The Shade - Lilongwe

The SHADE - Lilongwe

The SHADE is an international non profit organization, which aims at alleviating poverty by the endogenous development of the concerned people, targeted at rural finance, micro finance and income generation activities, supported by African and European expertise.

The SHADE is an indigenous economic development consultancy and capacity-building organisation.

The SHADE supports developing institutions by providing services that enable them to strengthen their technical capacities and their financial resources.

The SHADE has permanent offices in Lilongwe, Malawi

Malawi is a landlocked county in the Southern part of Africa, bordered by Tanzania Zambia and Mozambique. The country has a total surface are of approximately 18000 square km of which 20% is under water. The human population is estimated at 11million with an annual population growth rate of 2.0% and 86% of the population resides in rural areas, heavily reliant on agriculture. However, agriculture can no longer generate sufficient income and employment opportunities for a population this is growing at 3.2% per annum. This is so due to a number of factors.