Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos’ reign on the top of the Forbes’ Real Time Billionaires List only lasted a morning. Bezos became the richest person in the world for the first time with a $90.6 billion (aboutSh900b) net worth when markets opened on Thursday. But while Amazon stock climbed
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Telecommunications giants, MTN Uganda on Friday announced a three year landmark sponsorship deal towards KCCA Football Club activities. Announcing this sponsorship, MTN Uganda Chief Executive Officer, Wim Vanhelleputte remarked, “Today we launch a partnership between two winning teams. MTN Uganda is therefore proud to sponsor KCCA FC sporting activities to
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Uganda's former Ethics and Integrity Minister, Miria Matembe has threatened to drag government spokesperson to court over claims he made on national television appearing to insinuate that her husband slept with their house-help. Matembe made the threat on Thursday during popular NBS Television talk show "Frontline" demanding that the government
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Alphabet's Google aims to train 10 million people in Africa in online skills over the next five years in an effort to make them more employable, its chief executive said Thursday. The U.S. technology giant also hopes to train 100,000 software developers in Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa, a company
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Zimbabwe's first lady has urged 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe to name his choice for a successor. Grace Mugabe, who is widely thought to harbor presidential ambitions, made her comments Thursday while addressing the ZANU-PF party's women's league in Harare. According a report from the state-run Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation, the first
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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni on Friday morning met with Kenyan Sports betting firm, SportPesa officials who are looking to set up shop in Uganda. The meeting that also included Youth Minister Nakiwala Kiyinji and FUFA boss Moses Magogo took place at State House Entebbe. "Met investors from the SportPesa company
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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has overtaken Bill Gates and is now the richest person in the world, with a fortune topping $90 billion for the first time ever, Forbes reports. When markets opened on Thursday, Bezos had a net worth of $90.6 billion, putting him $500 million ahead of Microsoft
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Uganda's Parliament wants to investigate the operations and competencies of Bank of Uganda (BoU) in regulating the banking sector, Business Focus reveals. Nathan Nandala Mafabi, the Budadiri County West MP on Thursday afternoon moved a motion on the floor of Parliament calling for investigations into the operations of BoU and
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The Members of Parliament on Physical Infrastructure Committee has commenced investigations into how Government of Uganda irrergulary awarded Switzerland based company, Societe Generale Surveillance (SGS) a contract to carry out mandatory vehicle inspections in Uganda. On Thursday, Eng.Denis Sabiiti, the former Commissioner in charge of Transport Inspection and Regulation in
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UNHR and Makerere University are seeking to recruit qualified personnel in various fields. Find out details in the job posts below; UNHCR(Real Medicine Foundation) 4 Medical Clinical Officers, 2 HIV/AIDS Counselors, 5 Registered Nurses, 4 Registered Midwives, 8 Enrolled Nurses, 3 Enrolled Midwives, Pharmacist, Driver and 2 Nutrition Assistants. Get
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