Africa Research Central · since 2002
Africa Research
Independent research on Africa’s 54 countries — travel industry, statistics, business, startups, economy, food, music, AI and the call-centre sector. Per-country expert briefings, side-by-side country comparison, a visa requirements lookup.
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Research areas
Per-country briefings: government, economy, demographics, and the issues that define each African state.
Per-country statistics dashboards covering population, GDP, agriculture, internet, and elections.
Hotels, resorts, airlines and airports across the African continent — sized, mapped, and analysed.
Research on African business: ownership, regulation, and the markets that matter.
The continent's startup ecosystems — Lagos, Nairobi, Cape Town, Cairo and beyond.
Macroeconomic analysis of African economies — GDP, debt, trade, and currency.
The food industry across Africa — agriculture, processing, restaurants, exports.
Africa's music industry — Afrobeats, Amapiano, Bongo Flava, and the business of African sound.
Artificial intelligence on the continent — adoption, ethics, talent, and African-built models.
Africa's call centre and BPO industry — Morocco, Egypt, South Africa, Mauritius and Kenya.
Country comparison, visa requirements lookup, and other research tools.
Country expert briefings
A briefing on every African country covering government type, economy, demographics, and the issues currently shaping the country.
Per-country statistics
Population, economy, agriculture, internet, and election timelines for every African country — sourced from the World Bank, the African Union, and national statistics offices.
Why Africa Research?
The original Africa Research Central directory has been listed in the U.S. State Department’s Repositories of African Archives bibliography and in Stanford and Cornell library research guides since the early 2000s. We’ve rebuilt the directory at africa-research.org/archives.
Every African country gets its own briefing and statistics dashboard. Every industry — travel, business, food, music, AI — gets its own pillar.
Side-by-side country comparison and a visa-requirements lookup — built so journalists, investors and travellers can answer real questions in seconds.
Population, economy, and currency data from the World Bank and the open REST Countries dataset. Travel context cross-checked with on-the-ground partners.