The United Nations recognizes 195 countries. Of these, 193 are members, while the remaining two—the State of Palestine and Vatican City—are recognized independent nations. The Statistics of Countries By Continent You might want to ask, which continents are these 195 countries located in? While Africa has the highest number of countries (54), Asia with 48 … Read more
Netflix is available in 97.44 per cent of countries around the World, representing 190 out of 195. This also means that Netflix is not available in just 2.564% of countries. Since 2007 when Netflix added online paid streaming of video and other content to its services, the California-based company has extended its services to all countries around … Read more
Looking for the biggest social media platforms to consider for your business for advertisement? Monthly Active Users (MAUs) are important metrics to pay attention to if you want to get value for your marketing. Key Takeaways: 10 most popular social media by MAUs With 8.0 Billion world population as of November 2022, according to the … Read more
The latest youth unemployment rate in South Africa is 60.7% – the highest in the world -, followed by another African country Nigeria. Unfortunately, South Africa and Nigeria pride themselves as the economic giants of the African continent. They both have alarming unemployment among their youths. Nigeria has the second highest youth unemployment rate with … Read more
There are 195 independent countries in the World, 54 of them are in Africa. Here is the list of 54 sovereign countries in Africa in alphabetical order: A: Two African countries start with the letter A, they are: B: Four countries in Africa begin with the letter B: C: There are six African countries that … Read more
Data from the National Identity Management Commission or NIMC shows that 102,390,967 Nigerians now have a National Identification Number or NIN as of August 28, 2023. For the first time since the national identity registration commenced, it crossed over 100 million – 100,021,186 – in May 2023. The NIN is a means of identification introduced by Nigeria’s … Read more
Following the invasion of Israel from the Gaza Strip by Palestinian militant groups led by Hamas on October 7, 2023, we can now add Israel and The State of Palestine to the list of states at war. Since the invasion, Palestine has witnessed an Israeli counteroffensive, following a formal declaration of war on Hamas on October 8. … Read more
Out of 302,137 refugees and asylum seekers in the Niger Republic, Nigeria accounts for at least 199,803 followed by Mali which accounts for 22.14% (66,893.1318), according to data from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Other refugees in the country came from Burkina Faso (9.52%) while 2.21% are from other countries. But the … Read more
Since the formation of the European Union (EU) in 1993 following the ratification of the Maastricht Treaty by all members of the European Community (EC), the 27 member states have achieved many things. Some of the achievements of the EU include peace and harmony, a cross-border harmonization agreement and, of recent, agreement and cooperation by member states … Read more
On Monday, May 15, 2023, Nigerian chef Hilda Bassey, popularly known as Hilda Baci broke the Guinness World Record for the longest cooking time by an individual. The 27-year-old Akwa-Ibom chef cooked for a straight 100 hours non-stop to surpass the previous record set by an Indian chef, Lata Tondon in 2019, who cooked for … Read more