Mbulumbuzi  new Market under Construction in Chiradzulu District - MIERA Project

The More Income and Employment in Rural Areas (MIERA) project focuses on the implementation of economic infrastructure through the National Local Government Finance Committee (NLGFC) to improve the business environment for smallholder farmers and owners of small and medium sized enterprises.

MIERA project is a financial cooperation programme funded by the German Government through KfW, valued at 10 million Euro.

The project commenced in January 2017 and is expected to phase out in December 2020. The project is a successor programme to the KfW program.  However, this project will only involve the construction of markets.

MIERA is a co-funded project with the Government of Malawi (GoM) expected to commit at least MK200 million towards the construction markets in Malawi.

The MIERA project is implemented by AHT Consultants. The project builds from previous markets (Sadzi, Lunzu, Goliati, Neno and Nkhatabay) under the KfW Urban Window Project to augment the existing facilities and these are treated as Fast Track Markets (FTM).  

Under this project, Dyeratu, Chinkhoma and Embangweni markets will also be constructed.  

Components of MIERA Project - MIERA Project has two components:

• Implementation of Economic Infrastructure via the Local Development Fund. This component has a total budget of 7 million Euros
• Support to Malawi Innovation Challenge Fund (MICF) which has a total cost of 3 Million Euros and is operated and implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) under Private Sector Development Project (PSDP)