
History of Malawi
History of Malawi (Doctorate in African Business)
Malawi (East Africa,
Southern Africa)
- Between 2.3 and 2.5 million years: discovery of a hominid jaw (Uraha),
the oldest of the genus Homo
- 50,000 to 60,000 years: first humans
- 1 500 BC: Akafula (Batwa)
- Rock paintings (Chencherere and Mphunzi)
- End of the 15th century: foundation of the Maravi Empire by Amaravi (Chewa) on the
Lake Malawi south-western shore
- Amaravi were originally from the Republic of the Congo
- Elimination of Akafula by the Chewa
- Territory of the Maravi Empire: Malawi, part of
Mozambique
and part of Zambia
- Head of the Marabi Empire: Kalonga
- Capital of the Marabi Empire: Mankhamba
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Slave Trade
- Chewa traded with ivory, iron and slaves with the Portuguese and
Arabs.
- Portuguese arrived in the region in the 16th century
- Introduction of corn by the Portuguese
- Early eighteenth century: collapse of the Marabi Empire
- 19th century: Mfecane (the great migration), Angoni arrive
- Fight against the Chewa
- Yao (slavers) from northern
Mozambique arrive
- 1859: David Livingstone
- 1891: British protectorate of Central Africa
- 1876: foundation of Blantyre
- 1907: Protectorate of Nyasaland
- 1950: Union of Nyasaland with Rhodesia of the north and south (Federation of Rhodesia and Nyassaland)
- 1963: dissolution of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyassaland
- 1964: Malawi obtained its Independence from the United Kingdom
- 1975: Lilongwe
new capital of Malawi

More information: Business in Malawi, at EENI Global Business School Training Portal.
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Transport and Logistics in Malawi
- Mzuzu
Malaui
Malawi
Maláui
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