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sub-Saharan Africa en · PROPN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. Africa south of the Sahara, particularly used to distinguish the areas chiefly populated by dark-skinned peoples.
   • While the average cost of sending money to sub-Saharan Africa is the highest in the world, the cost of digital remittances to the region is less than the global average. If more Africans sent money home via digital services rather than cash, average remittance fees should fall, but receiving money online requires the internet, which is used in sub-Saharan Africa by only 37% of people, according to the World Bank. 2025 February 25, Joshua Korber Hoffman, “It costs more to send money to sub-Saharan Africa than anywhere else in the world: these companies are trying to change that”, in CNN, archived from the original on 02 Apr 2025:

Forms

Synonyms

black Africa · darkest Africa · SSA · Nigritia · Negroland · Subsahara

Translations (13)

ga an Afraic fho-Shahárach (Africa south of the Sahara, chiefly populated by dark-skinned peoples) · pl Afryka Subsaharyjska (Africa south of the Sahara, chiefly populated by dark-skinned peoples) · rsk субсахарска Африка (Africa south of the Sahara, chiefly populated by dark-skinned peoples) · fr Afrique noire (Africa south of the Sahara, chiefly populated by dark-skinned peoples) · yue 撒哈拉以南非洲 (Africa south of the Sahara, chiefly populated by dark-skinned peoples) · cmn 撒哈拉以南非洲 (Africa south of the Sahara, chiefly populated by dark-skinned peoples) · yue 黑非洲 (Africa south of the Sahara, chiefly populated by dark-skinned peoples) · cmn 黑非洲 (Africa south of the Sahara, chiefly populated by dark-skinned peoples) · fr Afrique subsaharienne (Africa south of the Sahara, chiefly populated by dark-skinned peoples) · hi उप-सहारा अफ़्रीका (Africa south of the Sahara, chiefly populated by dark-skinned peoples) · ja ブラックアフリカ (Africa south of the Sahara, chiefly populated by dark-skinned peoples) · rsk подсахарска Африка (Africa south of the Sahara, chiefly populated by dark-skinned peoples) · fi Saharan eteläpuolinen Afrikka (Africa south of the Sahara, chiefly populated by dark-skinned peoples)