Minister of Finance Simplex Chithyola Banda has described the ongoing African Development Bank (AFDB) annual meeting as chance for Malawi to lobby for increased funding towards production areas such as Agriculture, tourism, mining and energy.

Banda said this in Nairobi Kenya where his attending a meeting.

He also said that Malawi wants more support towards climate financing, water, and sanitation, among others.

“Malawi needs more support as we have funding deficit to fund the budget and crucial developments for four economic growth” said Banda.

Recently, AFDB supported Malawi with $23 million to support the agriculture sector trough the budget.