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The true size of Africa – insight

Mark-Anthony Johnson by Mark-Anthony Johnson
July 15, 2022
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The true size of Africa – insight

What is the TRUE, TRUE size of AFRICA?

About 12 years ago a map by Kai Krausse grabbed attention for displaying the “true size of Africa” in an eye-catching way to illustrate comparative geographies. At first glance, it shows how large Africa actually is in comparison to other familiar shapes such as the outline of the United States of America.

Kenneth Field recreated the map and got slated for being a marauding carto-nerd.

Why? Read on…and let me know your thoughts.

On closer inspection, there are some aspects of Krausse’s info-graphic that undermine its attempt to portray the relationship between the land area of various countries.

The Republic of Ireland is included in the United Kingdom map; an odd collection of countries are labeled Eastern Europe; China and India are bizarrely carved up for artistic purposes (to make them fit), and Alaska is omitted altogether which reduces the land area of the United States considerably.

Krause’s work also includes a different set of countries from those presented in the accompanying table. Indeed, the table identifies a set of countries that, combined have a land area equivalent to Africa to show the basis for comparison so it’s confusing as to why the map doesn’t portray the same countries.

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Approximately 45% of Africa is comprised of the uninhabitable Sahara Desert which also renders the comparison a little misleading and certainly points to a further issue: that land area isn’t the best metric for comparison anyway because we might be more concerned as a society with what constitutes habitable areas.

Africa is certainly bigger than the combination of the countries Krause uses but it is a continent of over 50 countries and has a smaller overall population than either India or China. It’s so much smaller than you can add the population of the world’s third most populous country (USA) to Africa to approach the population total of China.

The African potential is huge!

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Mark-Anthony Johnson

Mark-Anthony Johnson

MARK-ANTHONY JOHNSON is the founder and CEO of JIC Holdings, an innovative private holding company established in 2009 which he has built into an international asset and investment management company with offices, associates and investments around the globe. This followed the success of the JIC Group which he founded in 1985. He was educated in the UK at Mill Hill School and then achieved a BA (Hons) in Business and International Finance at University of Westminster. Mark-Anthony’s vision has long been towards emerging and frontier markets with particular emphasis on Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean and his philosophy can be summed up in the phrase “knowledge is power”. Mark-Anthony is also enthusiastic about the latest communication tools, which he uses intensively to keep in touch with up to the minute data. With a deep-rooted connection to the African continent, Mark-Anthony has been passionate about developments in Africa for over 30 years. He has worldwide interests in mining, infrastructure, power, electricity, shipping, commodities, agriculture and fisheries and is currently looking to develop farms across Africa. Mark-Anthony has a vision for a future Africa as the breadbasket of the world. For many years Mark-Anthony has been active on the ground in Africa through his charitable foundation, the Johnson Foundation. Created in 1989, it first provided assistance to people in his ancestral home country, Sierra Leone, even before the civil war. Once the war started, his aid was even more necessary and became focussed on Mark-Anthony’s major concerns for Africa -education, clean water and medical assistance. Over the years, the Foundation’s work has been extended into many parts of Sub-Saharan Africa and has been instrumental in setting up new clinics and rehabilitating villages, schools, places of worship, water facilities etc.

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