Malawi has aspirations to increase mining contributions to GDP from 1% to 20% by 2020. But community-company relations in the mining sector are typical of those across the continent: not good. This, in turn, is not good for investment in the sector.
Grain Malunga, Malawi's Chamber of Mines and Energy National Coordinator, says that one of the main challenges facing investors is hostility from civil society organisations and negative media reporting about the mining sector. This is why Malawi's newly launched Chamber of Mines and Energy hopes to provide support to improve relations between companies and communities.
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