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Business in Chipata (Oriental province, Zambia)

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Chipata is the capital of the Oriental province of Zambia (Southern Africa)

  1. Chipata = Chimpata (the Great space) in Ngoni language
  2. Population of Chipata: 0.5 million inhabitants
    1. Chipata is the third largest Zambian city after the capital Lusaka and Kitwe
  3. Main economic activity in Chipata: agriculture (sunflower)
  4. Chipata is near the border with Malawi
  5. Important Cross-Border trade with Malawi via Chipata
  6. Zambian Province: Oriental
  7. Zambian District: Chipata (capital)
  8. Elevation of Chipata: 1,140 meters
  9. Main languages in Chipata: Ngoni, Nyanja and English
  10. Main ethnicities of Chipata: Chewa, Tumbuka, Ngoni and Nsenga
  11. South Luangwa National Park

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Logistics and Transportation in Chipata - Zambia

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  1. Road: East Lilongwe (130 kilometres) - Chipata - Lusaka (550 kilometres)
  2. Railway: Chipata - Malawi (via Mchinji)
  3. Airports: Chipata and Mfuwe
  4. Access to the Ports of Beira and Nacala (Mozambique)
  5. Asia-Africa Growth Transport Corridor
  6. Access to the African Logistics Corridors:
    1. North-South Transport Corridor
    2. Beira-Lobito Transport Corridor
    3. Cairo-Gaborone Transport Corridor

North-South Corridor: Botswana, the DR Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

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Masters in International Business and Foreign Trade (MIB)

  1. Masters: Business in Africa, Transport and Logistics in Africa
  2. Doctorate in African Business

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More information: International Trade and Business in Zambia, at EENI Global Business School Website.

Zambian Province: Oriental

The capital of the Oriental province is Chipata

  1. Area of the Oriental province: 51,476 km².
  2. Population of the Oriental province: 1.6 million inhabitants
  3. Main ethnicities: Chewa (40%), Nsenga (20%), Tumbuka (16%) and Ngoni (15%)
  4. Main language: Chewa
  5. Districts of the Eastern province: Chadiza, Chama, Chipata, Katete, Lundazi, Mambwe, Nyimba and Petauke
  6. The Eastern Province is between the Luangwa River and the borders with Malawi (to the east) and Mozambique
  7. Districts of the Oriental province: Chadiza, Chama, Chipata, Katete, Lundazi, Mambwe, Nyimba and Petauke
  8. Main economic activity: agriculture
    1. 20% of the Zambian total agricultural production
    2. Main crop: sunflower

Higher Education in Chipata - Zambia

  1. DMI University St. Eugene (DMISEU)
History of Zambia - Chipata
  1. 1899: foundation of Chipata
  2. 1900 - 1911: Fort Jameson (Chipata) was the capital of the British Protectorate of north-west Rhodesia

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