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Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>President Lazarus Chakwera says the Nacala Port is critical for Malawi as it will ease the country`s transport problems. He was speaking at Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) in Lilongwe Saturday on departure for a daylong official visit to Mozambique to attend the inauguration of the upgraded Nacala port infrastructure that will take place in Nampula province.<\/p>\n

Chakwera observed that the Nacala port has the potential of making it cheaper and quicker to bring goods to the country as it is closer to Malawi than the Beira and Dar es Salaam ports. The president said while in Mozambique, he will sign three agreements that will help in the transport sector.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will sign an institutional agreement, rail as well as road transport agreements together with the presidents of Zambia, Hakainde Hichilema and the Mozambican president, Filipe Nyusi who has invited us\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

According to a press release from the ministry of foreign affairs, the launch of the upgraded Nacala port infrastructure adds to the various initiatives the government is undertaking to address the systemic economic challenges the country is facing.<\/p>\n

The president has since arrived in Mozambique and is expected to return back home through KIA on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Malawi<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Malawi. President Lazarus Chakwera says the Nacala Port is critical for Malawi as it will ease the country`s transport problems. He was speaking at Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) in Lilongwe Saturday on departure for a daylong official visit to Mozambique to attend the inauguration of the upgraded Nacala port infrastructure that will take […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":54133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12,410],"tags":[233,371,7109,308,306,234,581],"class_list":["post-54134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","category-to-homepage","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-malawi","tag-felipe-nyusi","tag-fuel","tag-lazarus-chakwera","tag-malawi","tag-mozambique"],"yoast_head":"\nNacala Port critical for Malawi`s transport \u2014 Chakwera - Malawi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"President Lazarus Chakwera says the Nacala Port is critical for Malawi as it will ease the country`s transport problems. ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/nacala-port-critical-for-malawis-transport-chakwera-2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nacala Port critical for Malawi`s transport \u2014 Chakwera\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Lazarus Chakwera says the Nacala Port is critical for Malawi as it will ease the country`s transport problems. ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/nacala-port-critical-for-malawis-transport-chakwera-2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Malawi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-09T20:05:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/12\/sm_1702088350.003882.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/nacala-port-critical-for-malawis-transport-chakwera-2#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/nacala-port-critical-for-malawis-transport-chakwera-2\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Nacala Port critical for Malawi`s transport \u2014 Chakwera\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-09T20:05:22+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/nacala-port-critical-for-malawis-transport-chakwera-2\"},\"wordCount\":220,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/nacala-port-critical-for-malawis-transport-chakwera-2#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/12\/sm_1702088350.003882.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Malawi\",\"Felipe Nyusi\",\"Fuel\",\"Lazarus Chakwera\",\"Malawi\",\"mozambique\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"policy\",\"to-homepage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/nacala-port-critical-for-malawis-transport-chakwera-2#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/nacala-port-critical-for-malawis-transport-chakwera-2\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/nacala-port-critical-for-malawis-transport-chakwera-2\",\"name\":\"Nacala Port critical for Malawi`s transport \u2014 Chakwera - 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