Flutterwave leads a fintech-heavy top 10 worth about $17.4 billion in total. Most of the valuations are years old, and one ...

Shoprite employs 174,430 people, nearly double third placed Pick n Pay and far ahead of every rival except Bidvest. Nine of the ten biggest private employers are headquartered in South Africa, and ...

Published: 5 Key Facts 1. Niger has Africa's lowest inflation rate in 2026. Prices are falling at an annual rate of 1.9%, ...

Road-quality score of 1.9 out of 7 (VizAtlas 2025-26 edition). Chad ranks 141st of 141 economies worldwide. This landlocked Central African country covers about 1.28 million square kilometers of ...

When fans watch a football match, they focus on the players, goals, and final score. But behind every game, there is a large ...

Seychelles is Africa's most educated country in 2026, scoring 0.88 on the UN's Education Index. South Africa and Mauritius complete the top three in this 2026 edition, ranked on the latest UNDP ...

* Seychelles and Cape Verde are not covered by the 163-country Global Peace Index. Internet ranks are from Ookla's Q1-Q2 2026 fixed-broadband award for Africa. Cost of living is Numbeo's 2026 city ...

* Tied with Ghana, which also scored 43 and ranks 76th globally (up four places). See Methodology for the tie-break rule. Africa's cleanest public sector for yet another year, at 24th in the world.

Which is the biggest stock exchange in Africa in 2026? The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) in South Africa. Its market capitalization was about $1.43 trillion (ZAR 23.5tn) at the 19 October 2026 ...

The big picture: Africa's biggest companies sell fuel, power and raw materials. Oil and gas state firms occupy the entire top two, and a state-owned company sits in half the top-ten slots. Currency ...