FACTS ABOUT AFRICA

1. The Gambia has only one university.

2. Equatorial Guinea is Africas only

spanish speaking country.

3. South Africa is the most visited

African country.

4. Nigeria has the richest Black people in Africa.

5. Samuel Etoo 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. Zimbabwes President, Robert Gabriel Mugabe is the worlds 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 Chelseas

highest goalscorer in European competition.

13. Johannesburg, South Africa is

the most visited city in Africa.

14. Zinedine Zidane wanted to play

for lgeria, 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

Africas oldest Head of State and the worlds 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. Ethiopias economy is growing

faster than Chinas.

24. Eritreas President, Isaias Afwerki is the least richest President in Africa.

25. Ethiopia is Africas 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 Africas 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 mornach 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.

34.1. King Sobhuza II of swaziland, 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