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A study of media literacy in Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Uganda found that media literacy was barely taught in the seven African countries, with only South Africa having elements of misinformation literacy. ...

There were 18 registered political parties in Nigeria in 2022. ...

According to the most recent data from the World Bank, Seychelles (96% in 2018), South Africa (95% in 2019) and Sao Tome and Principe (93% in 2018) had the highest literacy rates in Africa. One of the cautions with international literacy comparisons is that countries apply different definitions o...

A multiparty election was held in August 2017 and Uhuru Kenyatta was declared the winner. However, the Supreme Court invalidated the win and ordered that a new election be held on 26 October 2017. Protests against the outcome led to injuries and loss of life. Kenyatta was declared the winner of the ...

A presidential candidate can spend a maximum of N1,000,000,000 on election campaigns in Nigeria. ...

Election outcomes can be questioned if a candidate isn't qualified to contest, if there is non-compliance with provisions of the Electoral Act, or if the respondent was not duly elected. ...

According to the UniRank database, in 2020 there are currently 1,225 officially recognised higher-education institutions in Africa. ...

In 2019, Official Development Assistance (ODA) amounted to US$360.4 billion in Sub-Saharan African countries, according to UNESCO’s Global Education Monitoring Report 2020. ...

The Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality (SACMEQ) ranks Seychelles, Tanzania, Mauritius, Swaziland and Kenya as the five best performers in maths and literacy in East and Southern Africa. ...