But Africa’s extreme poverty rate is six to seven times the world’s average. And its economy is highly dependent on foreign assistance, as the continent receives one-third of the world’s aid.

This is not clearly visible on most world maps due to the common ... to capture a vast continent of more than 50 ... continue to associate Africa with famine, war, poverty and ...

Just as striking are the differences between African countries (see map). Southern Africa , where the richest tenth gobble 65% of the cake, is in a league of its own.

Poverty, the inability to satisfy basic human needs is endemic in Africa. Unfortunately, the continent is blessed with enormous human and materials resources to meet its needs and stimulate growth ...

Compared to the 2019 U.S. population in which the median age was around 38 years and those 60 years and older made up 23% of the population, the median age on the continent of Africa was around 18 ...

Adesina said the studies served as a vital road map to guide Africa towards the future where each African nation could achieve an annual GDP growth rate of seven to 10 per cent over the next 40 years.

Africa as a continent has long been burdened by pervasive stereotypes and negative storytelling, often depicting through the narrow lenses of poverty, conflict, disease and underdevelopment.

Corruption in Africa remains one of the major reasons that the World’s richest Continent has the poorest people. For Africa to come to par with the rest of the world, it will have to get rid of ...

Africa's economy has shown resilience overall despite global conditions but growth needs to be in double digits to truly tackle poverty on the continent, ...

But what these reports don’t tell us, and what images of starving African children don’t convey is that much of Africa’s poverty is linked to the ongoing exploitation of the continent by its ...