A nation of importers and consumers or producers and exporters?

A recent headline in Malawi Times reads: Air Malawi joins S.A shopping festival
The paper reports that Air Malawi, has joined other national careers in the region to ferry their nationals to the Johannesburg Shopping Festival in South Africa at reduced prices. READ MORE

This is a weird role for a national career. Malawi now needs to reduce its importation of consumpion and expand and diversify its export. Air Malawi ought to be flying potentai Malawil exporters to trade fairs or plant and equipment exports or bring in traders to buy Malawian..

Bingu has called for the country to move from a nation of importers and consumers to one of producers and exporters. It is important that this message is understood by all our economic agents. Air Malawi simply doesn't get it.