The Central African Republic has Africa's youngest population in 2026, with a median age of just 14.6 years — the world's lowest, per UN World Population Prospects 2024.

The Hausa are Africa's largest ethnic group at roughly 86 million people, ahead of the Yoruba at 53 million. West Africa ...

Seychelles has Africa's highest GDP per capita at $17,675 in 2026, ahead of Mauritius ($13,812) and Gabon ($9,918), according ...

Zimbabwe has Africa's highest central bank interest rate at 30%, ahead of Malawi (24%) and Nigeria (23%), which slipped to ...

Chief executives sit atop South Africa's pay table at an average of R3.8 million a year, just ahead of specialist doctors — ...

Tunisia has the strongest currency in Africa, with the dinar trading at 2.96 to the US dollar at the start of August 2026, ...

Alexandria in Egypt is Africa's cheapest big city to live in, with a Numbeo cost of living plus rent index of 13.4, ahead of ...

Aliko Dangote is Africa's richest person for the 15th year running at $28.5 billion on Forbes' 2026 list, ahead of Johann ...

For off-road products, laboratory data can illustrate performance boundaries, but only real roads can prove whether a vehicle ...

Young people have figured out how to make actual money from digital platforms, and the shift happened faster than expected.

Manu Chandaria and Mama Ngina Kenyatta top Kenya's wealth ranking in 2026, each estimated at about $1 billion (Diaspora Messenger, October 2024). No Kenyan appears on Forbes Africa's 2026 billionaires ...

* State-owned enterprise. Standard Bank ranked on total income (see Methodology). Sonatrach and NNPC — the top two — account for 44% of the top 10's combined $179.7 billion revenue, a reminder that ...