Hydrologists consider a country “water-scarce” if it has less than 1,000 litres for each citizen in a year; By 2050, most countries in Africa are going to be badly off.
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A souk (market) in the old city of Tripoli. (Photo/ Flickr/ David Stanley)
Oldest African Cities; There’s More To Tripoli Than Current Turmoil
Despite the current rapid rate of urbanisation, cities are not new to Africa – some of the oldest cities on the continent are thousands of years old
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Baby in Cape Town, South Africa. By 2050, nearly half of the world's babies will be African. (Photo/ Flickr/ Jonathan Morgan)
Africa Population Growth Trends To 2050; Two Billion Babies Coming Soon
In the next 35 years Nigeria will account for almost 10% of all births in the world; at a projected 104 million Uganda will (incredibly) be inching close to Egypt.
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A sample of hematite from South Africa, an important ore of iron. (Photo/ Flickr/ Jake Slagle)
Commodity Market Collapse And Why Liberia Is In Dire Straits
All but three of the twenty major commodities in this dataset have declined over the past five years. For nineteen African countries, one of these five commodities is the leading export earner.
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In 2015, many governments dipped into their reserves and pumped dollars into the market to support their respective currencies (Photo/ Flickr/ Abbyflatcoat)
Foreign Currency Reserves In Africa, End-2015; Some Are In Tatters
Though the majority of African countries are in the clear, for those that are not, the data shows there is little relationship between national savings and national wealth, economic size, growth rates, or political stability.