This collection of Funky Facts from Go Jetters focuses on Africa, a vast continent spanning the Equator and containing more than fifty countries and many different climate zones and landscapes.

The map’s mistakes were not likely to be a conspiracy against Africa or the Global South, but its continued use, he added, is inherently political. Advertisement ...

In 2013 Paul Salopek, an American journalist, began a trek around the planet. His aim was to follow Homo sapiens’ first migration, out of Africa, across the Middle East and Asia, by boat to ...

That version, which sees Africa expand impressively, is increasingly seen as the closest thing to a perfect area map. It’s the same one Ogundairo’s team is pushing for.

Equator, a climate tech VC firm, closes first fund at $55 million to support seed and Series A startups in energy, agriculture, and mobility.

On a trip from Cape Town to Pretoria, a reporter grapples with the whiplash of traveling through South Africa’s two worlds, from majestic mountains to struggling shantytowns.

The Congo rainforest in Africa is one of the world’s largest rainforests. Like other tropical rainforests such as the Amazon, it is located close to the Equator, where the sun’s energy is more ...

New VCs also continued to surface, including Chui Ventures, which has a gender-inclusive focus in its plan to back founders in Africa focused on mass-market products.Its maiden fund bagged $9 ...

Called the AuthaGraph, the result is a world map that looks a little different than most of us are used to. Seen in rectangular form, Antarctica is intact and at the bottom right. The Americas and ...

‘A Training School for Elephants’ Review: Stomping Through Africa The Belgian ruler Leopold II had elaborate plans to extract resources from Africa. Pachyderms played a part.

Africa’s coup belt spans the continent: a line of six countries crossing 3,500 miles, from coast to coast, that has become the longest corridor of military rule on Earth.

First explored by the Portuguese in the 15th century, The Gambia later became a major hub in the transatlantic slave trade. It remained a British colony from 1821 until gaining independence in 1965.