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Comoros imposed Africa’s highest corporate tax at 50%, while most countries stayed at or below 30%
  • Comoros stands out with a corporate tax rate of 50%, the highest on the continent and far above the regional norm.
  • Chad and Equatorial Guinea follow at 35%, while Morocco and Cameroon set rates at 33%.
  • A broad cluster of 17 African countries, including Nigeria, Ethiopia, Kenya, and South Sudan, hold steady at the 30% rate.
  • All other African economies not listed apply corporate tax rates below 30%.

Immigrants make up nearly 1 in 5 people in Gabon, leading African countries with highest migrant populations
  • Gabon leads with 18.7% of its population being immigrants, the highest in Africa.
  • Equatorial Guinea follows with 16.4%, also driven by oil-related labor demand.
  • Djibouti (12.1%) and Libya (12.0%) round out the top four with migrant shares over 10%.
  • South Africa has the highest immigrant population in Southern Africa at 4.8%.
  • Most African nations still record under 5% immigrant share, indicating modest migration levels continent-wide.

Libya, Nigeria, and Algeria held more than 80% of Africa’s recoverable oil reserves in 2024
  • Libya leads Africa with 48.4 billion barrels of recoverable oil, the continent’s highest.
  • Nigeria ranks second with 37.3 billion barrels, accounting for about 27% of reserves among top holders.
  • Algeria holds 12.2 billion barrels, rounding out the top three and far ahead of other nations.
  • Sudan, Egypt, and Angola each contribute between 2.5 and 5 billion barrels, showing smaller but notable reserves.

Just three nations have shared all Women’s AFCON titles since 1998 as Nigeria claims 9 of 12 titles
  • Only three nations, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, and South Africa, have won the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations since it began in 1998.
  • Nigeria leads with nine titles, claiming the trophy in 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2016, and 2018.
  • Equatorial Guinea captured the title twice, in 2008 and 2012.
  • South Africa won its first title in 2022 to become the third country to lift the trophy.

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