Ndalama Yathu
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Remittances now exceed donor inflows. The state has noticed.

For the first time since records began, money sent home by Malawians abroad has overtaken official development assistance.

Chimwemwe Phiri  Macro correspondent
2 May 2026
9 min

Remittances overtook donor inflows for the first time in 2025.

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Chimwemwe Phiri

Macro correspondent

Chimwemwe writes about macroeconomics, sovereign debt and the political economy of fiscal policy. Previously: Bloomberg and the Africa Confidential bureau in Lilongwe.

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