr Ibrahim Assane Mayake said “the slow progress in some areas can be attributed to limited capacity for implementation among other factors.”

Last week National Planning Commission NPC director general Thomas Munthali called on ministries, departments and agencies as well as local councils to be more creative and explore complementary financing mechanisms for their Malawi 2063 designed projects and programs

MW2063 which is being championed by NPC seeks to transform Malawi into an exclusively wealthy and self-reliant industrialized middle-income nation by the year 2063

Agenda 2063 is Africa’s long term development strategy aimed at achieving inclusive and sustainable socio-economic development over a 50 year period