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.

Nigeria's highest-paid government job in 2026 is Chief Justice of Nigeria, at ₦5.39 million per month — about ₦64.7 million ($48,559) a year, roughly 4.6 times the President's statutory package.

Malawi has Africa's highest petrol price in 2026 at $3.24 per litre — about 57% above second-placed Zimbabwe, according to ...

Morocco's 1,805.34 points put them more than 150 points clear of Senegal — the largest gap between any two neighbours on the African list. 7th in the world, 1,805.34 points. The Atlas Lions remain ...

Manu Chandaria and Mama Ngina Kenyatta are Kenya's wealthiest people in 2026, each estimated at about $1 billion — though no Kenyan appears on Forbes Africa's 2026 billionaires list.

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

Niger has the lowest unemployment rate in Africa at 0.4%, followed by Burundi (0.9%) and Chad (1.1%) (ILO modelled estimates, December 2025, via Trading Economics) All ten countries on the list sit ...

Algeria's Sonatrach is Africa's largest company by revenue at $48.8 billion, ahead of Nigeria's NNPC at $30.1 billion. Five of the continent's ten biggest companies are state-owned, and six of the ten ...

All ten are in sub-Saharan Africa. North Africa's rates are far lower — Tunisia, the continent's lowest, sits at 1.93 children per woman. At 5.84 children per woman, Chad now has the highest fertility ...

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

Nedbank is Africa's best-ranked employer in Forbes' World's Best Employers 2026, placing 26th globally ahead of Standard Bank (54th) and Absa (98th), and nine of the continent's top 10 are South ...