after colonizing question.

[airslo]

So I have colonized a lot of Africa, (playing as USA). Now what?
what do I need to do to get the pops in order and how do I capitalize on this new land?

thanks..slo?

 

[Savolainen5]

Now that you have the land, recruit its POPs and make tons of armies, and bask in the RGO wealth of the densely-populated provinces.

 

[airslo]

but do I need to do anything with NF there?

what about there culture, do I need to and if so how do I get the cultures to line up?

 

[RedTangent]

Just like in real life, there's nothing you can do about culture-shifting an entire province/state. If you're lucky and can get 0.5% of the population of a state to be both bureaucrats and a primary/accepted culture you can grant the colony full state-hood. This has the benefit of allowing you to build factories in that state, as well as the downside of factoring the literacy of that state into your whole population (which slows don research).
Its honestly just best to sit on your new gains and soak up the free RGOs and manpower. Your NF efforts are better spent elsewhere