Bill Gates' net worth eclipsed $100 billion (UShs375 trillion) this week as Microsoft shares ticked up prior to the company's earnings announcement on April 24. He remains the second richest person in the world, Forbes reports. Gates trails only Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who is worth an estimated $153.2 billion,
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Popular lawmaker Robert Kyagulanyi has used his Easter Message to hit out at the powers that be warning that good will defeat evil without making any references. Bobi Wine posted the message on his Facebook page saying despite troubles, 'joy comes in the morning.' Below is the full message Happy
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Snakes have been found in Liberian President George Weah's office, forcing him to work from his private residence, the BBC reports. Press secretary Smith Toby told the BBC that on Wednesday two black snakes were found in the foreign affairs ministry building, site of the official office. All staff have
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The Deputy Governor, Bank of Uganda (BoU), Dr Louis Kasekende has asked members of Savings and Credit Cooperative Organizations (SACCOs) to turn them into producer cooperatives so as to enjoy more benefits. He made the remarks on April 17, 2019 during Bank of Uganda Town Hall Meeting held at the
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) claimed its first attack in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Thursday, and declared it the "Central Africa Province" of the "caliphate," after two Congolese soldiers and a civilian were killed in a gunfight. The three died in clashes on Tuesday
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Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyatta (in featured photo) is the most popular leader in Sub-Saharan Africa with 3.6 million likes on Facebook, ahead of Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo with 1.6 million likes. However, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is by far the most popular world leader on Facebook with more than 43.5
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By AFP A Philippine Christian devotee is nailed to a cross during a reenactment of the Crucifixion of Christ during Good Friday ahead of Easter in San Juan, Pampanga, on April 19, 2019 A man was nailed to a cross with up to 10 more to follow while barefoot men
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Tanzania’s economy will be subdued if recent government policies and legislation continue, threatening to hit growth in East Africa’s third largest economy, an International Monetary Fund report seen by Reuters on Thursday said. President John Magufuli’s government has embarked on an ambitious program of industrialization, but foreign investment in the
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Denis Kibukamusoke (in featured photo) has resigned his lucrative job as Head Consumer Banking at dfcu bank. He is joining another financial institution that hasn’t been revealed. Rukh-Shana Namuyimba, the Communication Manager at dfcu Bank says Miranda Bageine Musoke, the Head Personal Banking will in the meantime act in the
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The Uganda shilling traded stable supported by portfolio and commodity flows as demand remained muted in a short trading week ahead of a long Easter weekend. Trading was in the range of 3730/3740. In the money market, the average interbank lending rates held at 7% and 10% for overnight and
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