There are many agribusiness enterprises you can embark on to become a millionaire. Goat farming is one of them. Grace Bwogi, 38, is one of the successful goat farmers in the country promoting the business of goat farming in Uganda in order to beat the demand which is currently outstripping
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Telecom tycoon Strive Masiyiwa has become Zimbabwe’s first billionaire. According to a report by Forbes, Masiyiwa, 57 is now worth $1.7 billion. Masiyiwa controls Econet Group, a Zimbabwe-listed mobile phone company that also has investments in financial services, insurance, e-commerce, renewable energy, education, Coca-Cola bottling, hospitality and payment gateway solutions.
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The Uganda Shilling carried losses early in the week as demand soured breaching a technical level during the week ending 12th January 2018. Trading was in the range of 3660/3670. The sustained weakening triggered the Central Bank intervention on the sell side, an action that calmed the markets and restored stability.
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Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) has drafted a law governing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in Rwanda which will soon be forwarded to the Rwanda Law Reform Commission for review, reports the New Times. The draft bill was prepared along with the National Biosafety Framework, biosafety policy and regulations according to
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Everyone who uses Facebook will have come across some pretty strange posts in their time. Random friend requests, being added to groups you did not ask to join, and tags that allow "friends" to clog up your timeline with posts or photos you don't necessarily want. But a Nigerian man
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Bitcoin's eye-watering price surge over the past year is proving too tempting to resist despite fears that cryptocurrencies are a bubble floating towards an inevitable burst. One group, for whom it holds particular appeal is African millennials, writes the BBC. Thirty year-old Peace Akware in Kampala is a convert to
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The President of Angola, João Lourenço, has sacked the son of his predecessor José Eduardo dos Santos as head of the country's sovereign wealth fund. Mr Lourenço said he was replacing José Filomeno dos Santos after an external inquiry into the fund's governance, reports BBC. The $5bn (£3.7bn) fund has
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Kenya Airways Thursday marked a great milestone with the launch of a non-stop flight from Nairobi to New York. The national carrier starts selling today tickets for the inaugural flight which is scheduled for October 28th this year. Kenya Airways becomes the first airline to offer a non-stop flight between
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Uganda's President, Yoweri Museveni has revealed how his wife, First Lady Janet Kataaha Museveni almost made him became a mental facility patient over her persistent demands to have a road constructed in her constituency. Museveni revealed this on Monday as he campaigned for the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party
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