#YouAsked Economy What is Nigeria’s foreign trade balance? Source Foreign Trade in Goods Statistics Report Q4 2020 (Nigeria National Bureau of Statistics) Short answer What is Nigeria’s foreign trade balance? In the fourth quarter of 2020, the total value of Nigeria's exports was N3.19 trillion, while the total value of imports stood at N5.93 trillion. The country's trade balance was therefore N-2.73 trillion. ... Back Full answer
#YouAsked Economy Did the Kenyan economy grow over the pandemic period? Source Quarterly Gross Domestic Product Report Second Quarter 2020 (Kenya National Bureau of Statistics) Short answer Did the Kenyan economy grow over the pandemic period? Kenya's real GDP, which accounts for inflation, contracted by 5.7% from 1 April to 30 June 2020 compared to an expansion of 5.3% in the same period of 2019.... Back Full answer
#YouAsked Welfare & population How many indigenous languages are spoken in Kenya? Source Language in Education Policy in Kenya: Intention, Interpretation, Implementation 2018 Short answer How many indigenous languages are spoken in Kenya? The number of indigenous languages spoken in Kenya remains speculative with most sources saying that there are over 40 different indigenous languages and dialects.... Back Full answer
#YouAsked Economy What is South Africa’s Gini coefficient? Source World Bank Short answer What is South Africa’s Gini coefficient? The Gini coefficient isa globally used measure of inequality,among individuals or households within an economy.The coefficient ranges from 0 to 1, where 0 represents perfect equality (all individuals have the same income) and 1 indicates perfect inequality (where one person has all... Back Full answer
#YouAsked Crime & justice Which province in South Africa has the highest murder rate? Source SAPS Annual Report 2020/21 Short answer Which province in South Africa has the highest murder rate? The most recent statistics recorded by the South African Police Service (SAPS) for the first quarter of 2022 reveal that three police stations in KwaZulu-Natal have become a hotbed of murders in South Africa. In 2021/22Kwazulu Natal recorded the highest murder rate with 1,682 murders – an... Back Full answer
#YouAsked Crime & justice How many women and children are murdered in South Africa in a year? Source SAPS Annual Report 2020/21 Short answer How many women and children are murdered in South Africa in a year? In the first quarter of 2022, a total of 898 women and 306 children were murdered in South Africa, according to the most recent statistics from the South African Police Service (SAPS).In 2020/21, a total of 2,655 women were murdered in South Africa. This is a 1.5% decrease from the previ... Back Full answer
#YouAsked Sex & gender What are the teenage pregnancy numbers for Kenya? Source Ministry of Health Short answer What are the teenage pregnancy numbers for Kenya? Three percent of girls aged 15 to 19 years were pregnant at the time of the 2014 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey. A further 15% had had a live birth, bringing the share of adolescents in this age group who had started childbearing to 18%. At the time, the fertility rate for this age group was... Back Full answer
FEATURED #YouAsked Welfare & population What is the size of Ghana’s population? Source Ghana Statistical Service Short answer What is the size of Ghana’s population? Ghana’s projected population for 2020 stood at 30.96 million. Back Full answer
#YouAsked Elections & political parties Who actually wrote the Freedom Charter? Source Crime and Social Justice journal article Short answer Who actually wrote the Freedom Charter? In 1953, Professor ZK Matthews, then leader of the ANC in the Cape, proposed that a Congress of the People be convened to draw up a Freedom Charter. The Freedom Charter was adopted in 1955 by the Congress of the People – a gathering of more than 2,800 delegates, representing numerous organisati... Back Full answer