Adopting French as the global language: Africa has more French speaking people than the whole of Europe

Africa is contributing 47.7 percent (143.1 million) to the French-speaking population thereby making French a global language. This is more than 45.7 percent (137.1 million) of the whole of Europe and France with a population of 67.12 million. According to a recent report by the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), French has become the world’s fifth most spoken […]