Africa might be the setting of many phenomenal safaris, but just as you rarely find a bear walking through a gas station, you rarely find a wild animal walking through a urban area in Africa. African wild animals are afraid of cars, crowds, and loud sounds.
Source: Tolerance.org
Hey, not everyone is a geography wiz. Some people still believe Africa is a country. It is a continent and within it are 56 countires or de facto countires, 55 of which are recognized countries in Africa and 54 of which are members of the African Union.
Source: Africacheck.org
Even though the parts of Africa that you see in popular documentaries are often dry and hot, there are parts of Africa where temperatures drop below freezing. In some mountain towns of Morocco, temperatures have been recorded at minus 11 degrees Fahrenheit.
Source: Bootsnall.com, Your-bizbook.com
Many believe think there are no real cities in Africa, and people live in villages, towns, communes or just about anything you’d associate a hut with. Cape Town, South Africa, hosted the 2010 World Cup. General Electric and the Rockefeller Foundation both have headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. Africa’s three largest cities by urban population are Cairo, Egypt with a population of 15,546,100; Lagos, Nigeria, population of 9,123,200 and; Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, with a population of 7,527,500.
Source: Africa.com, TheAfricanEconomist.com
You can just as easily find a mobile phone charger or tablet in most African cities as you can in cities around the world. Many mistake the fact that Africa gets some technologies a little late for the idea that they don’t get technology at all. Not true. The following companies have headquarters or branches in Africa: Vodacom, Google, Intel, Hewlett-Packard and IBM. There are more than 880 million cell phone subscribers in the continent.
Source: Dispatch.com
Africa has some of the most prestigious luxury resorts and hotels in the world. Many national chains and boutique hotels are worth exploring. Here’s an idea of luxury choices: there is a Four Seasons in Seychelles, a Belmond hotel in South Africa and a Sands resort in Mauritius. In recent survey done by W Hospitality Group, 27 hotel chains with 60 brands between them reported 84,000 rooms in Africa. In 2014 alone, 142 new hotel deals were signed that could bring another 40,000 hotels room to the continent.
In very rural areas, people may eat a lot of fish steamed in plantain leaves, but these are increasingly showing up on menus at some of the world’s top gourmet restaurants. In African cities you can find major chains like KFC, McDonald’s, Spur Steak Ranches and Nando’s.
Source: Africanbusinessreview.co.za
Most African countries have a history of colonization, and African national languages include French, German, English and Portuguese. But a lot more African languages are not based on European colonization. When all local languages and introduced languages are considered, there are an estimated 1,500-to-2,000 languages spoken throughout Africa. These include nearly 200 Afro-Asiatic, approximately 140 Nilo-Saharian, and more than 1,000 Niger-Saharian languages.
Source: Nationsonline.org
Africa has a long history of colonization. Around 9 percent of South Africa’s population is white, and around 7 percent of Botswana’s population is white. There are Asians in Zimbabwe, Europeans in Tanzania, and other ethnicities all over the continent. Charlize Theron is from South Africa.
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The continent’s literacy rates are rapidly growing, and it’s been predicted that by 2060 97 percent of Africans will be literate. That’s higher than the current literacy rate in the U.S.
Source: Csmonitor.com
