sub-Saharan

• Sub-Saharan, Subsaharan, subsaharan (rare)

From sub- + Saharan.

• Hyphenation: sub‧Sa‧ha‧ran

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sub-Saharan (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to that part of Africa which lies south of the Sahara Desert.

   Coordinate term: super-Saharan

   • 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^[1], archived from the original on 2 April 2025:

     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.

• Subsahara

sub-Saharan (plural sub-Saharans)

1. A native or inhabitant of that part of Africa which lies south of the Sahara.