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Estimates place Sierra Leone at the top, with about 64.5% of its GDP tied to the shadow economy.
Niger (56.3%) and Ethiopia (50.2%) are the only other nations where over half of economic activity is informal.
Even larger economies like Nigeria (30.0%) are estimated to have nearly a third of their GDP in unrecorded transactions.
Across the listed countries, estimates range from 28.1% to 64.5%, revealing deep but varied informality in African economies.

Liberia leads with an ENPP of 6.44, showing the strongest balance of party influence in Africa.
Morocco (5.68) and Tanzania (5.64) follow closely, reflecting vibrant multiparty political systems.
East Africa is well represented, with both Tanzania and Kenya among the top five.
Malawi’s ENPP of 5.19 highlights its robust political competition despite its smaller size.
Countries such as Gambia, Benin, and Comoros maintain a healthy level of party competitiveness, underscoring diversity beyond larger nations.

Seychelles holds Africa’s strongest passport, granting visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 156 destinations, and ranks 24th worldwide.
Mauritius follows closely, with a passport index score of 149 and a strong global rank of 27th.
South Africa leads mainland Africa, ranking 48th globally with access to 103 countries.
Southern African countries dominate Africa’s top 10, with Botswana, Namibia, and Lesotho all securing higher index scores than East and North African nations.
Africa’s passport strength varies widely, but island nations lead the way.

The world’s total proven recoverable crude oil reserves stand at 1.57 trillion barrels in 2024.
Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, and Iran collectively hold over 50% of these reserves, with 303.2B, 267.2B, and 208.6B barrels respectively.
Nigeria ranks 10th globally with 37.3 billion barrels, placing it ahead of other major producers like Kazakhstan, China, and Brazil.
The majority of the largest reserves are concentrated in Middle Eastern and South American countries, with only a few top holders located in North America, Africa, and Asia.

Kenya recorded $27.5B total FDI between 1990 and 2024, with most inflows occurring after 2007.
From 1990 to 2006, Kenya averaged just $0.04B annually, a sign of limited foreign investor confidence in early years.
A major turnaround began in 2007, with FDI jumping from $0.05B to $0.90B, and peaking at $2.23B in 2011.
Between 2007 and 2024, Kenya received over 92% of its total FDI, a sharp shift in its investment profile.
FDI has stayed above $1B annually since 2009, signalling consistent investor interest in Kenya’s growing economy.

Uganda and Mauritius offer the most affordable mobile data in Africa, with 1GB for just $0.02 over a 30-day period.
Comoros, Ghana, and South Africa also rank among the cheapest, each offering 1GB of data for $0.07 to $0.10.
Nigeria is among the top 10, with a relatively low cost of $0.13 per 1GB, placing it below the continental average.
Madagascar, at $0.32 per 1GB, closes out the top 20, which reflects the upper boundary of affordable data across African nations.

The U.S. dominates globally with 3,757 data centers, more than 8× any other country in the top 10.
Germany and the U.K. follow distantly with 443 and 428 data centres, respectively.
No African country makes the top 10, emphasising the infrastructure gap.
Africa's top three show modest but notable progress: South Africa ranks 36th (49 data centres), Kenya 54th (18), and Nigeria 56th (16).

Kenya recorded the highest ivory seizure among the top 10 countries, with 130,432 kg confiscated over the 34-year period.
China and Hong Kong follow closely, with 106,069 kg and 75,707 kg seized, respectively, showing their long standing roles as critical players in the global ivory network.
Vietnam and Singapore, both located in Southeast Asia, had substantial seizure records; 71,256 kg and 29,882 kg, indicating persistent trafficking through the region.
Nigeria leads West Africa in ivory confiscations within the top 10, with 23,031 kg, signalling its importance as a key node in the transit chain.
All countries listed in the top 10 are either source, transit, or destination points in the global ivory supply chain, reflecting how widespread and interconnected the illegal trade remains.

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South Africa has been the leading wine producer in Africa from 1975 to 2022.
Algeria was the top producer from 1961 to 1974 but saw a significant decline in output in later years.
South Africa, Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia have been the dominant wine-producing countries in Africa between 1961 and 2022.
On average, eight African countries have engaged in wine production annually during this period.
Sub-Saharan nations such as Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, and Tanzania have contributed small but steady wine to Africa’s production in recent decades.
Egypt has consistently ranked among Africa’s top wine producers, with its highest production recorded in 2008.

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Between 2016 and 2020, Kenya's debt to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) declined steadily by 59%, from SDR 609.8 million to SDR 249.9 million.
This downward trend reversed dramatically after 2020, with public debt rising to SDR 3.02 billion by March 2025.
The most significant annual increase occurred between 2020 and 2021, when debt jumped by 178%.
The lowest recorded debt level during the study period was in 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, when it fell to approximately SDR 250 million.
Kenya’s IMF debt grew more than elevenfold (1,109%) from its 2020 low to its 2025 peak.

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