Robert Frederick Oliver Mwesigwa Nviiri, a Ugandan has founded Vule Airways, a privately-owned Ugandan registered airline that will hit the skies come November 2017. According to available information, the objective of the new airline that was founded in March this year is to fill the vacuum in the Ugandan air
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President Uhuru Kenyatta and his rival Raila Odinga are both confident of winning the General Election. Speaking after casting his vote at Mutomo Primary School in Gatundu South Constituency, President Kenyatta said that he is confident that he will beat Mr Odinga, saying he believes that he has run a
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Bitcoin's value has jumped to a record high, following a month of turmoil. The virtual currency reached $3,451.86 (£2,651) per coin in Monday trade, according to the Coindesk Bitcoin Price Index. It had never crossed the $3,000 mark until the weekend. The market value of all bitcoins in existence has
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North Korean state media has slammed the latest round of sanctions approved by the United Nations, calling them a "flagrant violation of our sovereignty", CNN reports. It vowed retaliation against Washington. The UN Security Council unanimously adopted new sanctions Saturday in response to Pyongyang's long-range ballistic missile tests on July
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The electoral commission in Rwanda has announced that President Paul Kagame has won a third term in office with a landslide. The commission said partial results of Friday's election had given him 98% of the votes, BBC reports. Mr Kagame's supporters began celebrating before the announcement. They say that he
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The US economy saw strong jobs growth in July, helped by a wave of hiring in the hospitality industry, reports BBC. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said 209,000 jobs were created in July, which was more had been expected. The unemployment rate edged lower to 4.3%, matching May's figure which
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Chinese billionaire Jack Ma will make his first investment in Kenya through taxi firm, Didi Chuxing, in a partnership with Taxify. Didi, partly owned by Jack Ma’s Alibaba Company, will invest in Taxify, an Estonian online taxi firm with operations in Nairobi. ALSO READ: Jack Ma: How A Poor Rural
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Rwandans are voting today in presidential elections, with incumbent Paul Kagame widely expected to win his third term in office. The 59-year-old is being challenged by Frank Habineza of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda, and independent candidate Philippe Mpayimana. Kagame is credited with the country's rapid economic development since
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A new version of Bitcoin has been mined for the first time in the crypto-currency's history. Bitcoin Cash is the result of months of debate and development over how the currency would continue to evolve. Fears of large swings in the value of Bitcoin have so far not been realised
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A new Human Rights Watch report accuses nine leaders in both of South Sudan’s warring parties of committing serious rights violations and possibly war crimes during 2016 and 2017. It recommends placing sanctions on all nine men, including President Salva Kiir, former First Vice President Riek Machar, and former army chief of
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