Keep pulling the thread on Joe Studwell.
Since 2000, Africa's agricultural sector has achieved an average GDP growth rate of approximately 4.5% annually, the fastest of any region in the world.
Factory labor costs in African nations such as Ethiopia and Madagascar are approximately $60 to $65 per month, representing one-tenth of the cost in China, where the cheapest factory labor is around $600 per month.
Since 2013, China has invested $150 billion in Africa as part of its Belt and Road Initiative.
Approximately 80% of China's $150 billion Belt and Road Initiative investment in Africa has been directed towards infrastructure projects like roads, power, and water.
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu successfully ended a national petrol subsidy that was costing the country $10 billion per year.
In Tanzania, the government of Julius Nyerere raised the national literacy rate from just over 10% to 80% within one generation.
Since its founding, the African Union has consistently maintained a policy of opposing any changes to national borders within Africa to prevent widespread instability.
The United States and France are expected to formally recognize the sovereignty of Somaliland.
Israel and the United Arab Emirates have already formally recognized the sovereignty of Somaliland.
The United States has changed its foreign policy to support Morocco's sovereignty over Western Sahara.
In 1960, Africa's population density was one-fifth that of Asia as a whole and one-seventh that of East Asia.
Botswana's economic development has been almost entirely funded by revenues from its three major diamond mines.