1. The name ‘Africa’ came into Western use through the Romans. The word has its roots in two different languages – in Latin (“Aprica”) it means ‘Sunny’, and in Greek (“Aphrike”) it means ‘Without cold’.
2. Africa has the world’s longest river, the Nile. The Nile runs through 11 countries in Africa.
3. Africa has the largest-remaining populations of lion, elephant, rhinoceros, cheetah, hyena, leopard and hundreds of other species.
4. Most of the world’s fastest runners come from a single tribe in Kenya, Africa, called the “Kalenjins.”
5. Africa is home to over 1 billion people who speak over 1,500 different languages. One in every four of the world’s language is spoken only in Africa.
6. The Victoria Falls, located along the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe, is one of the seven natural wonders of the world. The Zambezi River is the fall’s main water source.
7. More people speak French in Africa than do those in France.
8. Africa is the world's hottest continent and the world's second driest continent
9. Egypt is the most popular tourist destination in Africa, attracting around 10 million visitors per year.
10. early half of all the gold ever mined in history has come from Witwatersrand, South Africa.
11. The highest point in Africa is Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.
12. The world’s tallest and largest land animals both come from Africa. They are the giraffe and African elephant.
13. About 41 percent of children in Africa aged between 5-1 years are actively involved in child labor.
14. Tanzania in Africa has the world’s highest Albinism rates. In the country, Albino are hunted by witchdoctors to use their organs for rituals believed to heal diseases.
15. The Sahara desert in Africa is the world's largest one, it is almost the size of the United States
16. Africa covers 6 percent of the earth's total surface and 20.4 percent of the total land area.
17. Africa was joined to the other continents in a massive continent called Pangaea. Long before humans were around (the early Mesozoic Era) Over millions of years this huge continent broke apart shaping the world landscape as we know it today.
18. Foreign powers during the “scramble for Africa” colonized all of Africa was colonized, except Ethiopia and Liberia.
19. Animals like giraffe, zebra, gorilla, hippopotamus, chimpanzee, and wildebeest are unique to the continent and only found in Africa.
20. The world’s largest frog is found in Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon. Called the Goliath frog, it can develop to be a foot long and weigh up to 8 lb.
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