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Facts To Know About Africa by smallrincowis16(m): 9:27pm On Apr 10, 2015
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 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 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. 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.

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Re: Facts To Know About Africa by Habayomie(m): 9:48pm On Apr 10, 2015
#35.you carry millions of zimDollar on bike to buy a crate of egg.
Re: Facts To Know About Africa by smallrincowis16(m): 11:21pm On Apr 11, 2015
Habayomie:
#35.you carry millions of zimDollar on bike to buy a crate of egg.
lolsssssssss.
this is an adventure
Re: Facts To Know About Africa by mensdept: 11:26pm On Apr 11, 2015
Well, they forgot to add that Africa is the poorest continent in the world, a good number of those countries like NIGERIA, still answer a slave name, and that leaders that did nothing in office, are recycled back time and time again, even if they were former dictators, and people will be happy

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