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POPULATION AND LANGUAGE​
The population of Africa is 1.216 billion
There are ten languages in Africa
Namely:
Berber
Yoruba
Amharic
English
French
Swahili
Hausa
Igbo
Oromo
Arabic

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Introduction to African Languages

With anywhere between 1000 and 2000 languages, Africa is home to approximately one-third of the world's languages.

The diversity of Africa's languages is evidenced by their populations. In total, there are at least 75 languages in Africa which have more than one million speakers. The rest are spoken by populations ranging from a few hundred to several hundred thousand speakers.

Most of the languages are primarily oral with little available in written form. The languages of Africa break down into four large families (phyla), with an additional Austronesian family spoken in Madagascar; the four continental language families are:

1. Niger-Congo

2. Nilo-Saharan

3. Afroasiatic

4. Khoisan

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Agriculture in Africa
About, 70 percent of the population in Africa directly depend on agriculture for their livelihood means that we should and must give the sector more attention. Investing in these farmers, mostly smallholders l, by giving them access to appropriate seeds and fertilizers, and by ensuring availability of information on proper farming practices, yields will double or even triple many instances. To link these farmers to functional, national and regional markets will, at the bare minimum,double their incomes.Take Uganda as an example. With a population of 40m, doubling income would raise per capital income to about $1,200 from the current $600 . This would not only bring Uganda closer to it's aspiration of becoming a middle - income nation by 2020 .It improves the lives of millions of farmers significantly, while enlivening rural economies and securing them to access otherwise hard to reach services such as good quality education,health services and off - farm jobs .

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Kush Dalal                                                  Industries of Africa

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Kush Dalal                                                  Industries of Africa

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The manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field, country, region, or economy viewed collectively, or one of these individually.

Oil and petroleum industry

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The ten languages of Africa are :-
Berber
Arabic
Igbo
Swahili
Hausa
Amharic
Yoruba
English
French
Oromo

The population of Africa is 1.216Billion
Africa's population is equivalent to 16.64% of the total population of the Earth.

Africa ranks 2nd among regions of the world (roughly equivalent to continents ordered by population).

The population density of Africa is 42kmsquare (110 people per mile)

40.2% of the population is urban(505,429,407 people in 2018)

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Soils in Africa https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=g7JlrzNDolk

🎥 Soil Fertility in Africa - YouTube

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The sector contributed 15.2% to SouthAfrica's GDP in 2013, making it the third-largest contributor to the nation's economy.
Manufacturing is dominated by industries such as agro-processing, automotive, chemicals, informationand communication technology, electronics, metals, textiles, clothing and footwear.

https://youtu.be/ugIqqPofkU

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Due to the different climatic zones in Africa, the soil composition also differes from one place to another.River valleys contain fertile alluvial soil suitable for the growth of variety of crops.
The disentegration of volcanic rocks, is found in the Eastern Highland.This type of soil is also very fertile.
Soil in the Savanna type of climate is suitable for grasses that is used to feed cattle. Irrigation facilities are used to grow crops in the desert Reigon of Africa.

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IPopulation  of africa 1.216 billion

2016

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The mineral industry of Africa is the largest mineral industries in the world. Africa is the second largest continent, with 30 million km² of land, which implies large quantities of resources. For many African countries, mineral exploration and production constitute significant parts of their economies and remain keys to economic growth. Africa is richly endowed with mineral reserves and ranks first or second in quantity of world reserves of bauxite, cobalt, industrial diamond, phosphate rock, platinum-group metals (PGM), vermiculite, and zirconium.[1]Gold mining is Africa's main mining resource

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Arabic, Somali, Berber, Amharic, Oromo, Igbo, Swahili, Hausa, Manding, Fulani and Yoruba are spoken by tens of millions of people. Twelve dialect clusters (which may group up to a hundred linguistic varieties) are spoken by 75 percent, and fifteen by 85 percent, of Africans as a first or additional language.

1.216 billion people live in africa

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RAINFORESTS IN AFRICA. Most of Africa's remaining rainforests are found in the Congo river basin on the Atlantic Ocean side of the continent. The Congo rainforest is famous for its gorillas, chimpanzees, and elephants as well as its native population of forest dwellers known as pygmies.

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A forest is a large area dominated by trees. Hundreds of more precise definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing and ecological function.

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Transport is massive

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Africa.... A wonderful place. Three latitude pass through this continent, the equator, tropic of cancer and tropic of

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Road Transport. The Department of Transport is responsible for regulation of all transportation in South Africa, including public transport, rail transportation, civil aviation, shipping, freight, and motor vehicles.

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Image result for africa informationMap of Africamap expand iconAfricaContinentAfrica is the world's second largest and second most-populous continent. At about 30.3 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of its total land area. WikipediaArea:30.37 million km²Population:1.216 billion (2016)Did you know:Africa is the second-most-populous continent (1,216,130,000) in the world.

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Image result for africa informationMap of Africamap expand iconAfricaContinentAfrica is the world's second largest and second most-populous continent. At about 30.3 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of its total land area. WikipediaArea:30.37 million km²Population:1.216 billion (2016)Did you know:Africa is the second-most-populous continent (1,216,130,000) in the world.

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Image result for africa informationMap of Africamap expand iconAfricaContinentAfrica is the world's second largest and second most-populous continent. At about 30.3 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of its total land area. WikipediaArea:30.37 million km²Population:1.216 billion (2016)Did you know:Africa is the second-most-populous continent (1,216,130,000) in the world.

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Image result for africa informationMap of Africamap expand iconAfricaContinentAfrica is the world's second largest and second most-populous continent. At about 30.3 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of its total land area. WikipediaArea:30.37 million km²Population:1.216 billion (2016)Did you know:Africa is the second-most-populous continent (1,216,130,000) in the world.

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However, agricultural productivity still remains far from developed world standards. Over 90% of agriculture depends on rainfall, with no artificial irrigation aid. The techniques used to cultivate the soil are still far behind from what has been adopted in Asia and Americas, lacking not only irrigation, but also fertilisers, pesticides and access to high-yield seeds. Agriculture in Africa also experiences basic infrastructural problems such as access to markets and financing.

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Road Transport Edit

The Department of Transport is responsible for regulation of all transportation in South Africa, including public transport, rail transportation, ciil aviation, shipping, freight, and motor vehicles. According to the Department's vision statement, "Transport [is] the heartbeat of South Africa's economic growth and social development!"[4]

Rail

In 2000, South Africa had 20,384 km of rail transport, all of it narrow gauge. 20,070 km was 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge (9,090 km of that electrified), with the remaining 314 km 610 mm (2 ft) gauge. The operation of the country's rail systems is accomplished by Transnet subsidiaries Transnet Freight Rail, Shosholoza Meyl, Metrorail, Transnet Rail Engineering, Protekon et al.

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The mineral industry of Africa is the largest mineral industries in the world. Africa is the second largest continent, with 30 million km² of land, which implies large quantities of resources. For many African countries, mineral exploration and production constitute significant parts of their economies and remain keys to economic growth. Africa is richly endowed with mineral reserves and ranks first or second in quantity of world reserves of bauxite, cobalt, industrial diamond, phosphate rock, platinum-group metals (PGM), vermiculite, and zirconium.[1]Gold mining is Africa's main mining resource.

The Central African Mining and Exploration Company (CAMEC), one of Africa's primary mining enterprises, is criticized for its unregulated environmental impact and minimal social stewardship. In the spring of 2009, retired British cricket player Phil Edmonds' assets were seized by the United Kingdom's government due to CAMEC's illicit association with former self-appointed Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe.[2]CAMEC recently sold 95.4% of its shares to the Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation. It is under restructuring and is no longer trading under the CAMEC brand.[3]

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Equatorial regions receive heavy rainfall in Africa. Throughout the year water flows in rivers such as Nile, the Zaire, etc. that drain large areas of the continent. Water from these rivers is used for irrigation. Many of the rivers from waterfalls, such as the Stanley Falls on the Congo River, the Victoria Falls on the Zambezi River, etc. These waterfalls are utilised to generate hydroelectricity. Dan's such as the Aswan dam on the Nile, the Kainji Dam on the Niger, etc. act as the hydroelectric power stations of Africa and serve as the storehouse of water needed for irrigation.

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Equatorial regions receive heavy rainfall in Africa. Throughout the year, water flows in rivers such as The Nile, The Zaire, etc. that drain large areas of the continent. Water from these rivers is used for irrigation.
Many of the rivers form waterfalls such as The Victoria Falls on the Zambezi River etc. These waterfalls are utilised to generate hydroelectricity.
Dams such as the Aswan dam on the Nile etc. act as the hydroelectricity power stations of Africa and serve as the storehouse of water need for irrigation.

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Even though it is one of the largest continents, Africa and its constituent countries have consistently lagged behind the rest of the world in both economic and agricultural development. This is due in large part to the types of soil that can be found in Africa, many of which (though not all) are sandy and arid, making them largely unsuitable for agricultural production on any substantial scale.

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Soil is a mixture of organic matter, minerals, gases, liquids, and organisms that together support life. The earths body of soil is the pedosphere, which has four important functions: it is a medium for plant growth; it is a means of water storage, supply and purification; it is a modifier of earths atmosphere; it is a habitat for organisms ; all of which, in turn modify the soil.
Soil is a product of the influence of climate relief, organism and its parent materials interacting overtime. There are different types of soil such as alluvial soil, black soil, sandy soil, clay soil etc

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Resources of Africa

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has a large quantity of natural resources , including diamonds, sugar, salt, gold, iron, cobalt, uranium, copper, bauxite, silver, petroleum and cocoa beans, but also woods and tropical fruits. Having a a low human density, for a long period of time Africa has been colonized by more dynamic groups, exploiting African resources.

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Africa is the second most populated continent after Asia
Its population is only 1.216 billion which is 15.5% of the world's population.
It has plenty of natural

Africa has a large quantity of natural resources, including diamonds, salt, gold, iron, cobalt, 'llwoods and tropical fruits. Having a low human density, for a long period of time Africa has been colonized by more dynamic groups, exploiting African resources. Some economists[1] have talked about the 'scourge of raw materials', large quantities of rare raw materials putting Africa under heavy pressures and tensions, leading to wars and slow development. Despite these abundance of natural resources, claims suggest that many Western nations like the United States, Canada, France and the United Kingdom as well as emerging economic powerhouses like China often exploit Africa's natural resources today, causing most of the value and money from the natural resources to go to the West and East Asia rather than Africa, further causing the poverty in Africa.[2]

African oil takes growing importance, mainly after the 2014 oil crisis and recent oil reservesdiscoveries. Sudan and Nigeria are two of the main oil producers. China owns 40% of Congo's oil production. Oil is provided by both continental and offshore productions. Sudan's oil exports in 2010 are estimated by the United States Department of State at $9 billion with United States dollars.[3]

Five countries dominate Africa's upstream oil production. Together they account for 85% of the continent's oil production and are, in order of decreasing output, Nigeria, Libya, Algeria, Egypt and Angola. Other oil producing countries are Gabon, Congo, Cameroon, Tunisia, Equatorial Guinea, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Côte d'Ivoire. Exploration is taking place in a number of other countries that aim to increase their output or become first time producers. Included in this list are Chad, Sudan, Namibia, South Africa and Madagascar while Mozambique and Tanzania are potential oil producers.[4]

African ores

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References

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has a large quantity of natural resources , including diamonds, sugar, salt, gold, iron, cobalt, uranium, copper, bauxite, silver, petroleum and cocoa beans, but also woods and tropical fruits. Having a a low human density, for a long period of time Africa has been colonized by more dynamic groups, exploiting African resources.

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Resources of Africa
Africa is a thinly populated continent with a population of only 1.216 billion people which is 15.5% of the world's total population.
Some of it's resources are oil, gold, coffee, uranium and diamond.
Lack of iron ore, coal, labour, finance and technology are the major obstacles in the industrial development of the nation.

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has a large quantity of natural resources , including diamonds, sugar, salt, gold, iron, cobalt, uranium, copper, bauxite, silver, petroleum and cocoa beans, but also woods and tropical fruits. Having a a low human density, for a long period of time Africa has been colonized by more dynamic groups, exploiting African resources.

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Resources of Africa
Africa has many resources such as oil, diamond, coffee, gold and uranium.
But these resources are getting depleted due to exploitation of its mines and mineral reserves.
Africa has a population of only 1.216 billion people which is 15% of the world's total population.

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has a large quantity of natural resources , including diamonds, sugar, salt, gold, iron, cobalt, uranium, copper, bauxite, silver, petroleum and cocoa beans, but also woods and tropical fruits. Having a a low human density, for a long period of time Africa has been colonized by more dynamic groups, exploiting African resources.