Christianity in Africa

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Syllabus of the Subject: Christianity in Africa (Nigeria, Congo, Ethiopia, South Africa, Kenya, Uganda) Master, Doctorate.

Christianity in Africa: 24% of all the Christians in the World
African Countries with Christian majorities
Protestants, Orthodox, and Catholics in Africa
The case of Ethiopia

The Subject “Christianity in Africa” is part of the following Online Higher Education Programs taught by EENI:

Masters: Business in Africa, International Business, Religions & Business
Doctorates: Ethics, Religion & Business, African Business
Course: Christianity & Business

Online African Students (Masters, Doctorates)

Why study “Christianity, Ethics and Business”?

Learning materials in or Cristianismo en África Christianisme en Afrique

Example of the Online Subject: Christianity in Africa
Master Doctorate: Christianity Africa

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Paterson Ngatchou: EENI Academic Coordinator for Anglophone Countries

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EENI Business School African Portal

Africa: Foreign Trade and Business (Master)

African Christian Businessman.

Christian African personalities.

H.E. PhD Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (Chairperson of the African Union)
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (Former President of Liberia and Nobel Peace Prize)
Leopold Sédar Senghor

African Historians.

Description of the Subject: Christianity in the African continent.

Sub-Saharan Africa has about 516 million Christians, which makes it the region with the third largest number of Christians in the World.

Together, the fifty-one countries in the region are home to nearly a quarter of the world's Christians (24%)
In North Africa, Christianity has virtually disappeared despite being a key area in the primitive Christianity
The Sahel is mainly Muslim
Together, the ten countries with the largest number of Christians in sub-Saharan Africa (Nigeria, Congo, Ethiopia, South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ghana, Angola, Madagascar) are about one in six of the World's Christians
The majority of Christians in Sub-Saharan Africa are Protestants (57%), including the members of the African Independent Churches and Anglicans
Orthodox Christians represent about 8% of Christians in the region
Approximately one in three Africans (34%) are Catholics

Christian traditions in Sub-Saharan Africa (Data in thousands of people).

Protestants
Catholics
Orthodox
Others
Total

Christian estimated population
295,510
176,040
40,120
4,790
516,470

% Christian Population
57.2
34.1
7.8
0.0
100

Nigeria is the most populous country in Sub-Saharan Africa and is home to the largest Christian Population in the region.

Nigeria has more than 80 million Christians (60 million Protestants and 20 million Catholics), who represent about half of the total population of the country.

The Muslim Population in Nigeria is almost equal to its Christian Population, according to Pew Forum analysis, there were about 76 million Muslims in Nigeria.

Estimation of Christian Population in Africa (Data in thousands of people).

Region
Southern Africa

Sub total Southern Africa
Central Africa

Sub total Central Africa
West Africa

Sub total West Africa
East Africa

Sub total East Africa

Country
Angola
Botswana
Lesotho
Madagascar
Malawi
Mauricio
Mozambique
Namibia
South Africa
Swaziland
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Burundi
Cameroon
Chad
Congo
Central African Republic
Gabon

Benin
Burkina Faso
Ivory Coast
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Liberia
Mali
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Togo

The Comoros
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Kenya
Rwanda
Seychelles
Somalia
Sudan
Tanzania
Uganda
Djibouti

% of Christians
90
72
80
41
80
32
41
90
80
86
75
75

67
40
35
78
50
75

30
10
30
9
63
8
5
40
5
5
45
6
10
29

2
50
62
80
94
93
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5
30
66
6

Total of Christians
9.456
1.174
1.494
7.396
9.727
396
8.015
1.828
35.342
1.009
8.446
9.560
93.845
4.268
6.552
3.439
49.587
1.900
1.042
66.789
2.238
1.392
5.190
143
13.244
757
70
1.393
614
583
57.947
667
601
1.647
85.170
13
2.281
45.000
27.064
7.892
75
n/a
2.009
11.023
17.998
28
113.317

Isabel dos Santos (Richest African Women)