Unlike other continents, the average shoe size in all African countries is 6 (US) for women, and 9.5 for men. However, the variation in things like bra and waist sizes, are all over the map🤣

A selection of South African artworks produced during the country's apartheid era which ended up in foreign art collections, but was repatriated, is on display in Johannesburg to mark 30 years since the country's transition to democracy in 1994
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In its latest “World Economic Outlook”, IMF sees Kenya overtaking Angola to become the 4th largest economy in Sub-Saharan Africa this year, behind South Africa, Nigeria, and Ethiopia. The forecast sees Kenya maintaining that position until end of 2029. Of course, Ethiopia (with…

The rise of the remote husband
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Six African Countries And Their Names; Jesus's Apostle, Gods, Noah (the Ark Man's) Grandson, And European Men
The idyllic African island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe, lies 289 km from the continent mainland in the Gulf of Guinea. The nation consists of two main islands…

Pharma giant Moderna expected to announce a partnership next week with artificial-intelligence heavyweight OpenAI, a deal that aims to automate nearly every business process at the biotech company
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Researchers from the University of Cambridge designed and used AI that identifies new Parkison’s disease treatments 10 times faster
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Burkina Faso junta suspends the BBC and Voice of America radio stations for their coverage of a report on a mass killing of civilians carried out by the country’s armed forces
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By some estimates, up to 500,000 Ugandans worked for private security contractors for the US and its allies in their wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Most are back home now
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Number of jobs created in Sub-Saharan Africa every year:
3 MILLION
Number of jobs needed to absorb new entries into the SSA labour market every year:
18 MILLION
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Mind-boggling. South African criminals are now “smoking” stolen fibre cables. Thieves are stealing the strength member of the fibre core for its glass. This is then crushed and smoked
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In the bushes of Africa some 50 years ago, freedom fighters took a stand against the Portuguese Empire - and won
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Tales From Nairobi, The ‘Green City in the Sun’, Now The ‘City Under Water’
Kenya is being pounded by rains, and the capital Nairobi, the proverbial “City in the Sun” is now the “City Under Water”. And the Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD) is warning us that we…