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21 century Africa
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It’s a different world now!
Africans are Religious.
Islam is currently the largest religion in Africa, with Christianity following closely behind.
These two religions make up 85% of the continent's population, while just 15% of the
population are non-religious or follow traditional African religions.
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Some African COUNTRIES are already comparatively ECONOMICALLY MORE
PRODUCTIVE than some other well-known countries.
According to World Bank calculations of GNI per capita as per 2018
(per capita GNI is the dollar value of a COUNTRY's final income in a year, divided by its population)
HIGH INCOME GROUP (World Bank definition)
(per capita GNI in US $)
Seychelles 15,600
Poland 14,100
(Author : Poland has moved on considerably since this time)
UPPER MIDDLE INCOME GROUP (World Bank definition)
(per capita GNI in US $)
Mauritius 12,050
Botswana 7,750
Gabon 6,830
Eq.Guinea 6,650
Thailand 6,610
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Some African COUNTRIES may well already have a higher comparative accumulated
WEALTH than people realise.
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According to "Credit Suisse Global Wealth 2019 Databook " list of countries by mean
WEALTH per adult (USD).
(Mean wealth is arrived at by dividing the total aggregate wealth by the number of adults)
(per adult median wealth in US $)
UK 280,049
Seychelles 57,873
Mauritius 50,796
Malaysia 31,270
Thailand 21,853
South Africa 21,380
