See Africa Differently

Rwanda has the largest proportion of women in parliament in the world...........

20 domestic African companies have revenues of at least £3billion

Every year, more films are made in Nigeria's Nollywood than Hollywood

6 of the 10 fastest growing economies in the world are in African countries

From 2007 to 2010 there has been a 43% increase in fairtrade producers

99% of kids in Burundi have enrolled in school now there are no school fees

Child vaccination programmes drove down deaths caused by measles by 91%

Over 290 million mosquito nets have been delivered to Africa to date

Behind every great African Fact is an African Wome

8 March 2012

Today we celebrate International Womens Day.

African Women are the backbone of the continent and we celebrate their work in making the African continent so great.

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"There is more than a single story to be told about Africa. Africa is on the rise & I'll be blogging about this through a medley of themes."

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