The Hungarian sausage is getting popular in Malawi

Csaba Szeremley, director of Malawi HTCC (Hungarian Trade and Cultural Center), gave an interview to globoport.hu and talked about the new center in Malawi’s busiest city, Blantyre, which was opened on 16 March 2015, the success of the past year, and their plans for 2016.

According to Szeremley, the year 2015 was highly successful for the Malawi HTCC, as the center has built an extensive network. Also a container full of goods was already exported and there was no problem with the tolls as well. Two Hungarian business delegations have visited the center so far, and the African-Hungarian Union’s medical mission was also welcomed: the doctors treated the poor in Malawi for a month.

The center’s plans for 2016 include organizing more cultural and business events, such as the highly successful Hungarian Days. The first business and humanitarian delegations should arrive in Malawi in early March, where the members can meet potential partners from the region. One of the center’s most important goals for 2016 is to extend the number of their goods and services. Besides business, the HTCC also intends to set up the first Hungarian ambulance service in the country, because as surprising it may sound, there’s no established service there so far, and it would be a great step to have one.

Malawi is among the 10 poorest countries in the world, its economy is extremely weak, and depends heavily on funds. Most of the citizens (80%) work in the fields, and the country’s most important export goods are coffee, tobacco, sugar, and tea. The Hungarian experts could provide crucial information to improve the country’s agriculture, make better food, which then could be exported, or sold in local markets.