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Daily data briefs, country spotlights and institution reports generated from the verified dataset, each one downloadable as a PDF.

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Africa Data Brief, 2026-09-28

South Africa leads continental GDP, Mali leads research impact, and Northern Africa is the largest regional economy.

Sep 28, 2026Read
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Country Spotlight: Botswana

Botswana ranks #29 in Africa by GDP and #22 by research output.

Sep 28, 2026Read
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Institution Spotlight: University of Cape Town

University of Cape Town is the highest-ranked research institution in Africa, with 347.0k indexed works.

Sep 28, 2026Read
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