Kinshasa is the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and is also the largest city in the country in terms of population. It is the 3rdlargest urban area or biggest city in Africa after Cairo and is the 2ndlargest French-speaking urban area in the world after Paris. It ha...
Sub-Saharan Africa continues to dominate the list of poorest countries: When looking at our Consensus Forecasts for the economies with the lowest GDP per capita (in U.S. dollars, current market prices) in 2025, one thing jumps out: 19 of the 20 poorest are from Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)...
DR Congo is the most-populous officially Francophone country in the world and it’s likely to become one of the ten most populated countries in the world at some point in the 21st Century. By comparison, the neighbouring Republic of the Congo is one of the smaller African countries with onl...
Kenya is another great country to travel to in East Africa and one that is quite developed by African standards. I have visited Kenya several times and had great experiences. Hemingways, House of Waine and Hogmead in the Karen area of Nairobi were all lovely, while I travelled far partly ...
The island today is home to over 23 million people. It is politically split between three countries: The biggest part, around 73%, belongs to Indonesia. Malaysia owns 26% and the rest 1% comprises the entire territory of the independent state of Brunei, which the island is named after. ...
10. Accra Accra is an historic city in West Africa. This is the capital of Ghana; and is the second West African city to be significantly wealthy. Accra has a population of 2.6 million people, and is known as the country’s cultural, financial, manufacturing and marketing centre. Accra is...
We have already seen the top 10 largest cities in the UK, but all of them put together don’t make our number 1 in this list. These super-sized cities are the biggest in the world and collectively they are home to billions of people… ...
One of the continent’s most popular countries to visit, South Africa boasts loads of epic scenery and amazing wildlife. Asides from safaris and nature spots, some parts are just as famed for their wines and whale-watching or surfing and shark cage diving. Occupying the southernmost end of ...
African Game Trailsby Theodore Roosevelt The twenty-sixth president of the United States was also a world-renowned hunter, conservationist, soldier, and scholar. In 1908 he took a long safari holiday in East Africa with his son Kermit. His account of this adventure is as remarkably fresh today...
The Bank of England has a Court of Directors or governing body appointed by the Crown. It also has a Monetary Policy Committee headed by the governor of the bank. The Swiss franc, the Canadian dollar, the Australian and New Zealand dollars, and the South African rand round out the list ...