Here they try to smash the "myth" that Africans have low IQ: "The result is very disappointing"
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Published 20 March 2026 at 18.35

Foreign. An African YouTube channel decided to review the "myth" that Africans have low IQ. They let pass-by-passing Nigerians test their intelligence before the camera, and it turned out that the average IQ level was around 70 – just as previous measurements showed. Only a few percent got higher results than an average European.
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The YouTube channel Bantu City Diaries decided to do an experiment.

Previous compilations of scientific studies show that black Africans have very low IQ, the worst in the world if one disregards the Aboriginal people in Australia. In Nigeria, the IQ level is usually set around about 70 on average.

To test the "myth" that Africans have low intelligence, the channel allowed Nigerians on the street in Lagos to do an IQ test before the camera.

“The result is very disappointing,” says the host.

He tells us how the study was conducted.

“We set up our tables and computers on the streets of Lagos. In shopping centres, main streets and in residential areas.

The selection consisted of a mix of young and older men and women. All participants were over 16 years old.

The result: On average, participants had 73 in IQ, while the media was 69 – completely in line with expectations. In other words, more than half had under 70 in IQ.

Only 3 percent of participants had over 102 in IQ.

Bantu City Diaries notes that the results are not different from the IQ figures available on the internet and are based on previous scientific studies.

However, the host, who is himself a Nigerian, claims that he himself is an exception.

– The result was so disappointing that I myself had to do the test to make sure that it was not so difficult. And not to brag - but my result was very good, he says.