Which African nation is the most impressive, influential or powerful?

Question

What nation would be considered the "crown jewel" of Africa?

Answer 1

South Africa has all of the Diamond mines and the Wealth, it would be them.

Answer 2

South Africa

Answer 3

I'd say Eygpt or South Africa

Egypt is the fifteenth most populous country in the world, and the second most populous country in Africa (after Nigeria). The vast majority of its 78.8 million people (2006)[1] live near the banks of the Nile River (about 40,000 km² or 15,450 sq miles) where the only arable agricultural land is found. Large areas of land form part of the Sahara Desert and are sparsely inhabited. Around half of Egypt's residents live in urban areas, with the majority spread across the densely populated centres of greater Cairo (the largest city in the Arab World, Africa, and the Middle East), Alexandria and other major towns in the Nile Delta.

Egypt is famous for its ancient civilization and some of the world's most ancient and important monuments, including the Giza Pyramids and the Great Sphinx of Giza; the southern city of Luxor contains a particularly large number of ancient artifacts such as the Karnak Temple and the Valley of the Kings. Today, Egypt is widely regarded as a main political and cultural centre of the Middle East.[2][3][4][5]


South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (Afrikaans: Republiek van Suid-Afrika, Zulu: iRiphabliki yaseNingizimu Afrika, Xhosa: iRiphabliki yaseMzantsi Afrika, Tsonga: Riphabliki yaAfrika Dzonga, Sepedi, Sesotho and Setswana: Rephaboliki ya Afrika Borwa), is a country located at the southern tip of the African continent. It borders the countries of Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Swaziland, and Lesotho (an independent enclave entirely surrounded by South African territory). South Africa is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.

South Africa has experienced a significantly different history from other nations in Africa as a result of two facts. Firstly, early immigration from Europe that started shortly after the Dutch East India Company founded a station at (what was to become) Cape Town in 1652. Early and later European interest followed from the second fact, the strategic importance of the Cape Sea Route. The closure of the Suez Canal during the Six Day War exemplifies its significance. The country's relatively developed infrastructure made its mineral wealth available and important to Western interests, particularly throughout the late nineteenth century; then, with international competition and rivalry during the Cold War. South Africa is an ethnically diverse nation. It has the largest white, Indian, and racially-mixed communities in Africa. Black South Africans, who speak nine officially-recognized languages and many more dialects, account for slightly less than 80% of the population.

Answer 4

In terms of economical and social development, it's South Africa, Namibia, Botswana and Gabon. Some have the potential to become great countries if it wasn't for their corrupted governments: Angola, Egypt, and Zimbabwe.

Answer 5

South Africa is the only one that has done anything positive. They seem to be willing to take some action to help themselves instead of just sitting on their butts waiting for the rest of the world to save them like the rest of Africa seems to be doing.

Answer 6

I am South African so I am going to vote South Africa!! =D

Answer 7

If you are serious, I'd say South Africa, by far. Stable, democratic and with a better life standard.

Answer 8

South Africa and Namibia. Both are pretty good to their people, have good schools, and are economically competitive.

Answer 9

Sudan

Answer 10

Zimbabwe because they lead Africa by example by reclaiming the farmland from the white oppressors.