Africa Reports

The services and facilities necessary for an economy to function.

COMMUNICATION

Basic physical and organizational structures needed for communication.

Internet & Mobile Phone Networks
Includes: satellite communication, gprs, gps, edge.

Languages
Includes: English, French, Portuguese, and more.

Postal Services & Courier
Includes: post offices and couries services.

Satellites
Includes: artificial communications satellites stationed in space.

Television & Radio
Includes: transmission stations, regulations, standards governing broadcasting.

INFRASTRUCTURE

Basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise.

Airports
Includes: air navigational systems.

Canals & Seaports
Includes: waterways, lighthouses.

Electricity
Includes: electrical power network, generation plants, electrical grid, substations, local distribution.

Emergency Services & Health Care
Includes: police, fire protection, ambulances, hospitals, doctors, health insurance.

Railways & Mass Transit
Includes: Railways, commuter rail systems, subways, tramways, trolleys, bus transportation.

Roads Networks
Includes: bridges, tunnels, retaining walls, street lights, traffic lights, curbs, sidewalks, specialized facilities, maintenance depots.

Waste & Water Management
Includes: municipal garbage, disposal facilities, drainage, drinking water, sewage.

PROBLEMS

Problems that are affecting the development of Africa.

Economic Problems
Includes: censorship, conflict, corruption, dictatorship, poverty

Environmental Problems
Includes: deforestation, desertification, disease, drought, landlocked, pollution

Human Rights Abuses
Includes: fair trial, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, right to life, slavery, torture

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Copyright Duration
Includes: All African countries copyright duration

Patent Duration
Includes: All African countries patent duration

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