However, it will not be the same as a minute at the North Pole. Since Africa is closer to the equator, it is traveling at a higher velocity due to the Earth's rotation. Einstein showed us that time slows down as velocity increases. Twins were separated at birth, and one went to live at the equator and the other went to live at the North Pole. Seventy years later, they are reunited. The one who lived at the equator would have aged about one femtosecond less than the one who lived at the North Pole.