The Mercator world map, long a fixture in classrooms globally, makes the European Union appear almost as large as ...

New analysis of street-level data across sub-Saharan Africa shows how access to infrastructure dramatically improves the ...

The African Union is fighting to correct the misrepresentation of the African continent. By advocating for maps that reflect Africa’s true size, the AU aims to ensure a more accurate representation of ...

The African Union has joined a campaign calling for the widely-used Mercator map, which makes Africa appear smaller than it is, to be replaced with a map that more accurately reflects the continent's ...

Research associate at African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town Cities are vital engines of economic growth, innovation and social progress. They shape the futures of nations and the lives of ...