This project is using AI and satellite data to create the first definitive map of the entire continent of Africa

Most African countries lack accurate local base maps, stalling all sorts of government and business decisions. A new project ...
Search Engine Land

Google Adds Maps, Local Search For 30 Countries In Africa

Relying largely on crowdsourcing and its MapMaker product, Google announced the addition of maps and local business search for 30 countries across Africa: Our big announcement today is that we are ...
The Africa Report

Coronavirus Africa map: Which countries are most at risk?

People hoped the coronavirus – or COVID-19, as it has been officially renamed by the World Health Organization (WHO) – was contained, stabilised or even on the decline. However, once Chinese ...
Reuters

The true size of Africa

The Mercator map, first created in the 16th century, has long been the standard map used for navigation and education, but it stretches land masses farther from the equator. For example, Greenland ...

Africa is much bigger than you think. Here’s how you’ve been misled

Africa is much bigger than you think. Here’s how you’ve been misled - A world map drawn in the 1500s is to blame ...