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@AfroVisualData

Data on the world's 2nd largest continent | 54 countries | 1.4 billion people | 2,000+ languages | 30.2 million sq km

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A reminder that the *total* activity in these 10 busiest ports on the continent is approximately the same managed by #China’s 3rd largest port (Shenzhen, Guangdong province). We have much to do to improve our regional logistics to the appropriate scale for global manufacturing
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Africa's Busiest Container Ports in 2025 (provisional data in millions of TEUs) 1 Tanger Med 11.11 2 Port Said (SCCT) 4.70* 3 Durban 2.73 4 Alexandria 2.46 5 Tema 2.29 6 Lome 2.20* 7 Mombasa 2.14 8 Abidjan 1.70 9 Damietta 1.54* 10 Casablanca 1.44* 11 Dar es salaam 1.30*
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We Are Social@wearesocial9 Feb 2023
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Thanks for sharing! Sign up to our webinar for more #Digital2023 insights. wearesocial.zoom.us/webinar/…
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We’re closing @AFSICafrica with a panel on the vital pre-requisite for growth which is of course education. Panel led by @eloine with @DrLydiahKBosire @AndrewEdufin @JuliaMoffett6 @NiravKhambhati and my data heavily sourced from The Time Travelling Economist @TTTEconomist #Afsic
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Food Import Dependency Ratio
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@ECA_OFFICIAL18 Jan 2022
Join us for #GenderDataNetwork discussion on use of alternative #gender #data sources to produce better statistics - with @ECAStats, @Data2X ,@OpenDataWatch & #PARIS21 26-27 January 2022 13:00 GMT | 8:00 ET Register now 👉 bit.ly/3rvnOyq
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Yemen 🇾🇪 Ethiopia 🇪🇹 Democratic Republic of the Congo 🇨🇩 Afghanistan 🇦🇫 Sudan 🇸🇩 These were the 5️⃣largest humanitarian crises in 2021. Here is how @UN helps: unocha.org
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KAKPO Fiacre@fiacrek145 Jan 2022
Quel est le meilleur modèle de développement entre les États-Unis et la Chine ? La question a été posée par Afrobarometre aux citoyens africains. Par pays, les tendances semblent parfois assez surprenantes. – at Togo
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We are pleased to announce the opening of #applications for the Data + Design for Development Program @LeadersAfrica Institute. All admissions come w/ an Impact #Scholarship. Deadline: January 17 Program info & how to apply >> institute.leadersofafrica.or… #datascience #dataviz #SDGs
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Active social media users in millions as at Jan 2020 | @hootsuite @wearesocial Egypt 42 Nigeria 27 Algeria 22 South Africa 22 Morocco 18 Kenya 8.8 Tunisia 7.3 Ethiopia 6.2 Ghana 6 Libya 5.1 Cote d'Ivoire 4.9 Tanzania 4.5 Cameroon 3.7 Senegal 3.4 DRC 3.1 Mozambique 2.5 Uganda 2.5
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If you are interested in urban metrics, you will love the new Africapolis dataset, which contains 2,000+ cities in Africa to explore. The data was created by @SWAC_OECD and it is free! africapolis.org/data This map was created using their data! 🌍🗺️ africapolis.org/research/urb…
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@SWAC_OECD12 Dec 2018
Beautiful map of African cities by @rafaelprietoc. Data ➡️africapolis.org #dataviz @guardiancities @WBG_Cities @dionnesearcey @marylinebaumard @LSECities @DatumFan @OurWorldInData @valentinaromei @matthew_daniels @MaxCRoser @AfroVisualData @DataSmartCities @jpremylemonde
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Take the coordinates of 7,447 urban agglomerations in Africa. Connect every pair of cities within a distance of 637 kilometres. A connected network of cities is obtained, with 4.3 million edges. 😍 Data from africapolis.org/
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Tell us what you want to know! Full briefing at: jubileedebt.org.uk/wp/wp-con…
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Issiaga MARA@IssiagaMara14 Sep 2018
Replying to @AfroVisualData @funmioyatogun
In guinea we call them magbana; car gnass and; alakabon for the older versions.
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SMapuranga2015@Sa_miiM13 Sep 2018
Interesting hey...In #Zimbabwe the name “Tshova” is also popular.
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Name given to public transportation mini-bus | @funmioyatogun
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So neat! For Mauritius it should be “Bis” in creole
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Name given to public transportation mini-bus | @funmioyatogun
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@_Simon_K13 Sep 2018
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I would be biased towards investing in leaders versed in Engineering and architecture. But what I really want to know is how interested they are in processes that strengthen integrity and fairness in addition to the infrastructure necessary to deliver productivity.
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IDMC@IDMC_Geneva31 Aug 2018
The top five countries in Africa with the most new internal displacements in 2017. Will any of these feature in our mid-year update of new displacements for the first half of the year, released 12 September? Stay tuned!
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Countries with the most new conflict and disaster displacements in 2017 | @IDMC_Geneva @NRC_Norway
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Top 25 African banks by tier 1 capital, 2017 | @TheBanker
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Maxime Bayen@MaxBayen30 Jul 2018
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Full research: gsma.com/mobilefordevelopmen…
Africa: a look at the 442 active tech hubs of the continent

Africa: a look at the 442 active tech hubs of the continent

This blog and research have been co-authored by Dario Giuliani. Since the World Bank’s 2014 African tech hub study, mapping the tech ecosystem in the continent has become pivotal to keep track of the...

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Learn more about the installed hydropower capacity in Africa and the rest of the world in the 2018 Hydropower Status Report: hydropower.org/status2018 #2018HSR xitter.gq/AfroVisualData/status/…
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Installed hydroelectric power capacity in Africa, 2017 | @iha_org
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