Size of Africa

Africa is the second largest continent. Six of the ten fastest growing countries in the world in 2000-2010 were African. Africa is 11.67 million square miles. Angola itself had grew faster than anywhere else on the planet! When you think of how big Africa actually is, its amazing! Until we talked about the size of the continent I know for myself I never really understood just how big it was. It is amazing to me that the size of the United States is only a portion of the size of Africa.

By reading different articles it has made me very aware of the fact that Africa is continuing to grow immensely. There are individuals from different continents and countries coming because of all the opportunities with the natural resources. For example, look at the doctors that go to Africa to help out. Although Africa is lacking in the medical field, it has the potential to be better. It again comes down to the fact of the government taking all the profits for themselves instead of bettering there home. Once the day comes when Africa booms with the great resources they have, they will only grow more and more. People will move from all over the world to work for all of the companies that will expand. I feel like as time goes on, there will be endless opportunities for Africa.