Politics
Almost 3 months after the coup against president Omar al-Bashir in Sudan, the military council and the opposition leaders finally reached an agreement for a three-year transition period. Which one among the four was delayed in the agreement?
Lebo M, the South African artist featured in the original Lion King soundtrack and to be featured in the upcoming live-action remake, sung the famous opening lines of the Circle of Life in this language.
What is Zulu?
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is the largest free trade area in terms of participating countries since the WTO. After Benin and Nigeria committed to sign the deal, which country is the sole outsider out of the 55 African Union member states that has no clear plan to sign up?
Eritrea (due to tensions with Ethiopia)
Since 1999, Zimbabwe has qualified for each international tournament of this sport, even beating India and South Africa, but has failed to qualify for the 2019 tournament.
What is cricket?
Which African countries have never been colonized?
Ethiopia and Liberia
President Paul Biya is famous for ruling Cameroon “remotely”. He arranged frequent visits to Geneva and complicated the peace talks between the Anglophone and Francophone representatives. A 2018 report revealed the length of his stay abroad since he came to power in 1982. At least how many days did the president spend on private visits to foreign countries? (+/- 100 days)
1,645 +/- 100 days
This U.S. university, based in Pennsylvania, just opening a new campus in Kigali, with the aim of training high-quality engineers and Africa's next tech leaders.
What is Carnegie Mellon?
According to Africapolis, a project supported by OECD, Africa’s urbanization level rose from 13 percent in 1950 to 49 percent in 2015. Cairo, Lagos, Johannesburg, and Kinshasa are four among the five largest urban agglomerations on the continent. What is the continent’s third largest urban area?
Onitsha, Nigeria (8.5 million inhabitants)
This country is current host to the Africa Cup of Nations.
What is Egypt?
Which ancient city in Mali was a hub for regional trade in the Sahel as well as a center of Islamic education in the 12th to 16th centuries?
Timbuktu
An increasing number of ethnic groups are pushing for a region-state status and putting much pressure on the more politically open but weaker ruling government in Ethiopia. The Sidama is one of these ethnic groups. What proportion of the national population does The Sidama account for in Ethiopia?(+/- 2 percent)
5 percent (+/- 2 percent)
The world music festival held annually in June in Essaouria, Morocco, celebrates this musical genre.
What is gnaoua/gnawa?
Airtel Africa listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange this week and became the third largest stock by market value in Nigeria. What are the two largest companies on the Lagos bourse?
Dangote Cement and MTN Nigeria (listed in May)
This country, whose football team is known as the Indomitable Lions, won the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.
Who is Cameroon?
This empire in pre-colonial west Africa surpassed the size of the Malian empire under the rule of Sonni Ali. What was it called. Hint: also the name of an ethnic group and language in Mali.
Songhai empire
Thousands of protesters gathered in Lilongwe and Blantyre to demonstrate against the recently re-elected President Peter Mutharika. The election in May was said to suffer from frauds. What was the margin of victory between President Mutharika and the second-place candidate, Mr. Lazarus Chakwera? (+/- 1 percent)
3 percent (+/- 1 percent)
Presently, Ethiopian Israelis have took to the streets to protest the police shooting of an Ethiopian Jew on June 30 under highly contested circumstances. This small community making up roughly 2% of the Israeli population, is also known by this name?
What is Beta Israel?
What is the name of the underwater cable that Google plans to construct to 9 African countries to Europe?
Equiano
The Nigerian national football team, three-time Africa Cup of Nation winners, also go by this nickname.
What are the Super Eagles?
What was the capital of the Kingdom of Zimbabwe (11th to 15th centuries), the ruins of which are currently a tourist attraction near the current city of Masvingo. Bonus 200 points if you know what it means.
Great Zimbabwe. Great House of Stone.
Mr. Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, candidate from the ruling party Union for the Republic, won the presidential election in Mauritania this June. It was the first election since __(event) in __(year). (half points for each blank)
Independence from France in 1960
This South African artist, whose work explored questions of political injustice and human rights during apartheid, died in early July.
Who is David Koloane?
What is the name of the first black woman CEO appointed by Naspers, Africa’s biggest listed company?
Phuthi Mahanyele-Dabengwa
This high class auto racing is exploring the possibility of a race in Morocco, which would be the first race held on the continent since 1993 in South Africa.
What is Formula 1?
This Zulu king is attributed with the rise of the Zulu Kingdom in the early 1800s, but has a controversial legacy due to his brutal war tactics.
King Shaka Zulu