Kenyan multi-millionaire businessman Narendra Raval, popularly referred to as ‘Guru’, has pledged to donate at least half of his fortune to charity. In a conversation Forbes on Wednesday in his offices in Ruiru, Nairobi, Raval, 55, promised to donate half of his net worth to causes in education and health,
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Uganda's 'legendary' Fairway Hotel will in March next year officially become a 4 star Hotel. This revelation was made last Friday by the hotel's Operations Manager, Samson Ombogo at a function at the hotel in Kampala. [caption id="attachment_6642" align="alignnone" width="2992"] Operations Manager Mr. Samson Ombogo takes the press through Fairway
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Uganda’s President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said that multi-lateral agencies such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund don’t work to advance developing countries, revealing that they are agents of colonialists. Museveni made the remarks on Friday during the 25th Joseph Mubiru Memorial Lecture held at Serena Hotel,
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A US court has rejected bail for former Hong Kong home affairs secretary Patrick Ho Chi-ping, saying there was a high risk he would attempt to flee the country and prosecution lawyers had “strong evidence” he had colluded with African officials. The prosecution said Ho faced more than a decade
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It is exactly two weeks since robbers entered the strong room of a Kenya Commercial Bank branch in Thika, Kenya and stole over UShs1.8bn. However, the circumstances under which the heist was executed still remain a mystery. Three people — two brothers and a friend — have been charged with
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Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has made changes to his cabinet a day after announcing his executive team, Chief Secretary to Cabinet Mischeck Sibanda said. “Adjustments have been made to ensure compliance with the constitution and considerations of gender, demography and special needs,” Sibanda, said Saturday in a statement to reporters
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Celebrated 'elite farmer,' Bettina Tumuhaise aka Praising has come out to explain rumors surrounding her 'Open Letter' to Kyadondo East lawmaker, Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine. Following her letter to the legislator seeking his support for Mapeera Bakateyamba's Home, Blogs have been awash with reports that she is a desperate
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Kenya Airways has made good its threat to fire 140 engineers and technicians who had been on a go-slow, threatening to ground the national carrier’s operations, reports The Standard. The airline on Wednesday evening issued dismissal letters to the employees. It said they had ignored three warning letters to explain
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Barclays will sell a 7 percent stake in Johannesburg-based Barclays Africa Group on December 5, the British bank said on Friday, the latest and likely last in a series of such sales as it ends more than 90 years as a major presence on the continent. Barclays said after the
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Uganda's young emerging entrepreneur, Maxima Nsimenta could soon make it to Forbes list of young enterprising Africans if her recent success is something to go by. The Livara Cosmetics boss on Thursday received the Award for Uganda Women Entrepreneurs Association Limited (UWEAL) Rising Star award in recognition for her efforts in
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