#africa-facts

The kingdom of Benin was a pre-colonial kingdom. Located in southern Nigerian. It's capital was edo, which is now known as Benin city in Edo state. In 1897, the British military stole thousands of ancient

Somalia is a country that is located in the horn of Africa. Some facts about Somalia is as follows: Somalia has one of the highest population of livestock in the world. Somalia have about 5% of goats 10%

In 1994, the BBC African Footballer of the Year award was awarded to the legendary Zambian senior football team, which lost their lives in a plane crash in 1993. BBC African Footballer of the Year 92 Abedi

In Nigeria, a man marrying a foreign lady makes her a Nigerian citizen, but a woman marrying a male foreigner doesn't make him a Nigerian citizen.

The largest diamond ever discovered in the world, the Cullinan Diamond, which weighs 3106 carats, was discovered in 1905 in South Africa. In 1907, it was presented to King Edward VII on his 66th Birthday.

Emmanuel Eboue, who once earned 8 million Euros in Turkey, has gone broke, after his ex-wife won custody of their kids and control of all his assets by exploiting his poor education. He now sleeps on the

Botswana's Government has enquired to know if USA regards it as a "shithole country", over the controversial condescending statement from President Trump.

In 1998, Asnath Mahapa, became South Africa's first black female pilot in South Africa. She also founded African College of Aviation, the first flight training school exclusively coordinated by African

George Weah, Former Ballon d'Or winner, ran for President of Liberia in 2005 at age 39 & Vice President in 2011 at 45 & failed. He obtained an SSCE in 2006 at age 40, his degree (2011, aged 45),

Yoruba, Africa's 3rd most spoken local language (over 50 million speakers worldwide), is a major language in Nigeria & Benin Rep, studied in 47 American varsities, is the 2nd most spoken language in

Hausa Language, Africa's second most spoken local language, has over 120 million speakers (70 million native speakers and 50 million other speakers). It is spoken in; Niger, Nigeria, Ghana, Benin,Cameroon,

KiSwahili, Africa's most spoken local language is spoken in Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, DR Congo, Comoros, Rwanda, Mozambique and Burundi. It has over 125 million speakers in Africa, and 140 million speakers

Most Spoken Native Languages In Africa KiSwahili Hausa Yoruba Oromo Igbo Amharic IsiZulu.

Nigerian Businessman, Tony Elumelu, the Chairman of Heirs Holdings, the United Bank for Africa (UBA Group), Transcorp Limited and founder of The Tony Elumelu Foundation, is the first African recipient

Due to Siad Barre's brutal, murderous dictatorial rule in Somalia from 1969 to 1991, the country neither had a central government nor recognized Head of State from 1991 to 2012, when people were able to

Africa has only produced one Ballon d'Or winner, George Weah in 1995. The Former Ballon d'Or winner, George Weah has now been announced as the * President-elect* of Liberia.

image Source Nigeria is the world's largest producer of Colombite, the major raw material for aircraft production and manufacturing of electronics.

image Source 89% of Rwandans have access to financial services, making Rwanda, Africa's first cashless economy.

image Source Rwanda, the worlds's largest exporter of coltan accounts for the 50% of the world's coltan (found in phones and computers) exports, without having coltan reserves. Coltan is a dull black metallic

Ghana has the ninth largest diamond reserves in the world. Sierra Leone is the 10th largest producer of diamonds in the world by volume. Letseng Mine in Lesotho hss the highest price per carat production