WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – Dangote Refinery: House the world’s highest crude distillation column
24-10-2022
(WorldKings.org) With a height of 112 meters, the crude distillation column is slightly taller than the Saturn V rocket which brought the first man to the moon (110.6m) and 16 meters taller than Big Ben.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – Southern African Customs Union: Oldest existing customs union in the world
21-10-2022
(WorldKings.org) The Southern African Customs Union (SACU) is a customs union among five countries of Southern Africa: Botswana, Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), Lesotho, Namibia, and South Africa. Its headquarters are in the Namibian capital, Windhoek.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – Sudd: World’s largest protected swamp area
21-09-2022
(WorldKings.org) Currently being considered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Sudd is home to a vast array of flora and fauna, including endangered African elephants, an endangered antelope known as the Nile lechwe, and the critically endangered shoebill.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – People's Square: Home to world's tallest flagpole
15-09-2022
(WorldKings.org) People's Square in the NAC has the world's tallest flagpole and the memorial of Egypt's martyrs having the ancient Egyptian style. The flagpole is 201.952 m high and was completed in 26 December 2021.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – Biete Medhane Alem: World's largest monolithic rock-hewn church
21-07-2022
(WorldKings.org) Biete Medhane Alem is the largest monolithic rock-hewn church in the world, measuring 33.5m by 23.5m and is more than 11.5m high.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – Tugela Falls: World's tallest multi-tier waterfall
08-07-2022
(WorldKings.org) Tugela Falls is a complex of seasonal waterfalls located in the Drakensberg (Dragon's Mountains) of Royal Natal National Park in KwaZulu-Natal Province, Republic of South Africa.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – El Mahrousa: Oldest active super yacht in the world
28-06-2022
(WorldKings.org) El Mahrousa was built by the British ship building firm Samuda Brothers in 1863. On 6 August 2015, the ship was used to inaugurate the New Suez Canal.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – FlipFlopi: World’s first sailing boat made entirely from plastic waste and flip-flops collected from ocean
02-03-2022
(WorldKings.org) The rainbow-colored FlipFlopi dhow is 9 meters long and made from discarded plastics picked up during regular clean-ups of the ocean. Its first voyage from the Kenyan island of Lamu to Stone Town is in Zanzibar, Tanzania in 2019.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - African Records Institute (AFRI) – African pygmy squirrel: World's smallest squirrel spieces
17-02-2022
(WorldKings.org) African pygmy squirrel is the world's smallest squirrel. The standard adult mass is only 16.5 grams.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Africa Records Institute (AFRI) – Brookesia nana: World’s smallest reptile
17-01-2022
(WorldKings.org) Adult males measure 22 mm in total length, while females are slightly larger at 29 mm.