Fun FactThe first African single song to sell over a million copies was Yéké Yéké and it was sung by a Guinean, the late Mory Kanté Did you Know?Three major rivers in West Africa namely Senegal, Gambia, and Niger start […]
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Fun FactThe country has a population of half a million people, majority of which live on Santiago Island Did you Know?The country was declared free of polio in November 2016 and has not registered any outbreak of vaccine preventable diseases […]
Fun Fact Liberia’s capital, Monrovia, is named after the fifth president of the United States of America, James Monroe. Did you Know? Liberia was the first Republic in Africa and the first country on the continent to be ruled by […]
Fun Fact Togo is a Ewe word meaning lake or lagoon Did you Know? Only 61.4% of Togolese births have skilled health personnel in attendance Quick Facts: 61 Years Life expectancy,2018 1.75% GDP growth rate, 2019 Exported products Refined petroleum […]
Fun Fact Côte d’Ivoire is the world’s largest producer of Cocoa Did you Know? Côte d’Ivoire has one of the world’s lowest life expectancies at an average of 58 Quick Facts: 58 Years Life expectancy, 2018 1.96% GDP growth rate, […]
Fun Fact Sierra Leone means roaring mountains Did you Know? Sierra Leone has one of the lowest life expectancies (54 years) in the world Quick Facts: 54 Years Life expectancy, 2019 Negative 2.16% Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth (annual percentage), […]
Fun FactCameroon is known as an“ethnic crossroads” becauseit has more than 200different ethnic groups. Did you Know?The estimated HIV/ AIDS prevalance is three percent for population aged 15 to 49 years. Quick Facts: 59.3 Years Total life expectancy at birth, […]
Fun Fact Nigeria is one of the most ecologically vibrant countries in the world. From a report published by the World Resources Institute, it has approximately 4,715 types of plant species and more than 550 species of mammals and birds. […]
Fun Fact Ghana was the first black African country in sub-Saharan Africa to achieve independence in 1957 from colonial rule. Did you Know? Out of the total Ghanian population, 81.4 percent has access to primary healthcare, while 61.4 percent has […]
Fun Fact The capital city of Senegal, Dakar is the western-most point of continental Africa. Did you Know? Senegal was ranked second out of 36 countries on foreign policy’s COVID-19 global response index which gauged how national leaders are responding […]
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