HISTORY 101
30 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.
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.
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,
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

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