Traveldocs.com has been informed by our contact within the Embassy of Malawi U.S. citizens will require a visa to enter Malawi for Tourist or Business purposes.
Currently U.S. citizens can enter Malawi for up to 30 days without a visa. If you intend to enter and leave Malawi before Oct 2015 no visa will be required, however travel into or out of Malawi in October could be subject to the new visa requirements.

July 15th New additional information has become available. Malawi24.com

As more information becomes available Traveldocs will update this blog post and our web site with instructions and applications for Visas to Malawi.