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Dangote's Lekki refinery was designed for 650,000 barrels a day. Its IPO prospectus re-rated it to 700,000 in June 2026, about 1.6 times all four of Nigeria's state refineries put together.
85% of Africans who work do so informally, the highest rate on Earth, against a world average of about 58%. Only about 15% hold a formal job. The ILO's new brief says informal workers power African trade but have almost no voice in the policies that govern it.
Sub-Saharan Africa holds 563 million of the 655 million people worldwide without electricity, 86% of the global total. In 2010 the region held 565 million. Fourteen years of electrification barely moved the number.
Chart of the Day: By 2050, about 1 in 4 people on Earth will be African, up from 1 in 11 in 1950. Africa adds about 1 billion people by 2050, more than two thirds of all growth in humanity.
Chart of the Day: Sending $200 to Sub-Saharan Africa costs 8.46% on average, $16.92 of every $200. It is the highest price of any region in the world, on the World Bank's latest figures.
Chart of the Day: Algeria spent $25.4bn on its military in 2025, more than all of Sub-Saharan Africa combined at $23.3bn. One country now outspends a whole region on defence, on SIPRI's latest figures.
Renewables didn't get there overnight. Renewables supplied 16.7% of global final energy consumption in 2011. By 2021, that number had climbed to 18.7%. The International Energy Agency projects close to 20% by 2030.
AvadaPay provides each merchant or shop with a unique QR code that customers can use whenever they need to make a payment.
For decades, the narrative was simple: Africa wasn’t training enough health workers, and rich nations were stealing them all. But new data reveals a much more shocking reality.
Madagascar borrowed $173 million to import a European transit model. Today, the cable cars hang empty above a capital city that never rode them, leaving citizens to pay off the debt.
Ghana has become one of the continent’s most important investment gateways. Home to the African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat, the country gives businesses a strategic base to reach a market of 1.4 billion people with a combined GDP of about $3.4 trillion.
The rise of Africa's digital influence economy is changing global discovery. Explore Schedra Labs' insights on creators, AI visibility, and influence.
Half of Africa's 1.5 billion people are younger than 20, and by 2050, one in four people on Earth will live on the continent. This extraordinary demographic gap is set to redefine global labor markets, consumer spending, and economic growth over the coming decades.
African emigration is doing more damage than is actually reported. With every departure, Africa bleeds in many ways; and the data says it all.
Nairobi, home to less than 0.1% of the world’s population, has become among a leading Global South tech hub. The rise of Silicon Savannah shows how mobile money, startups, and venture capital transformed Kenya into one of Africa’s top innovation centers.
Africans abroad send tens of billions of dollars home every year, but these transfers are far more than money for relatives. They have become one of Africa’s largest sources of foreign income, quietly funding homes, education, healthcare and businesses across the continent.
