Fifa President Gianni Infantino is expected to visit the country this week on Wednesday to inspect the body’s Forward 2.0 project, as Football Association of Malawi (Fam) chief executive officer Alfred Gunda confirmed that Infantino’s visit to Malawi was part of his tour of Africa, also visiting Namibia, Lesotho, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

A letter dated 14th November addressed to Walter Nyamilandu, Infantino expressed his excitement towards the visit. “It will be a unique opportunity to visit the various infrastructure projects carried out, to share our vision of football and the ways to further develop our game in your country and promote its values.” reads part of the letter.

The visit from Fifa President to Malawi will count as the second,  as the body’s former boss Sepp Blatter also visited Malawi in 2002. Giovanni Vincenzo “Gianni” Infantino, born 23 March 1970) is a Swiss–Italian football administrator and the 9^th president of FIFA. He was elected President of FIFA during the 2016 FIFA Extraordinary Congress on 26 February 2016, then he was reelected as FIFA President on 5 June 2019.