African Countries

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…

We often think about a growing economy, or growing infrastructure; those ranks have nothing to do with this list, since we are about to reveal…

Africa is the second largest continent in the world. In terms of land mass, it measures 11, 677, 239 square miles (30, 244, 049 square km) and…

FOR decades commodity prices have shaped Africa’s economic growth. The continent is home to a third of the planet’s mineral reserves, a tenth…