FACTS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT AFRICA

ALL OF AFRICA WAS COLONIZED BY FOREIGN POWERS

DURING THE “SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA”, EXCEPT

ETHIOPIA AND LIBERIA.

THERE ARE 54 COUNTRIES AND ONE “NON-SELF GOVERNING

TERRITORY”, THE WESTERN SAHARA, IN AFRICA.

BEFORE COLONIAL RULE AFRICA COMPRISED UP TO

10,000 DIFFERENT STATES AND AUTONOMOUS GROUPS

WITH DISTINCT LANGUAGES AND CUSTOMS.

ARABIC IS SPOKEN BY 170 MILLION PEOPLE ON THE

CONTINENT, FOLLOWED IN POPULARITY BY ENGLISH

(130 MILLION), SWAHILI (100), FRENCH (115), BERBER (50),

HAUSA (50), PORTUGUESE (20) AND SPANISH (10).

OVER 25% OF ALL LANGUAGES ARE SPOKEN ONLY IN

AFRICA WITH OVER 2,000 RECOGNISED LANGUAGES

SPOKEN ON THE CONTINENT.

AFRICA IS THE SECOND MOST POPULOUS CONTINENT WITH

ABOUT 1.1 BILLION PEOPLE OR 16% OF THE WORLD’S

POPULATION.

OVER 50% OF AFRICANS ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 25.

THE CONTINENT’S POPULATION WILL MORE THAN

DOUBLE TO 2.3 BILLION PEOPLE BY 2050.

AFRICA IS THE WORLD’S POOREST AND MOST

UNDERDEVELOPED CONTINENT WITH A CONTINENTAL GDP

THAT ACCOUNTS FOR JUST 2.4% OF GLOBAL GDP.