1280 : Manden Charter (First declaration of human rights)
1491 : King Nzinga converted to Christianity corresponds with the Vatican
Great Zimbabwe : city of 18,000 inhabitants in the 13th century
2nd largest continent (30.37M km²)
54 sovereign countries
Inhabitants (2023)
17% world population
Spoken languages
Swahili (200M), Hausa (80M), Yoruba (50M)
Ethnic groups
Fulani, Zulu, Amazigh, Yoruba...
1st economy (GDP $510Bn)
Followed by South Africa and Egypt
Total area
Median age
| City | Population | Specialty |
|---|---|---|
| Lagos | 24M | Tech (Yabacon Valley) |
| Cairo | 22M | Oldest metro |
| Kinshasa | 17M | Music (Rumba) |
75% of world reserves (DRC)
80% of production (South Africa)
Nigeria : 1st African producer
Billion consumers
Billion combined GDP
Participating countries
Launch year
Ethiopia : Christianity since 330 (older than Europe)
Mali : Sankoré University trained scholars in the Middle Ages
Ifá (Yoruba) : Codified philosophical system of 256 principles
M-Pesa (Kenya) : 40M users, world model
Dr Denis Mukwege (DRC) : Nobel Prize for reconstructive surgery
Egypt : 1st African satellite (Nilesat 101 in 1998)
Influence on Picasso ("negro" period), Basquiat, etc.
Art market : +50% annual growth
Afrobeats : 7 billion streams in 2022
Instruments : Kora (21 strings), Balafon (xylophone ancestor)
Nollywood : 2,500 films/year (2nd after Bollywood)
FESPACO Festival (Burkina) : Largest African festival
Headquarters in Addis Ababa - 55 members - Agenda 2063
15 countries - ECOWAS Passport - Anti-terrorist force
Transnational justice - 30 member countries
Nigeria : Revolt against police violence
Tunisia, Egypt, Libya : Fall of dictators
Burkina Faso : Movement that ousted Blaise Compaoré
Joint force against terrorism
West African peacekeeping force
Nigeria manufactures armored vehicles and light weapons
Morocco and Egypt leaders in cybersecurity
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