25 Facts I Bet You Never Knew About Africa
1. 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.
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. 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 goal scorer in
European competition.
13. Johannesburg, South
Africa is the most visited city in
Africa.
14. Zinedine Zidane
wanted to play for
Algeria, but the selector
rejected him, saying they are
already many players like
him in the team.
15. President Jacob Zuma
was once a referee
in prison.
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
1924.
18. The Seychellois 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,
Isaiah Afwerki is the least richest
President in Africa.
25. Ethiopia is Africa’s
oldest independent country.
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