30 facts about Africa

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
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
in 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, 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.
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☻Maybe the most Backward Continent.
☻Most religious continent.
☻Corrupted Continent.
☻BLACK continent.