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WHAT IS FGM? Female Genital mutilation or female circumcision can be defined as the removal of the external female genitalia that includes clitorial gland, inner labia, clitorial hood depending on the country or ethnicity of the circumciser. TYPES OF FGM : The world health organization categorized FGM into different categories or types. Also read African countries with the highest level of maternal mortality.  TYPE I : It involves removal of the clitorial hood and the circumciser pulling the clitorial glans with her thumb and cuts it off.  TYPE II : It involves the partial or complete removal of the inner without the removal of the clitorial glans and outer labia  TYPE III(INFIBULATION) : It is called the sewn closed category, it is the removal of the external genitalia and fusion of the wound. The practice is very common in countries like Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia etc. According to UN, in 2010, 20 percent of women in Africa has experienced this kind of FGM....

The  celebrity life is becoming a part of African culture. Celebrities ranges from musician, footballers, TV personalities. Their new found roles in the African society include role models, idols, inspiration etc to mostly young Africans. With the rise of social media like Facebook, Twitter and a host of other social networks, many of this celebrities have huge followers or fans in Africa and around the world. Read Also:-   Top Ten Richest Female Musician In Africa The purpose of this article is to show the financial clout many of this celebrities posses. The celebrities on this list include bloggers, footballers, actors and actresses etc, but majority of the celebrities on our list are foreign based footballers.  In the course of our analysis, we in included bloggers in our publication because of their growing influence in Africa. We also included celebrities who have lived in Africa but are living overseas because of their profession but also retain great influen...

The top ten richest female musician in Africa shows how far female artists have come in the rejuvenated music industry in Africa. It also shows the strides female artists have made in Africa over the last decade starting from the likes of weird Mc to the modern day Victoria kimani.   The fact that majority of the artists on this list comes from one country still shows how hard it is for female artists to succeed in Africa. Many of the problems faced by female artists in Africa can be associated to the effects of gender inequality which has a strong presence in the modern day African society. For example, our investigation shows that female musician are still paid less compared to their male counterparts for shows, tours and even endorsement. A male artist in Africa is also ten times to likely secure a deal with a record label compared to a female artist.  Like we previously stated in this article, majority of the female artists on this list comes from Nigeria. It's a r...

  The concept of minimum wage is a reoccurring theme for social scholars in the world. It has become a tool to measure prosperity and happiness in the world. It can be defined as the minimum compensation for employees set by the state. The idea of minimum wage is to make sure that workers are properly compensated for their work.   In Africa however, minimum wage have been growing steadily as more African countries move from a lower income economy to a middle income economy.  Calculation for minimum wage can be complicated because of the way it is interpreted in different countries. For example, some countries have no mandated minimum wage for workers but may deem it necessary to introduce minimum wage for employees in a particular sector of the economy like in the case of Zimbabwe that has no minimum wage except for mine workers.  They method for calculating minimum wage is salary or allowance gotten before the deduction of taxes, levies or welfare payment. An...

       The airports international Council recently released its list of busiest airport in the world. The ACI as it's fondly called, releases the list of busiest airport in the world every year. The agency's definition of busiest airport is the amount of passengers enplaned plus passengers deplaned plus direct and transit passengers. The agency compiled it's list using passenger traffic data from 1,144 airports around the world.  The focus of this article is on the busiest airport in Africa. The ACI data obtained by Stanstats showed that African countries have experienced year over year growth in passenger air traffic and we're well above historical figures. The data also showed that the top ten busiest airport in Africa accounted for more than 100 million passenger traffic in Africa and that air travels increased by more than 10 percent in Africa. Here is the top ten busiest airport in Africa. O.R TAMBO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT:  The south African...

 Since the discovery of oil in Africa last century,the question on everybody's mind is when it is going to finish. The answer to that question is rooted in the complex nature of fossil fuels. With the recent clamour by developed countries in the world to cut down on the use of fossil fuels and move to clean energy because of climate change makes it even more complicated to answer.  However, oil production has dropped in Africa because of slow economic growth in the world, drop in oil prices and OPEC's decision to cut production has a created a greater uncertainty over the future of fossil fuels in Africa and the world at large.   Stanstats decided to profile the African countries with largest proven oil reserves from different sources that include OPEC, CIA, World factbook, oil companies etc. According to our methodology, proven reserves are those quantities of petroleum which by analysis or engineering data are deemed economical. Proven oil reserves may include oil r...