SOME FACTS ABOUT AFRICA๐ ๐
1. Modern Humans are believed to have originated in Botswana๐ง๐ผ, within the past 200, 000 years ago, solidifying the "Out of Africa Theory.
2. Equatorial Guinea ๐ฌ๐ถ is Africa’s only spanish speaking country.
3. Morocco ๐ฒ๐ฆ is the most visited African country.
4. Nigeria ๐ณ๐ฌ has the richest Black person in Africa, Aliko Dangote.
5. Samuel Eto’o ๐จ๐ฒ was formerly the highest paid Footballer in the world, he received about £350,000 weekly in Russia in 2011.
6. The nothern most part of Africa is Cape Angela in Tunisia ๐น๐ณ.
7. Lesotho๐ฑ๐ธ is the only independent state in the world that lies entirely above 1,000 metres (3,281 ft) in elevation.
8. There was a dinosaur discovered in Niger ๐ณ๐ช, believed to have been there around 115 to 105 million years ago. It was named Nigersaurus.
8. Burkina Faso ๐ง๐ซ is a leader in African art and culture and hosts the largest craft market in Africa.
9. Nigeria ๐ณ๐ฌ has won more football cups than England.
10. Zimbabwe’s ๐ฟ๐ผ former President, Robert Gabriel Mugabe was the world’s most educated President with 7 University degrees, two of them are Masters.
11. Al-Ahly of Egypt ๐ช๐ฌ is the richest football club in Africa.
12. Didier Drogba ๐จ๐ฎ is Chelsea’s highest goalscorer in European competition.
13. Johannesburg, South Africa ๐ฟ๐ฆ is the most richest city in Africa.
14. Zinedine Zidane wanted to play for Algeria ๐ฉ๐ฟ, but the selector rejected him, saying they are already many players like him in the team.
15. President Nelson Mandela ๐ฟ๐ฆ is regarded as the well known person in the world.
16. President Robert Mugabe ๐ฟ๐ผ was jailed for 11 years for fighting for freedom.
17. Egypt ๐ช๐ฌ was the first inventer of Paper and Ink.
18. Equatorial guinea ๐ฌ๐ถ has the highest literacy rate in Africa, 95% (2020).
19. In Rwanda ๐ท๐ผ There is a better gender equality than England ๐ฌ๐ง and USA ๐บ๐ธ.
20. Somalia ๐ธ๐ด got its first ATM on October 7, 2014.
21. South Africa ๐ฟ๐ฆ has the most Grammy award winners in Africa.
22. Ethiopia ๐ช๐น has the most airports in Africa.
23. Ethiopia’s ๐ช๐น economy is growing faster than China’s.
24. Eritrea’s ๐ช๐ท President, Isaias Afwerki is the least richest President in Africa.
25. Ethiopia ๐ช๐น 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 ๐ช๐น.
27. Nigeria ๐ณ๐ฌ has the most monarchs in the world.
28. Angola ๐ฆ๐ด has more Portuguese
speakers than Portugal ๐ต๐น.
29. President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos has ruled Angola ๐ฆ๐ด 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.
31. George Weah of Liberia ๐ฑ๐ท is the first man to win World, European and African footballer of the year in the same year.
32. Eswatini ๐ธ๐ฟ is the only remaining absolute monach in the world.
33. The Gambia ๐ฌ๐ฒ is the smallest country in Africa followed by Eswatini ๐ธ๐ฟ.
34. The first black African Gold medalist is Abebe Bikila from Ethiopia ๐ช๐น, who won in 1960 after running barefooted.
34.1. King Sobhuza II of eSwatini ๐ธ๐ฟ, married 70 wives, who gave him 210 children between 1920 and 1970.
35. Zimbabwe ๐ฟ๐ผ is the only country in the world where almost everyone was a billionaire at one point due hyperinflation.
36. Kenya ๐ฐ๐ช has the highest paid members of parliament. They are paid more than those even in oil rich countries.
37. Botswana ๐ง๐ผ has the most valuable Diamonds and the richest diamond mine in the World, The Jwaneng diamond mine.
38. Ghana ๐ฌ๐ญ was the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to gain independence post-colonialism.
39. Ghana ๐ฌ๐ญ was ranked as Africa's most peaceful country by the Global Peace Index. Lake Volta, in the Volta region of the country, is the world's largest man-made lake.
40. Ugandans ๐บ๐ฌ were ranked as the best English speakers in Africa (2017).
41. Tanzania ๐น๐ฟ is the largest country in East Africa and includes the islands of Zanzibar, Pemba and Mafia.
42. Nigeria ๐ณ๐ฌ is the most populous country in Africa, with over +200 million population.
43. Rwanda ๐ท๐ผ is now the largest producer of Coltan, mineral used to make tantalum using in mobile phones, camera etc.
44. In 2009, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) ๐จ๐ฉ had an estimated $24 trillion in untapped mineral deposits, including the world's largest reserves of coltan and significant quantities of the world's cobalt reserves.
45. Malawi ๐ฒ๐ผ is home to the third largest lake in Africa, Lake Malawi.
46. Malawi ๐ฒ๐ผ is the first tea producer in Africa at a commercial scale.
47. Zambia ๐ฟ๐ฒ relies on copper as one of its biggest exports.
48. Zambia’s ๐ฟ๐ฒ South Luangwa National Park has one of Africa's highest densities of big game.
49. Kenya ๐ฐ๐ช is the first and only African country to produce USA president, Barrack Hussein Obama
50. South Africa ๐ฟ๐ฆ has the highest number of super-rich residents in Africa, with 38,400 dollar millionaires.
51. Gambia ๐ฌ๐ฒ produced the highest judge on the international court of justice fatou Bensouda.
52. The highest mountain in Africa is the Kilimanjaro found in Tanzania ๐น๐ฟ and second highest in the world.
53. The longest river in the world, the Nile starts from Uganda ๐บ๐ฌ but it is controlled by Egyptian ๐ช๐ฌ Government.
54. South Sudan is the Youngest country after it was declared free and independent in July 2011 ๐ธ๐ธ. She is rich in mineral resources and agricultural products, Petroleum among Others yet her citizens are poor.
55. Cape Town๐ฟ๐ฆ has been voted the best city in the world 7 times, On the Telegraph Travel Award.
56. Liberia ๐ฑ๐ท was the first African country to gain independence 1847.
57. Cameroon ๐จ๐ฒ is the first country in Africa to reach the quater finals.
58. Environmentalist Wangare wa maathai of Kenya ๐ฐ๐ช was the first woman to win Nobel prize.
59. Lesotho ๐ฑ๐ธ is land locked country inside south Africa.
60. Sierra Leone ๐ธ๐ฑ is the country with oldest university with western style and also the oldest church in in western Sahara.
61. Seychelles ๐ธ๐จ is the most developed country in Africa
62. Madagascar ๐ฒ๐ฌ is the wordl's largest producer of Vanilla.
63. Mozambique ๐ฒ๐ฟ is the only one-word country name to feature all 5 vowels.
64. Namibia ๐ณ๐ฆ is home to the world's oldest desert, Namib desert, dating back to 55 mya.
65. eSwatini ๐ธ๐ฟ has the world's oldest mine, Ngwenya mine.
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