Eleven of the 20 fastest-growing economies in the world this year are African. A continent generating that much growth cannot be treated as a footnote to anyone else’s agenda.
It has been drawn as one all the same. This month, 164 governments voted to replace the Mercator projection with Equal Earth, showing Africa at its true scale. Togo introduced the resolution on behalf of the African Group, following the African Union Assembly’s adoption of the item in February. It passed with one vote against and six abstentions.
