The ABCs of AfricaMarket For Investors™. (Part 1)
Africa Map by Region
Per the UN Statistics Division
Africa is subdivided into 5 Main Regions:
- Southern Africa (Purple shade on Visual Chart Figure 1.)
- West Africa (Blue shade on Visual Chart Figure 1.)
- East Africa (Yellow shade on Visual Chart Figure 1.)
- Central Africa (Red shade on Visual Chart Figure 1.)
- North Africa (Green shade on Visual Chart Figure 1.)
With these 5 Main Regions Featuring 54 Countries
N.B. Some Areas of Special Sovereignty (or commonly known as Dependencies) such as Reunion and St. Helena which are considered (by the UN Statistics Division) both to be in East Africa and West Africa regions respectively, are not represented in Figure 2 (above).
And added to this (to maintain that Africa currently has 54 countries), Figure 2 (above) excludes (disputed) Western Sahara as a country in North Africa Region, even though the UN Statistics Division includes it.
Did you know The African Development Bank (AfDB) and African Union (AU) use slightly different sub-divisions other than the UN Statistics Division? (See Figure 3 and 4 below). The AU includes Western Sahara or Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic as 55th African country and has a designated region entirely for the African Diaspora.
Per the African Union
Africa is subdivided into 6 Main Regions:
- Southern Africa (Purple shade on Visual Chart Figure 3.)
- West Africa (Blue shade on Visual Chart Figure 3.)
- East Africa (Yellow shade on Visual Chart Figure 3.)
- Central Africa (Red shade on Visual Chart Figure 3.)
- North Africa (Green shade on Visual Chart Figure 3.)
- Diaspora Africa
With these 6 Main Regions featuring 55 Countries
We hope this article on ‘Africa Map by Region’ was helpful!
Introducing our New Series: “The ABCs of AfricaMarket for Investors ”
Our whole (soul) effort with this “ABCs of AfricaMarket for Investors” is to help you de-piece and decode the complex 1.3 billion people Africa market.
A market that is very often underrated by global investors and brands, hugely mis-understood because of distorted narratives fueled (intentionally) by media headlines; to undermine its competitiveness vis-a-vis other regions in the world.
Changing the narrative, one ABC at a time
Our aim is to get you to have a Paradigm Shift on Africa and the Africa Market. To help you cleanse your sub-conscious mind of all the negativity about Africa the media has been feeding you with; for ages.
Our aim is to get you to understand the dynamics and inner-workings of the Africa market, that far supersede all degradation created by the media.
Our aim is simplify and condense the complex (immensely differing geographical, political, social, economical, and cultural nuances) Africa Market into bite sizes, so that you can no longer ignore the Africa Market in your portfolio of investments.
Our aim is to help you with “The Who”, “The Where” and “The How” to invest in Africa Market, so that you can enter confidently into Africa market, penetrate and, quadruple your results/returns effortlessly.
We challenge you with this quote made in 2014 by the Africa CEO Forum
The conflicts under way in Guinea-Bissau, Mali and the Central African Republic are front-page news in the international press, even though they are comparable to what is happening in certain parts of Indonesia, Malaysia or Myanmar.
Stories abound of piracy activities off the coast of Somalia, even though there are five times more such incidents in the Straits of Malacca.
Fewer people are affected by conflict in the whole of Africa than by the latent war between India and Pakistan in the Kashmir region. But people only talk about Africa!
This unfortunate image deters potential international investments in the continent and creates a real obstacle to its competitiveness.
Be the first to cast the stone on Africa:
If your own country hasn’t felt the anguish of poverty?
If disease has not ravaged your race?
If you have not experienced corruption and bad governance in your region or country?
If your country or people have never been blackmailed for vested interest?
If you haven’t seen external forces try or interfere with your country’s politics?…
We believe in the power of businesses and investors to wilt social development and enhancement of lives across the globe.
Stay tuned-in for more! We will bring you the Africa Market in a whole new light; with on-the-ground stats, real-time numbers, comparative analysis and, synthesis matched against/with other frontier markets, newly industrialized and developed markets.
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