By Wade Shepard, Forbes Africa has become the fastest urbanizing region of the world, with rural migrants moving into cities a clip that has even surpassed that of China and India, as the continent becomes one of the final frontiers of the forth industrial revolution. This rapid transition presents big challenges but also offers big rewards for […]
Guinea Location: Western Africa Capital City: Conakry Area: total: 245,857 sq km land: 245,717 sq km water: 140 sq km Land boundaries: Total: 4,046 km border countries (6): Cote d’Ivoire 816 km, Guinea-Bissau 421 km, Liberia 590 km, Mali 1,062 km, Senegal 363 km, Sierra Leone 794 km Coastline: 320 km Total: 4,366 km Climate: […]
Sudanese hope Ethiopian dam ends Blue Nile floods AFP by Paul Maroudis The Blue Nile is a renegade river, according to Sudanese farmer Osman Idris, its unpredictable flooding swallows crops and houses as it crashes through Sudan from Ethiopia on its way to Egypt. “Tonight, the level of water will be low,” said Idris, a […]
Bloomberg, by Loni Prinsloo Africa-focused firm in talks with partners to enter Ethiopia Helios raised about $1 billion from debt markets this week Helios Towers Ltd. plans to use some of about $450 million in newly raised funds to expand into African countries including Ethiopia, reviving an expansion plan that was put on hold by the […]
Benin Location: Western Africa Capital City: Porto-Novo Area: total: 112,622 sq km land: 110,622 sq km water: 2,000 sq km Land boundaries: Total: 2,123 km border countries (4): Burkina Faso 386 km, Niger 277 km, Nigeria 809 km, Togo 651 km Coastline: 121 km Total: 2244 km Climate: tropical; hot, humid in south; semiarid in […]
By Acha Leke, Tawanda SibandaPartner, McKinsey & Company This article is part of the World Economic Forum on Africa Africa is digitizing rapidly – but this trend has been hidden from the view of many global investors and executives. For example, Africa already has 122 million active users of mobile financial services, more than half the global […]
Nyamilepedia South Sudan’s parties to the revitalized peace agreement signed in September last year have been invited to the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa over stalled peace implementation. South Sudan’s main armed opposition group, SPLM-IO, confirmed in a statement extended to Nyamilepedia that its leader Dr. Riek Machar has been invited to the East African country’s […]
Electrek Tesla is participating in a new initiative by an African telecom to install 520 Powerwalls at their sites in order to keep their important network online despite frequent power outages. Like in most places, mobile networks are extremely important to the economy, but you could argue that it is even more important in Africa, […]
Central Africa, located along the equator, consists primarily of wide plateaus that are smooth in the central areas and more rough along the exterior of the region. The plateaus in the region exhibit a huge range in altitude, reaching up to 16,795 feet at Margherita Peak (the highest point in Central Africa) and descending into […]
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