Africa this week: Five things we've learnt

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Some of the quirkier snippets from the news in Africa that we did not know last week:

1) The world is set to be 40% African by the end of the century

Africa is expected to account for more than half of the globe's population growth between now and 2050, according to UN predictions.

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2) Only one Nigerian university made it to a list of top 30 African colleges

A survey of the best universities in Africa, judged by the Times Higher Education journal on the impact of their research, has put Nigeria's University Port Harcourt in sixth place, with six South African institutions in the top 10.

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3) Barack Obama can speak Kenya's street language Sheng

During his historic visit to Kenya last weekend, the US president greeted one audience with street slang phrases "Niaje wasee?" and "Hawayuni?", meaning "How are you folks?" The last phrase was popularised by top Kenyan comedian Daniel "Churchill" Ndambuki - and is a corruption of the English "how are you?".

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4) There was more than one car called 'The Beast' in Kenya

There was much talk about President Obama's armoured limousine, nicknamed "The Beast", during the US leader's visit to Kenya. When he left, one of our correspondents pictured another one:

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5) Nearly 40 Africans have played in the NBA

Ahead of the America's National Basketball Association (NBA) first-game in Africa in Johannesburg on Saturday, the NBA said the continent had produced more than 35 players for its league.

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