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WORLDVIEW

EEPC INDIA IN AFRICA

EPC India has been regularly mo- addition since 2018. Further to this, Buyer EEPC India is participating in three events
bilising participation and also con- Seller Meets in African Nation including in Africa – Global Expo Botswana being
Educting Buyer-Seller Meets in Afri- Botswana, Mozambique, Zambia, and held over 6-9 August 2019, Gaborone; Ni-
can countries to boost engineering trade South Africa to name a few, and regular geria Pharma, 28-29 August 2019; and the
ties between India and the African nations. participation from Africa at EEPC India’s Indian Engineering Pavilion in Ethiopia
Kenya Pharma, Nigeria Pharma are annual show, IESS, manifest the depth and coinciding with ITME Africa 2020 to be
regular events on the EEPC India calen- regularity of the association EEPC India held over 14-16 February 2020 in Addis
dar. Global Expo Botswana has been an has been able to build. During 2019-20, Ababa.

UNIQUE AFRICA

HE origin, the cradle of human-
kind, Africa is the oldest inhabited
Tplace on earth; the only continent
with fossil evidence of Homo sapiens and
their ancestors as they went through all
the key stages of evolution. Some unique
facts about this exotic continent:
• Kenya’s Kalenjin, the running tribe,
have produced most of the world’s fastest
long-distance runners, fetching 40 per-
cent of the top honours available to men
in international athletics.
• Africa is the youngest continent on
earth with 60 percent of its popula-
tion less than 25 years. Nigeria bags the
world’s youngest with a median age of
14.8 years. Nigeria had sent the youngest
team to the Russia 2018 World Cup.
• Africa is the world’s second-largest
continent covering an area of over 30
million sq km.
• Africa is home to the world’s largest
living land animal, the African elephant,
which can weigh up to 7 tons.
• The Sahara is the largest desert in the
world and is bigger than continental USA.
• Africa is the world’s hottest continent
with deserts and drylands covering 60
percent of land surface area (e.g. Kalaha-
ri, Sahara and Namib).
• Lake Malawi has more fish species than
any other freshwater system on earth.
• The River Nile is the longest river in the
The Sahara desert is the largest desert in the world and is bigger than the USA world with a total length of 6650 km.

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