#1: Morocco's 🇲🇦 supercomputer, South Africa's 🇿🇦 2024 elections, Afro nation music festival in Portugal 🇵🇹 , African students in Ukraine 🇺🇦, and life expectancy across Africa 🌍
#1: Morocco's 🇲🇦 supercomputer, South Africa's 🇿🇦 2024 elections, Afro nation music festival in Portugal 🇵🇹 , African students in Ukraine 🇺🇦, and life expectancy across Africa 🌍
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a. Mohammed VI Polytechnic University in Rabat (UM6P) houses Morocco’s supercomputer, which is ranked by Top500.org as the world's 98th fastest computer.
b. More than 29 million people in Africa lost their jobs during the global pandemic. As a result of businesses laying off workers and restrictions resulting to volatile labour markets, more 29 million people in Africa lost their jobs from 2020.
c. Tunisia, Algeria, and Libya are the African countries with the longest life expectancy. Tunisia (77.3 years), Algeria (76.3 years) , and Libya (76.2 years) are the African countries with the longest life expectancy. Lesotho at 48.5 years had the lowest life expectancy in Africa
d. The United States led global searches and interest in Afro Nation music festival taking place in Portugal. The United States led global searches of Afro Nation early after the music festival’s announcement, France has led searches in recent months.
e. 2024 South African national elections from early indicators for 2022 by-election in South Africa. 20% of the population of residence in the ward 53 in Soweto, South Africa were between the ages of 20-29, 92.6% were born in South Africa, and 35% were iSuZulu speakers.
a. Mohammed VI Polytechnic University in Rabat (UM6P) houses Morocco’s supercomputer, which is ranked by Top500.org as the world's 98th fastest computer.
b. More than 29 million people in Africa lost their jobs during the global pandemic. As a result of businesses laying off workers and restrictions resulting to volatile labour markets, more 29 million people in Africa lost their jobs from 2020.
c. Tunisia, Algeria, and Libya are the African countries with the longest life expectancy. Tunisia (77.3 years), Algeria (76.3 years) , and Libya (76.2 years) are the African countries with the longest life expectancy. Lesotho at 48.5 years had the lowest life expectancy in Africa
d. The United States led global searches and interest in Afro Nation music festival taking place in Portugal. The United States led global searches of Afro Nation early after the music festival’s announcement, France has led searches in recent months.
e. 2024 South African national elections from early indicators for 2022 by-election in South Africa. 20% of the population of residence in the ward 53 in Soweto, South Africa were between the ages of 20-29, 92.6% were born in South Africa, and 35% were iSuZulu speakers.
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Ukraine’s ministry of education and science reported that Morocco, Nigeria, and Egypt are part of the top 10 countries whose students were studying in Ukraine.