The Central African Republic has Africa's youngest population in 2026, with a median age of just 14.6 years — the world's lowest, per UN World Population Prospects 2024.

Nigeria's highest-paid government job in 2026 is Chief Justice of Nigeria, at ₦5.39 million per month — about ₦64.7 million ($48,559) a year, roughly 4.6 times the President's statutory package.

The ten most expensive petrol markets in Africa average about $2.11 per litre — roughly a third above the September global average of ~$1.59 — and seven of the ten are import-dependent economies with ...

Morocco's 1,805.34 points put them more than 150 points clear of Senegal — the largest gap between any two neighbours on the African list. 7th in the world, 1,805.34 points. The Atlas Lions remain ...

The ten countries on this list average nearly 22% projected inflation for 2026 — against a sub-Saharan Africa average of roughly 5.5% — and the top five are all dealing with war, currency collapse, or ...

Manu Chandaria and Mama Ngina Kenyatta top Kenya's wealth ranking in 2026, each estimated at about $1 billion (Diaspora Messenger, October 2024). No Kenyan appears on Forbes Africa's 2026 billionaires ...

The Hausa are Africa's largest ethnic group at roughly 86 million people, ahead of the Yoruba at 53 million. West Africa ...

Niger has the lowest unemployment rate in Africa at 0.4%, followed by Burundi (0.9%) and Chad (1.1%) (ILO modelled estimates, December 2025, via Trading Economics) All ten countries on the list sit ...

Algeria's Sonatrach is Africa's largest company by revenue at $48.8 billion, ahead of Nigeria's NNPC at $30.1 billion. Five of the continent's ten biggest companies are state-owned, and six of the ten ...