🌍 The countries with the most years of independence in Africa:
🇪🇹 Ethiopia - 3000+ years (never colonized)
🇱🇷 Liberia - 178 years
🇿🇦 South Africa - 116 years
🇪🇬 Egypt - 104 years
🇱🇾 Libya - 73 years
🇸🇩 Sudan - 70 years
🇲🇦 Morocco - 70 years
🇹🇳 Tunisia - 70 years
🇬🇭 Ghana - 69 years
🇬🇳 Guinea - 68 years
🇨🇲 Cameroon - 66 years
🇸🇳 Senegal - 66 years
🇲🇱 Mali - 66 years
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso - 66 years
🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire - 66 years
🇳🇪 Niger - 66 years
🇹🇬 Togo - 66 years
🇨🇬 Congo-Brazzaville - 66 years
���🇷 Mauritania - 66 years
🇸🇴 Somalia - 66 years
🇧🇯 Benin - 66 years
🇲🇬 Madagascar - 66 years
🇨🇩 DR Congo - 66 years
🇳🇬 Nigeria - 66 years
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone - 65 years
🇹🇿 Tanzania - 65 years
🇷🇼 Rwanda - 64 years
🇧🇮 Burundi - 64 years
🇺🇬 Uganda - 64 years
🇰🇪 Kenya - 63 years
🇲🇼 Malawi - 62 years
🇿🇲 Zambia - 62 years
🇬🇲 Gambia - 61 years
🇧🇼 Botswana - 60 years
🇱🇸 Lesotho - 60 years
🇸🇿 Eswatini - 58 years
🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea - 57 years
🇲🇿 Mozambique - 51 years
🇨🇻 Cape Verde - 51 years
🇰🇲 Comoros - 51 years
🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe - 51 years
Western Sahara 🇪🇭 - 50 years
🇩🇯 Djibouti - 49 years
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe - 46 years
🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau - 52 years
🇦🇴 Angola - 51 years
🇸🇨 Seychelles - 51 years
🇳🇦 Namibia - 36 years
🏴 Somaliland - 35 years
🇪🇷 Eritrea - 33 years
🇸🇸 South Sudan - 15 years
🌍 Discover the Beauty of Hawassa, Ethiopia 🇪🇹
One of the most beautiful and peaceful destinations in East Africa is the vibrant lakeside city of Hawassa, Ethiopia 🇪🇹. Every time I visit Ethiopia, I’m reminded of the warmth, culture, and incredible natural beauty that make this country so special.
Here’s why Hawassa is becoming a must-visit tourist destination:
🌅 1. Stunning Lake Views
At the heart of the city is Lake Hawassa, famous for its calm waters, breathtaking sunsets, and relaxing atmosphere. It’s perfect for walking, boating, or simply enjoying the moment with friends and family. The lake is also known for birdwatching, with species like African fish eagles and pelicans often spotted along the shore.
The graph below should be the screensaver on every pubic and private sector decision makers’ laptop in Ethiopia, as a motivator and constant reminder where the country’s economy is headed: $6.2 Trillion and one of the 20 biggest economies in the world.
Ethiopia—the world’s 10th most populous country—is now on a remarkable economic growth trajectory. By fully leveraging its massive trainable young population, developing its still largely untapped natural resources and capitalizing on its attractive and hugely important geo-strategic location, I am of the view that the economy can be even bigger than Goldman Sach’s forecast.
Ethiopia used to be the leading poster child for everything wrong about Africa (remember “LiveAid”). But, with focus, creative imagination and a determination of “we can do it” “ማሳካት እንችላለን”(just look at the impressive new Addis Abeba), its leadership has started to turn it around despite legacy headwinds, which I am certain will be resolved and become tailwinds.
Overall, only 3 other SSA countries ranked amongst the world’s largest economies: Nigeria, South Africa and Ghana. Africa needs more.
Had a good meeting with French President @EmmanuelMacron on the sidelines of the #G20SouthAfrica Leaders’ Summit.
We discussed preparations for the first global meeting of WHO’s collaborating centres network, and the #OneHealth Summit, both being held on World Health Day - 7 April 2026 - at the #WHOAcademy in Lyon.
We also discussed @WHO’s prioritization and realignment process to enable its continued work to advance #HealthForAll, and underscored the importance of sustained financing of the organization’s operations to support this.
@Elysee
In just three years, PM @AbiyAhmedAli has reshaped Addis Ababa expanding modern roads, accelerating massive housing projects, upgrading public services, and turning the city greener, cleaner, and more connected. A capital transformed with purpose and momentum.🌆🏙️
Ethiopia 🇪🇹
Ethiopian Airlines is the proud sponsor of the 2025 Great Ethiopian Run, which vibrantly took place today for the 25th year.
#FlyEthiopian#GreatEthiopianRun