The Africa Industrialization Day that falls on November 20 is a day declared in 1990, and is a day when a large number of African governments and organizations come together to explore different ways to stimulate the industrialization process in Africa. This special day attracts a large amount of attention from all over the world and hosts special seminars, meetings and other types of events all over Africa.
Although industrialization in Africa can be seen to rise gradually, the continent rich in natural resources lags far behind many other parts of the world, which have an impact on the development of Africa and its ability to communicate at a global level. On this day efforts are being made to bring together as much as possible the leaders of many countries in Africa, and the promotion of common goals on the industrialization of Africa and the exploitation of its resources can be something that the whole world will enjoy.
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In honor of Africa's Industrial Day, get some interesting facts about this amazing continent:
Africa is larger than China, USA, India, Mexico and much of Europe are combined together.
Africa is home to the largest animals in the world: the African elephants, and the tallest: the giraffes.
The people of the Sun (Bushmen) tribe in South Africa, today use the same set of tools as the one in the cave, which was dated 44,000 years ago.
41% of children in Africa aged 5 to 14 are employed as workers.
People in Africa and Asia have to walk an average of 6 miles to collect water.
Between 1525 and 1866, 12.5 million Africans were abducted and sold into slavery in America.
Facebook has 100 million active users from the African continent.
96 elephants are killed every day in Africa.
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The most deadly animal in Africa is the hippopotamus.
Married women in the Dogon tribe in Africa maintain relationships with men out of wedlock at the encouragement of their mothers.
South Africa is called "Rainbow Nation in the Cloud" because it has 11 different official languages.
In Africa there is beer brewed from bananas.
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| Beer in Tanzania Market, Source: Leo D'lion, Flickr |
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November 20 is also Universal Children's Day- 20 November