FACTS ABOUT AFRICA YOU MAY NOT KNOW
1. That 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.
9. A person from Burkina Faso is
called a Burkinabe.
10. Nigeria has won more football
cups than England.
11. Zimbabwe’s President, Robert
Gabriel Mugabe is the world’s most
educated President with degrees, two
of them are Masters.
12. Al-Ahly of Egypt is the richest
club in Africa.
13. Didier Drogba is Chelsea’s highest
goalscorer in European competitions.
14. Johannesburg, South Africa is the
most visited city in Africa.
15. Zinedine Zidane wanted to play
for Algeria, but the selector rejected
him, saying they are already many
players like him in the team.
16. President Jacob Zuma was once a
referee in prison.
17. President Robert Mugabe was
jailed for 11 years for fighting for
freedom.
18. President Robert Mugabe is
Africa’s oldest Head of State and the
world’s second oldest Head of State.
He was born in 1924.
19. The Seychelles are the most
educated Africans. Seychelles’ literacy
rates (Adult: 92%, Youth: 99%)
Zimbabwe is 2nd (Adult: 91.2%,
Youth: 99%).
20. Rwanda is a better country for
gender equality than England and
USA.
21. And Nairobi is the only capital
city with a National Park.
22. Uganda last participated in African cup of nations in 1972..
23. Tanzanias 90% of them speak Swahili.