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25 Facts You Probably Didn' T Know About Africa by odeh1(m): 12:20pm On Jan 06, 2017 |
1. Gambia has only one university.
2. Equatorial G uinea 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.
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Re: 25 Facts You Probably Didn' T Know About Africa by junnyjake(m): 1:00pm On Jan 06, 2017 |
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Re: 25 Facts You Probably Didn' T Know About Africa by Nobody: 1:45pm On Jan 06, 2017 |
27) 38% of Africans (some 153 million) can't read this as they are still illiterate 26) 90 percent of Africans won't read this as they lack internet access So much for the facts !!! |
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