Malawi
Malawi, one of the poorest Sub-Saharan countries in Africa, is one of the 10 poorest countries in the world. Although official sources claim that the proportion of the Muslim population in the country is 12%, the figure is at least three times higher, namely 36%. The Muslim population is recorded at very low rates in official records due to the arbitrary keeping of population registers.
Islam reached the region quite early through Arab merchants, but it was not until the 1700s that the first large Muslim settlements were established. During the period of the Swahili Islamic states, Muslim merchants and settlers moving inland from the coasts of Tanzania and Mozambique encountered local African peoples and helped them convert to Islam. The spread of Islam among the Chewa and Yao peoples in the 1840s brought mass religious conversion to the region. In fact, according to some historical data, 80% of Malawi's population became Muslims during this period. Although Muslims are mainly located in poor southern regions, mosques and Islamic schools can be found in every city in the country.