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Which is best English speaking nation in Africa?

Sly Nkosana Maphosa by Sly Nkosana Maphosa
April 30, 2020
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Which is best English Speaking nation in Africa? – Africa is one of the most populous continents in the world with a current population of 1,335 billion and constitutes about 16.72% of the world’s total population. Africa has a history of colonization from European powerhouses with Britain ruling 30% of the continent at a point in time. English has become one of the widely used official language across the African continent. This means outside Britain, Africa is home to the most fluent English speakers.

Which is best English Speaking nation in Africa?

Britain colonized and controlled nations from East Africa to Southern Africa. From a period of 1880-1990 Britain controlled Egypt, Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, Gambia, Sierra Leone, northwestern Somalia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana, Nigeria, Ghana, and Malawi. Chances are high that these former British colonies boasts the highest English speaking rates across the continent.

In Africa, English is widely used as a measure of intelligence. From early childhood development to adulthood, fluent speaking people are regarded the most intelligent than the vernacular speaking counterparts.

Which is best English Speaking nation in Africa?

  1. Rwanda

Rwanda boasts 70.80% literacy rate with a current population of 12 893 557 million people an equivalent of 0.17% of the total world population.  Rwanda is a landlocked country and one of the smallest countries in Africa. It was previously colonized by Germany and Belgium. Currently regarded as the innovative hub of Africa under the stewardship of President Paul Kagame the country has 4 official languages.  Rwanda’s official languages include English, Swahili, French and Kinyarwanda. English is the main language in Rwanda and is used for educational purposes across the nation and Kinyarwanda is their mother tongue.

  1. Ghana

Ghana a former British colony, with an estimate population of 31,072,940 million, its population is equivalent to 0.4% of the total world population. Ghana is ranked at number 47 as the most populated country in the world.  Ghana is a multi-cultural nation which has 11 widely spoken languages. English is Ghana’s official language and used by government, business and educational affairs. English remains the main used language in Ghana despite the nation being surrounded by French speaking nations.

Ghanaian “heavy” English ascend attracts a lot of criticism as they mix English with heavy tone of pidgin hence confuses pure English speakers. Ghana takes the number 9 spot in the list of top 10 English speaking nations in Africa.

Which is best English Speaking nation in Africa? – The list continues.
  1. Malawi

Malawi is home to 0.25% of the world population and has a population of 19,039,332 million. Malawi is located in Southeast Africa. A former British colony as Nyasaland, Malawi uses English as its official language. Despite it being a multi lingual nation, the government, business and education sector of Malawi uses English to conduct business. Malawi boasts a 65.75% literacy rate.

  1. Kenya

Kenya another former British colony found in Eastern Africa has a population of 53,771,296 million which is equivalent to 0.69% of the total world population. Kenya is merging to be an African Economic powerhouse due to tourism muscle. Kenya has a 78.73% literacy rate. Due to its cultural diversity, English and Swahili remains Kenya’s official languages. English is officially used in Business, Judiciary, Government and Education.

  1. Botswana

Botswana a former British colony has a population of 2,351,627 million and constitutes 0.03% of the total world population. Botswana has 88.47% literacy rate and has English as their official language

 

  1. Zambia

Zambia located in the Southern part of Africa, former British colony named Northern Rhodesia has a population of 18,383,955 million. Zambia’s population constitutes 0.24% of the total world population. English is their official language, and it is always used in government, education and business communication. Zambians speaks about 73 languages but Nyanja dominates other local languages.

Which is best English Speaking nation in Africa?- the list continues.
  1. Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe a landlocked country and a former British colony named Southern Rhodesia, celebrated its 40th independence anniversary recently, boasts 86.4% literacy rate and stand as a fourth most literate African nation. With a population of 14,862,924 million, Zimbabwe constitutes 0.19% of the total world population. English is one of the official languages spoken in Zimbabwe. 70% of the Zimbabwean population speaks Shona language and 20 % speaks Ndebele language. Venda, Tonga, Shangani, Kalanga, Sotho, Nambya are other minority spoken languages. The Zimbabwean government, education, business and judiciary use English language to conduct their activities.

  1. Nigeria

Nigeria is the most populated country in Africa. Nigeria has a population of 206,139,589 and its population is equivalent to 2.64% of the total world population. As a former Britain colony, and with a literacy rate of 51.08% Nigeria is one of the best English speaking nation in Africa. Due to its diversity, Nigeria is home to over 520 languages spoken languages. English is the main and official language used in Nigeria by government, businesses, judiciary and education.

Which is best English Speaking nation in Africa? – the list continues.
  1. South Africa

South Africa the Economic hub of Africa, is found in the end Southern part of the continent. South Africa has a population of 57,224,906 people which is equivalent to 0.87% of the total world population.

Regarded as the most developed nation across the continent, South Africa is home to more than a million immigrants both documented and undocumented. The country has more than 11 languages due to its diverse community, however English remains the most used language to communicate. English is South Africa’s official language and is used in government, judiciary, business and education.

1 Uganda

Uganda remains on top of the Best English speaking countries in Africa 2020. A former British colony. Uganda has a population of 45,741,007 million which constitutes 0.59% of the total world population.

Ugandan’s literacy rate is 70.20% and English is Uganda’s official language and used in Government, Judiciary and Education.

Sources: www.worldometers.info

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