African Countries

Non-Africans who didn’t study geography in school or are too lazy to look at their maps often ask the unthinkable question: Is Africa a Country?…

Africa is one of the largest continents in the world and the home to 54 sovereign states. Although regarded as the poorest continent, there are…

Tax revenues in African countries are rising as a proportion of national incomes, according to the inaugural edition of Revenue Statistics in…

HEY PRESTO: as if by magic, Nigeria has declared itself the biggest economy in Africa. Overnight, with the wave of a statistical wand, it has…

The list is based on GDP (nominal) per capita of 186 countries produced by International Monetary Fund World Economic Outlook (October-2014)…

Technology is growing at a very fast pace across the globe with the Americas at the fore front, Europe and Asia right within the circle and Africa…

The South African economy is characterized by standards similar to those found in developed countries. Its service sector is well established…

Map of the world s second-largest and second-most-populous continent, located on the African continental plate. The Black Continent is divided…

The RSA’s Fellowship network is a huge resource for social change. My recent visit to Finland confirmed just how universal the RSA’s values are…

Mongolian stock brokerThis month, the World Bank cut its 2013 global growth forecast to 2.4 percent (from 3.0 percent), its 2014 forecast to…

Surrounded by water from all directions, Africa is a continent with clearly determined and absolutely accurate borders. In the north it is separated…

The WBG strategy for Africa builds on opportunities for growth and poverty reduction to support structural transformation, economic diversification…

Located in Western Africa, the Federal Republic of Nigeria (named for the Niger River) is the most populous country of Africa. People began settling…

Forest landscape restoration in Ethiopia. Photo by Aaron Minnick (WRI)/Flickr. Mamadou Diakhite leads work on sustainable land and water management…

The Map House of London/ Stockbyte/ Getty Images Updated . The continent of Africa is the world s second-largest based on land area and population…