Between 2013 and 2025, Nigeria has dominated the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA), winning 8 out of 11 awards for Best Overall Movie.
Kenya, South Africa, and Ghana have each won the top prize once, highlighting Nigeria’s influence on African cinema.
This trend reflects both the scale and consistency of Nigeria’s film industry, Nollywood, which has outpaced its regional peers in terms of production volume, distribution, and local audience engagement.
While other countries show occasional excellence, Nigeria remains the cultural and commercial centre of African filmmaking.
Russia is the volume leader with 37.3M carats, nearly 1.5× Botswana’s 25.1M carats.
Botswana punches above its weight: though producing 33% fewer carats than Russia, its output value almost matches Russia's due to higher value per carat price.
Eight of the top 10 producers are African (Botswana, Angola, DR Congo, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Sierra Leone, Lesotho).
Low-volume producers like Namibia (2.4M ct → $1.2B) highlight how smaller deposits can yield high-value diamonds.
Egypt and South Africa dominate Africa’s space presence, with 14 and 13 satellites respectively, accounting for nearly one-third of the continent’s total.
Nigeria (7), Algeria (6), and Morocco (5) form the next tier, highlighting North and West Africa as emerging hubs in satellite development.
The majority of other African countries with satellites, including Rwanda, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Djibouti and Angola, have two satellites each.
Out of 54 African nations, only 18 have any satellites in orbit, underscoring the vast disparity in space investment and technological capacity across the continent.
