Shocking facts about Africa you never knew
1. The Gambia has only one
university.
2. Equatorial Guinea is Africa’s only
spanish speaking country.
3. South Africa is the most visited
African country.
4. Nigeria has the richest Black
people in Africa.
5. Samuel Eto’o is the highest paid
Footballer of all time, he received
about £350,000 weekly in Russia in
2011.
6. A person from Botswana is called
a Motswana, the plural is Batswana.
7. A person from Lesotho is called a
Mosotho.
8. A person from Niger is called a
Nigerien.
8. A person from Burkina Faso is
called a Burkinabe.
9. Nigeria has won more football
cups than England.
10. Zimbabwe’s President, Robert
Gabriel Mugabe is the world’s most
educated President with 7 degrees,
two of them are Masters.
11. Al-Ahly of Egypt is the richest club
in Africa.
12. Didier Drogba is Chelsea’s
highest goalscorer in European
competition.
13. Johannesburg, South Africa is
the most visited city in Africa.
14. Zinedine Zidane wanted to play
for Àlgeria, but the selector rejected
him, saying they are already many
players like him in the team.
15. President Jacob Zuma was given a
special award by Fifa for refereeing on
Robben Island during his years as a
political prisoner.
16. President Robert Mugabe was
jailed for 11 years for fighting for
freedom.
17. President Robert Mugabe is
Africa’s oldest Head of State and the
world’s second oldest Head of State.
He was born in 1924.
18. The Seychelles are the most
educated Africans. Seychelles’
literacy rates (Adult: 92%, Youth: 99%)
Zimbabwe is 2nd (Adult:
91.2%,Youth: 99%).
19. Rwanda is a better country for
gender equality than England and USA.
20. Somalia got its first ATM on
October 7, 2014.
21. South Africa has the most Grammy
award winners in Africa.
22. Ethiopia has the most airports in
Africa.
23. Ethiopia’s economy is growing
faster than China’s.
24. Eritrea’s President, Isaias Afwerki
is the least richest President in Africa.
25. Ethiopia is Africa’s oldest
independent country, it has existed for
over 3,000 years without
being colonised.
26. Haile Selassie 1 was the 225th
and last Emperor of Ethiopia.
27. Nigeria has the most monarchs
in the world.
28. Angola has more Portuguese
speakers than Portugal.
29. President Jose Eduardo Dos
Santos has ruled Angola since 1979.
30. President Teodoro Obiang Nguema
Mbasogo is Africa’s longest serving
Head of State. He has ruled Equatorial
Guinea since August 3, 1979 when he
overthrew his uncle, Francisco
Nguema. His son, Teodoro Nguema
Obiang Mangue is his Vice President
and will succeed him if he
resigns. He started ruling Dos Santo
31. George Weah of Liberia is the
first man to win World, European and
African footballer of the year
in the same year.
32. Swaziland is the only remaining
absolute mornach in the world.
33. The Gambia is the smallest
country in Africa followed by
Swaziland.
34. King Sobhuza ll of Swaziland took
the longest time in reigning
Swaziland, 62 years as he was
crowned in 1921 and died in August
1982 at the age of 83 years.
34.1. King Sobhuza II of swaziland,
married 70 wives, who gave him 210
children between 1920 and 1970.
35. Zimbabwe is the only country in
the world were almost everyone was a
billionaire at one point
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