By Goodman Lepota · Jun 30, 2022

Good morning,

In case you missed it, Tuesday’s newsletter was the most shared newsletter. Today, I bring a special edition focusing on the environment, geography and tourism.

Lake Chad was 25,000 km squared in 1963 today it is less than 1,500 km squared

Lake Volta has an area of 8 482 sq km/ 124,000,000 acre-feet of water. The Akosombo Dam produces 913 MW of hydroelectricity for Ghana

Each year, 30, 000 people attempt to climb the tallest mountain in Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Tourism to Mount Kilimanjaro contributes 13% to Tanzania's GDP

Table Mountain in Cape Town, Western Cape contributes $18.2 million into South Africa’s economy. With more than 1 million visitors, the flat top mountain with a elevation of 1,086 has more than 320 hiking trails

40% of the planet's human fossils were found in the northwest of Johannesburg, South Africa 🇿🇦. The 47,000 hectares of limestone caves, Cradle of Humankind is considered one of the richest archaeological sites in the world.

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5 of the world’s biggest diamonds were mined in South Africa, 3 from Sierra Leone, 2 from Botswana, and 2 from the Democratic Republic of Congo. 54% of the world’s biggest diamonds are currently located in England.

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I’ve been reading about golf courses, ports, beach promenades, best performing universities, foreign born populations across African countries and paved roads. I have also been thinking about infrastructure projects across Africa. Come back next Tuesday to see which topics I decided to visualise.

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#7: World's 12 largest diamonds from Africa…