By Staff Reporter

Barely weeks after visiting the Malawi government’s administrative headquarters, President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera returned to the Capital Hill on Tuesday where he engaged heads of public institution including ministers, ahead of the launch of the launch of the Public Sector Labs.

Writing on his Facebook wall, the President said the Tuesday’s meeting is one of the preparatory meetings for the launch of the long-awaited Private Sector Labs to be launched in July.
“I have spent a better part of my working day at the Presidential Delivery Unit at Capital Hill to align various public institutions to our agenda for private sector and investment growth ahead of the launch of the Private Sector Labs in a couple of weeks’ time” said president Chakwera.

President Chakwera further highlighted that the Private Sector Labs will focus on identifying and addressing persistent impediments to foreign investments and business growth in the country. The Malawi leader also hinted that the Private Sector Labs will scale up government’s efforts on job creation and food security in the country.
“These efforts will resultantly put us on a track to achieve our priority focus area up to 2025; job and wealth creation drive and food security,” said the President.

The meeting pooled together heads of institutions that are critical to the success of the private sector growth. Present at the meeting were the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) Governor, Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet, Principal Secretaries to Agriculture, Finance, Justice among others.
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