The True Size of Africa

[BabaRa]

Kai Krause, a computer-graphics guru, caused a stir with a map entitled "The True Size of Africa", which showed the outlines of other countries crammed into the outline of the African continent. His aim was to make "a small contribution in the fight against rampant Immappancy"—in particular, the fact that most people do not realise how much the ubiquitous Mercator projection distorts the relative sizes of countries.

A sphere cannot be represented on a flat plane without distortion, which means all map projections distort in one way or another. Some projections show areas accurately but distort distances or scales, for example; others preserve the shapes of countries but misrepresent their areas.

[Stoat muldoon]

I didn't realize how huge Africa is , thanks for posting these interesting facts .

[sandy]

No wonder they keep this continent down as in economic development >>>>>they could be tptb if they ever got their citizens and countries together on the same page.....

[Calabash]

And yet there are signs. Here are quotes from two websites about Africa:

Up and Coming in Kampala: Africa's Growing Middle Class Drives Development

By Horand Knaup and Jan Puhl

Africa's growing middle class is fueling development across the continent. Ambitious entrepreneurs are creating growth with companies focusing on everything from fashion to pharmaceuticals. But poor infrastructure, corruption and political conflict are hampering their efforts.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/...-a-842365.html


The World Bank recently released their semi-annual "Global Economic Prospects" report. Contained in the report is the institution's up-to-date growth forecasts.

We pulled the 29 countries with the highest growth over the next two years based on World Bank's 2013 and 2014 growth estimates.

A caveat – many of the countries shown here are "frontier markets," starting from low absolute levels of GDP to begin with.

16 of these countries are in Africa, 7 are in Southeast Asia, 3 are in Central Asia, 2 are in Latin America, and 1 is in the Middle East.

http://www.businessinsider.com/29-of...12-6?op=1&IR=T

It's about time they had a turn, but will they be any better at leading the business world ? Probably not . . . .

[Stoat muldoon]

And yet there are signs. Here are quotes from two websites about Africa:

Up and Coming in Kampala: Africa's Growing Middle Class Drives Development

By Horand Knaup and Jan Puhl

Africa's growing middle class is fueling development across the continent. Ambitious entrepreneurs are creating growth with companies focusing on everything from fashion to pharmaceuticals. But poor infrastructure, corruption and political conflict are hampering their efforts.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/...-a-842365.html


The World Bank recently released their semi-annual "Global Economic Prospects" report. Contained in the report is the institution's up-to-date growth forecasts.

We pulled the 29 countries with the highest growth over the next two years based on World Bank's 2013 and 2014 growth estimates.

A caveat – many of the countries shown here are "frontier markets," starting from low absolute levels of GDP to begin with.

16 of these countries are in Africa, 7 are in Southeast Asia, 3 are in Central Asia, 2 are in Latin America, and 1 is in the Middle East.

http://www.businessinsider.com/29-of...12-6?op=1&IR=T

It's about time they had a turn, but will they be any better at leading the business world ? Probably not . . . .

China , has many very quiet business fingers in many different pies . Diamonds and gold being 2 of them .

[Sooz]

Thanks very much for posting this map. It certainly puts things into perspective. I remember a few years ago reading that the ptb (british royal family), 'had big plans' for Africa in the coming years, post 2012.

Think resources like diamonds, gold etc. Throw into the mix - possible 'weaponised Ebola' and military being posted to Africa....read that again....military troops, not Medical Personnel sent to Africa, but military troops. Connect the dots and read Jim Stone.

(A minor point, but interesting they didn't overlay Australia onto the African map). Oz is a huge continent with a very small population - 23 million. Would probably only cover quarter to half of the African continent.

Sooz