South Africa leads Africa's 2026 GDP ranking at $489.1 billion. Every African country ranked by nominal GDP, from São Tomé ...

Standard Bank Group is Africa's biggest bank with $232.5 billion in assets. Here is the full 2026 top 10, from Egypt's ...

Mauritius tops Africa's safety rankings in 2026. See which countries lead on peace and low crime, and which fall furthest ...

Rates are World Bank modelled ILO estimates for 2025, the latest comparable figures. See Methodology for why national figures can differ. Africa holds an unhappy global record: the four highest ...

Folorunso Alakija is Africa's richest woman with an estimated $900 million fortune — but no woman on the continent is a billionaire. All 10 ranked by estimated net worth.

Naspers is Africa's most profitable company with $5.24 billion in net profit — ahead of Gold Fields, NNPC and Standard Bank.

The University of Cape Town leads South Africa's 2026 university rankings at QS world rank 150 — ahead of Wits, Stellenbosch ...

Nigeria leads Africa's 2026 population at 242 million people while Seychelles has the fewest at 135,000: every African ...