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 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 given a special award by Fifa for refereeing on Robben Island
during his years as a political prisoner.
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 Seychelles
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 rich 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. He started ruling Dos Santo
31. George Weah of
Liberia is the first man to win World, European and African footballer of the
year in the same year.
32. Swaziland is
the only remaining absolute monarch in the world.
33. The Gambia is
the smallest country in Africa followed by Swaziland.
34. King Sobhuza ll
of Swaziland took the longest time in reigning Swaziland, 62 years as he was
crowned in 1921 and died in August 1982 at the age of 83 years. He married 70
wives, who gave him 210 children between 1920 and 1970.
35. Zimbabwe is
the only country in the world were almost everyone was a billionaire at one
point
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