Digital economy in Malawi
Where the networks run, who is connected and how fast, who is building data centres, and where the tech markets are strongest.
People using the internet: Malawi against SADC
People using the internet, people, latest year for each country. Click a bar for that country's digital economy page.
Malawi's trade in digital economy goods since 2012
Exports and imports of the products in this pillar's subsectors, each product counted once, US$
Subsectors
11 in this pillarMobile networks in Malawi
- Tracks
- Operators, subscriptions and share, data traffic, base stations by technology, revenue and investment, spectrum.
- Signals ahead
- Spectrum auctions, licence conditions, tower deals.
Select a figure for its trend. Source: CEPII BACI, dotzedw deals tracker.
Trade in detail
Malawi exported US$212k and imported US$40m of mobile networks in 2024; exports down 96% on five years earlier, 0.1% of what SADC sells abroad.
Malawi's main exports in this subsector, 2024
Malawi's trade in mobile networks every year since 2012, by partner is part of the Individual plan
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What Malawi sells abroad across digital economy
Malawi's exports by subsector, 2024, US$, with its share of SADC's exports. A product can count in two subsectors.
Who is moving
Open in the deals tracker2 deals in the last 12 months involving Malawi, placed in subsectors by what they say.
- 2026-09-11 · Malawi · M&A · Announced · Data centres and cloudTELEKOM NETWORKS MALAWI PLC: TNM plc Announcement of Related Party Transaction-Acquisition of Data Centre
- 2026-06-24 · Madagascar, Malawi · M&A · Approved · TowersNotice of Inquiry into the Proposed acquisition by Helios Towers Ltd of shares of Madagascar Towers S.A. and Malawi Towers Limited
- 2025-09-08 · Botswana, Malawi · Venture capital · Announced · Start-ups and venture fundingLotus Resources raises $42m to support Malawi and Botswana uranium projects
- 2024-06-27 · Malawi · Development finance · Approved · Not yet placedWorld Bank approves Digital Malawi Acceleration Project (DMAP)