There are too many negative facts about the
African continent floating around the Internet, so here’s an attempt to
increase the number of positive writings on the continent. Let your perceptions
be changed!
1) Over 1 million Chinese
citizens live in Africa, with Angola hosting a population of over 350,000
Chinese.
2) 25% of all languages are
spoken in Africa, and more than 2,000 recognized languages are spoken
throughout the continent.
3) Witwatersrand, South Africa
is home to almost half of the gold ever mined on Earth.
4) Equatorial Guinea’s GDP per
capita in 2014 was about $33,000, comparable to Spain.
5) Arabic is the most widely
spoken language on the African continent; 170 million people speak it.
6) Kantanka Automobile Company
(Ghana), Kiira Motor Corporation (Uganda), and Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing
Company (Nigeria) are three African automobile manufacturing companies
developing “made in Africa” vehicles.
7) By 2040 half of the world’s
youth will be African.
8) 200 pyramids are found in
Sudan, double the amount in Egypt.
9) Liberian President Ellen
Johnson Sirleaf is the world’s first elected black female president and
Africa’s first elected female head of state.
10) In case you forgot, Africa
is the world’s most natural resources rich continent. Colonialism and neocolonialism
are the only reasons the African continent isn’t ruling the world, although it
technically is because the rest of the world would plummet into eternal doom if
Africa closed its borders.
