- Nigerians were ranked number 29 in the
world among the best in English proficiency

- South Africa was ranked top in Africa
followed closely by Kenya at number 6 and
18 respectively

- In terms of cities, Nairobi was ranked
number one in Africa followed by Lagos

- The ranking was based on English
proficiency tests done by a sample of adults
in countries that participated

Nigerians are the third-best speakers of English
in Africa, according to the latest report by a
global private language tutor, Education First
(EF) .

The most populous black nation in the world
was ranked number 29 in the world with South
Africa being ranked number six globally.

The English Proficiency Index (EPI), a
Switzerland-based company, ranks Kenya
behind South Africa even though Nairobi still
emerged as the highest placed African city.

Nigeria ranked 3rd best after S/Africa, Kenya in
English proficiency in Africa with 50.26. Photo
source: EP

Other African countries that appeared in the
top 100 list included Ethiopia (63), Tunisia (65),
Egypt (77), Cameroon (83), Sudan (87), Algeria
(90), Ivory Coast (96) and Libya (100).

The top country in the world was the
Netherlands followed by Sweden, Norway,
Denmark and Singapore finishing the list of the
top five.

Kenya had a high proficiency EF EPI score of
60.51 with Netherlands leading with 70.27%.

In terms of city's, Nairobi emerged top in Africa
with an EPI score of 61.94% followed by Lagos
which scored 58.47%.

Africa’s average proficiency score dropped,
primarily due to score changes in South Africa
and Ethiopia and to the inclusion of Sudan and
Cameroon, which both fall in the ''very low''
proficiency band, the report said.

The EF report links English proficiency to
innovation, public investment in research and
development, number of researchers per a
population of one million as well as technicians
per capita.

The scores are achieved through analysing
results from 2.3 million adults who took an
online English test in 2018 via EF Standard
English Test, 100 countries participated.

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Rubbish,who cares about speaking English anymore.

Thought we should be first....

someone said Nigeria came third because of akwa ibom and ibadan people

;Dall my life i tôt ghanaians was better in speaking english dan d nigerians with that their "e".. lyk instead Of sh"u"t up they will say sh"e"t up lmao!!

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So where is Ghana?. Ghanians feel their English is the best in Africa. To them, they speak queens English.