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Christianity in Africa



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

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

African Christian Businessman.

  1. Isabel dos Santos (Angola)
  2. Mimi Alemayehou (Ethiopia)
  3. PhD Mike Adenuga (Nigeria)
  4. Orji Uzor Kalu
  5. Folorunsho Alakija
  6. Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma (Nigeria)
  7. Cheryl Carolus
  8. Patrice Motsepe
  9. Cyril Ramaphosa (South Africa)
  10. Strive Masiyiwa
  11. Divine Ndhlukula (Zimbabwe)

Christian African personalities.

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

African Historians.

  1. Joseph Ki-Zerbo
  2. Théophile Obenga
  3. Elikia M'Bokolo

Sample: Christianity in Africa
Christianity in Africa: 516 million Christians, 25% of Christianity in the World, Nigeria, Congo, Ethiopia

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The Subject “Christianity in Africa” belongs to the following Online Higher Educational Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:
  1. Masters: Business in Africa, International Business, Religions & Business
  2. Doctorates: Ethics, Religion & Business, African Business
  3. Course: Christianity & Business

Online African Students (Masters, Doctorates, Business)

Why study “Christianity, Ethics and Business”?

Learning materials in Courses, Masters, Doctorates in International Business in English or Study Master Doctorate Business in Spanish Cristianismo en África Study, Master in International Business in French Christianisme en Afrique

Masters and Doctorates in Global Business adapted to:

  1. Western African Students: Gambia, Master, International Business, Foreign Trade The Gambia, Ghana, Master, International Business, Foreign Trade Ghana, Liberia Online Master / Doctorate in Business, Foreign Trade Liberia, Nigeria Doctorates, Master, International Business, Foreign Trade Nigeria and Sierra Leone, Master, International Business, Foreign Trade Sierra Leone
  2. Eastern African Students: Eritrea, Master, International Business, Foreign Trade Eritrea, Ethiopia, Master, International Business, Foreign Trade Ethiopia, Kenya: Doctorates, Masters, Foreign Trade, Business Kenya, Mauritius, Master, International Business, Foreign Trade Mauritius, Malawi Masters, Doctorates, Foreign Trade, Business Malawi, Seychelles, Master, International Business, Foreign Trade Seychelles, Somalia, Master, International Business, Foreign Trade Somalia, Sudan, Master, International Business, Foreign Trade Sudan, Tanzania, Master, International Business, Foreign Trade Tanzania, and Uganda, Master, International Business, Foreign Trade Uganda.
  3. Southern African Students: Botswana, Master, International Business, Foreign Trade Botswana, Eswatini (Swaziland), Master, International Business, Foreign Trade Eswatini (Swaziland), Lesotho, Master, International Business, Foreign Trade Lesotho, Namibia, Master, International Business, Foreign Trade Namibia, South Africa, Master, International Business, Foreign Trade South Africa Zambia (Study Master Doctorate Business) Zambia, and Zimbabwe, Master, International Business, Foreign Trade Zimbabwe.
  4. Central African Students: Cameroon, Master, International Business, Foreign Trade Cameroon and Rwanda, Master, International Business, Foreign Trade Rwanda

Isabel dos Santos, Angolan Businesswoman, Richest African Women (Angola)

Description: 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.

  1. Together, the fifty-one countries in the region are home to nearly a quarter of the world's Christians (24%)
  2. In North Africa, Christianity has virtually disappeared despite being a key area in the primitive Christianity
  3. The Sahel is mainly Muslim
  4. Together, the ten countries with the largest number of Christians in sub-Saharan Africa (Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ghana, Angola, Madagascar) are about one in six of the World's Christians
  5. The majority of Christians in Sub-Saharan Africa are Protestants (57%), including the members of the African Independent Churches and Anglicans
  6. Orthodox Christians represent about 8% of Christians in the region
  7. 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.

Divine Ndhlukula, Zimbabwean Businesswoman (Zimbabwe) SECURICO Security Company

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
Eswatini (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

Strive Masiyiwa. Zimbabwean Businessman (Master, Zimbabwe) Econet Wireless Group

Cheryl Carolus, South African Businesswoman (Doctorate, Master)

Folorunsho Alakija, Nigerian Businesswoman, Rose of Sharon (fashion group, Master, Nigeria)

Lt. Gen. Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma (Nigerian Christian Businessman) Nigeria

Mike Adenuga. Nigerian Businessman, Oil (Nigeria, Master, Doctorate)

Sifiso Dabengwa. Zimbabwean Businessman (Master, Zimbabwe) Director of MTN Group (largest African telecom)

Cyril Ramaphosa, South African Political and Businessman (South Africa)

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