Things You May Not Know About The African Continent

By Author: Audrina Majella
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I know what you are thinking about the countries and the whole region about Africa. Maybe a lot of you are thinking that there is no positive thing about Africa, except AIDS. Now, cut that crap because you only know less. Africa has changed a lot throughout the years. Some are are postive and some are negative. Other sounds good, and other needs a little more work. Here are some interesting information about Africa. They are facts and based on researches. This may affect your interest in investing in Africa. But in whatever way this will affect you, at least, the Black Continent is making significant marks on the almanac.

Seven countries in Africa account for more than fifty per cent of the population (Nigeria, Ethiopia, DRC, SA, Tanzania, Kenya, Sudan)
Africa holds about 10% of the world's proven oil reserves
There are up to 100 million members of the African Diaspora
The longest cable car in the world is in Nigeria
South Africa sold $1.8 billion worth of cars to the US last year, putting us ahead of Sweden and Italy as suppliers to the US market
Africa is most affected by climate ...
... change but only produces 3% of global emissions
Approximately half the population of Africa is under the age of 18
Kenya is one of only five countries in the world that generates more than 15% of their electricity from geothermal sources
Africa is the fastest growing telecoms market in the world
Nigeria has a population the sum of the thirty one smallest countries in Africa
Only 4% of Africa's hydropower potential is utilised currently
Rwanda is ranked first by the Inter-Parliamentary Union in terms of the percentage of female politicians in its lower chamber, with 56.3 percent.
The largest cement plant in the world is being built in Nigeria
South Africa is the first, and to date only, country to build nuclear weapons and then voluntarily dismantle its entire nuclear weapons programme
Almost 50% of all African immigrants in the United States hold a college diploma
In the mid 1990s, there were more phones in New York City than the whole of Africa. But if the growth curve in mobile devices in Africa continues, it is likely to surpass the United States in number of mobile consumers
The city of Pretoria, in South Africa, has the second largest number of embassies in the world after Washington, D.C.

There is still more Africa that you need to know. If you are thinking of investing in Africa, definitely, there are a lot that you need to learn.

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