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Malawi: Malawi's Forex Bureau Overhaul Exposes Deeper Supply-Side Fault Lines

26 Jun 2026, 06:49 GMT

[Nyasa Times] Malawi's new licensing regime for foreign-exchange bureaus has been presented by the Reserve Bank as a step towards a cleaner, more transparent market. But the reforms have reopened a familiar question: whether supervision can meaningfully stabilise a system defined by chronic scarcity.