But by looking at the Mercator Projection, one of the most widely used map projections, one wouldn’t know it. Created by ...

The Mercator map makes Africa look smaller than it is, as a push for more accurate maps asks us to rethink how we see the ...

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The Fight for a New Map Reflecting Africa’s True Size Challenges Centuries of Western Dominance AFRICA When Nigerian-born ...

Wunmi Mosaku narrates National Geographic's nature docuseries from the BBC Studios Natural History Unit, filmed over nearly ...

South Africa is seeing a sharp rebound in quarterly FDI, although one corporate transaction accounts for much of the increase. And a new Forbes ranking is challenging the traditional map of Africa’s ...

On September 4, the United Nations GeneralAssembly made what may become one of the most symbolic decisions in modernhistory. In an overwhelming vote of 164 in favour, one against and six abstentions, ...

Aliko Dangote is reshaping Africa's energy map. Do the investments of the continent's richest businessman amount to progress ...

Recently, I have been constantly looking for real estate in Tangier, Morocco.The initial entry point was quite simple.It is close to Europe. Real estate prices are still affordable. The number of ...

The World Bank’s Africa Economic Update, published October 6, 2026 under the subtitle “Building AI Readiness”, comes with a release saying Sub-Saharan Africa’s growth is “projected to rise from 4.1% ...

Something important is happening across the Red Sea and the Horn of Africa. Wars that appear local are drawing in actors from ...

For fifty years, the map of African fresh produce that a buyer carried in their head had a handful of names on it: Kenya, ...