#YouAsked Housing Governance & service delivery How many ‘housing opportunities’ has the South African government provided since 1994? Source GroundUp: Housing in South Africa: How have we done since 1994? Short answer How many ‘housing opportunities’ has the South African government provided since 1994? Since 1994, the South African government has provided about 5 million "housing opportunities”. This includes both brick and mortar houses and serviced plots, which are plots of land with access to piped water and electricity. This effort has been part of the government's initiative to address the ... Back Full answer
Housing Governance & service delivery How many houses does the government of Kenya supply to citizens annually? Source The Progress of Affordable Housing in Kenya, & Cytonn Weekly #36/2023 Short answer How many houses does the government of Kenya supply to citizens annually? The Affordable Housing Programme (AHP) was launched in 2017 with a target to deliver 500,000 affordable homes to Kenyans in all 47 counties by 2022. However, by the end of the five-year period, the target was far from being met, with an estimated 13,529 units delivered, which is less than 3% of the ... Back Full answer
Agriculture How much grain does Zimbabwe produce each year? Source GIEWS Country Brief Zimbabwe Short answer How much grain does Zimbabwe produce each year? The total cereal production was 1,984,000 tonnes in 2022, which is 4.1% below the five year average. ... Back Full answer
Agriculture Which agricultural commodity has the highest trade value in Nigeria? Source Foreign Trade in Goods Statistics (Q3 2023) (Nigeria National Bureau of Statistics) Short answer Which agricultural commodity has the highest trade value in Nigeria? In the third quarter of 2023 ‘superior quality Cocoa beans’ had the highest export value in Nigeria at N42.24 billion. This was followed by other cut flowers and flower buds’ with N36.32 billion and ‘Sesamum seeds’ with N23.22 billion. Topagriculturalimports in the third quarter of 2023 in... Back Full answer
Agriculture What is Nigeria’s biggest agricultural export? Source Foreign Trade in Goods Statistics (Q3 2023) (Nigeria National Bureau of Statistics) Short answer What is Nigeria’s biggest agricultural export? Raw cocoa beans are Nigeria's largest agricultural export commodity. The crop accounts for N42.24 billion of the country’s total agricultural exports as of the third quarter of 2023. ... Back Full answer
Housing How many houses did the South African government provide in the last complete five-year term? Source National Department of Human Settlements: Presentation to Portfolio Committee for Human Settlements (22 February 2023) Short answer How many houses did the South African government provide in the last complete five-year term? From 1994 to the end of February 2022, the human settlements sector provided over 3.4 million housing units made up of stand-alone houses and units in multiple storey or multi-unit buildings. According to the human settlements department’s 2019/20 annual report, it provided 76,571 serviced sites a... Back Full answer
Housing Is there any data available on housing affordability in Africa? Source The Centre for Affordable Housing Finance in Africa (CAHF): Housing Finance in Africa Yearbook 2022 Short answer Is there any data available on housing affordability in Africa? Housing affordability is based on three things: household income, the price of the house, and the terms of the finance. Across Africa, a combination of low urban household incomes, high mortgage interest rates and a lack of access to finance, results in very low housing affordability. In 2022, th... Back Full answer
Housing Which countries have the largest housing shortages in Africa? Source The Centre for Affordable Housing Finance in Africa (CAHF): Housing Finance in Africa Yearbook 2022 Short answer Which countries have the largest housing shortages in Africa? African cities become new homes to over 40,000 people a day. According to the latest statistics from the CAHF, Africa faces a shortfall of at least 51 million housing units. Nigeria has a housing deficit of 28 million units, the Democratic Republic of Congo has a deficit estimated at 3.9 million (or... Back Full answer
Agriculture How much does agriculture contribute to Kenya’s GDP? Source Economic Survey 2023 (Kenya National Bureau of Statistics) Short answer How much does agriculture contribute to Kenya’s GDP? In 2022, the growing of crops, animal rearing and support activities to agriculture contributed KSh2.527 trillion. (21.2 % of nominal GDP). ... Back Full answer