Christianity in Africa
Syllabus of the Subject: Christianity in Africa (Nigeria, Congo, Ethiopia, South Africa, Kenya, Uganda)
- 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.
African Christian Businessman.
- Isabel dos Santos (Angola);
- Mimi Alemayehou (Ethiopia);
- Mike Adenuga (Nigeria);
- Orji Uzor Kalu;
- Folorunsho Alakija;
- Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma (Nigeria);
- Cheryl Carolus;
- Patrice Motsepe;
- Cyril Ramaphosa (South Africa);
- Strive Masiyiwa;
- Divine Ndhlukula (Zimbabwe).
Christian African personalities.
- H.E. PhD Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (former Chairperson of the African Union);
- Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (Former President of Liberia and Nobel Peace Prize);
- Leopold Sédar Senghor.
African Historians.
Christianity in Africa
The Subject “Christianity in Africa” belongs to the following Online Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:
Masters: Business in Africa, International Business, Religions & Business.
Doctorate: Ethics, Religion & Business, African Business.
Course: Christianity & Business.
Why study “Christianity, Ethics and Business”?.
Languages: 
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Cristianismo en África 
Christianisme en Afrique.
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, Republic of the 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 Eswatini 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 -- 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 |
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