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 ...

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

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

The UN General Assembly has endorsed a non-binding, African-led resolution promoting equal-area map projections such as Equal Earth to better represent the size of continents.

The UN General Assembly has voted 164–1 to phase out the 1569 Mercator map projection in favour of the Equal Earth map. Learn how the new map accurately reflects Africa's true size after 450 years of ...

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

South African brand MaXhosa Africa lit up the first day of Paris Women's Fashion Week on Monday with a debut collection ...

For businesses assessing Africa, analysts say, the relevant measures remain the size and growth of individual markets, purchasing power, infrastructure reliability, regulatory conditions, access to ...

Washington DC's old Africa hands are gone, subject matter experts are no longer at the tiller, and AI is now filling the gaps. The cracks are showing, and not just in maps. Writes award-winning ...

Sometimes, changing a picture can change how we see the world. That is why the United Nations General Assembly’s overwhelming vote to adopt a more geographically accurate world map is far more ...

The UN has passed a non-binding resolution to endorse the Equal Earth Projection, a map which more fairly represents the true size of the Earth’s landmasses. The current commonly used projection, ...

We visit a country in Africa and say we have gone to Africa, forgetting that the world’s second largest continent, after Asia, is Africa. Now tell me if you visit the US or the UK or Japan, do you say ...