The Hausa are Africa's largest ethnic group at roughly 86 million people, ahead of the Yoruba at 53 million. West Africa ...

Algeria's Sonatrach is Africa's largest company by revenue at $48.8 billion, ahead of Nigeria's NNPC at $30.1 billion. Five of the continent's ten biggest companies are state-owned, and six of the ten ...

Zimbabwe has Africa's highest central bank interest rate at 30%, ahead of Malawi (24%) and Nigeria (23%), which slipped to ...

Chad has the highest fertility rate in Africa — and the world — at 5.84 children per woman in 2026, ahead of Somalia (5.81) ...

Chief executives sit atop South Africa's pay table at an average of R3.8 million a year, just ahead of specialist doctors — ...

Aliko Dangote is Africa's richest person for the 15th year running at $28.5 billion on Forbes' 2026 list, ahead of Johann ...

Covenant University, the University of Ibadan and the University of Lagos share the top spot among Nigerian universities in ...

While growing, the African insurance market remains relatively small compared to other emerging markets like America and Asia. In 2022, it generated over $70 billion in gross premiums, representing ...

Small island nations like Seychelles and Mauritius rank highly in the HDI due to high life expectancy, access to education, and stable governance, despite their small populations. North African ...

L1 means first language and L2 means second language. Igbo's figure counts first-language speakers only, so its true total is higher. Oromo and Lingala are nearly tied. 213 million+ speakers in Africa ...

South African-born billionaires based abroad are not counted here: Nathan Kirsh (London, about $15.2 billion on Bloomberg), Ivan Glasenberg (Switzerland) and Patrick Soon-Shiong (United States). Worth ...