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enterprises that are in dire need of

                                                               financing.




                                                               Vision: A Malawi with a diversified

                                                               export base and sustained current

                                                               account surplus.



                                                               Mission: Accelerate structural

                                                               transformation in Malawi through

                                                               various financial and non-financial

                                                               inter ventions availed to businesses

                                                               in the grow th sectors of the

                                                               economy.



                                                               AREA OF FOCUS

                                                               EDF’s areas of focus is trade and

                                                               development, targeting specific

                                                               sectors of the economy including

                                                               agriculture, manufacturing,

                                                               tourism, energy, transport,

        competitiveness of Malawi’s export s.                  mining as well as trade carrying

                                                               infrastructure in all other sectors

        By taking on strategic investment s                    of the economy. Some of the EDF’s
        that may fall outside the risk                         impactful initiatives include:

        acceptance criteria for commercial

        banks, the additionality of EDF’s                      Cross Border Trade Initiative

        inter ventions is more pronounced                      via financial and non-financial

        as EDF is able to reach out to                         inter ventions around production,







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