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Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has held talks with opposition leader Raila Odinga in the capital Nairobi. This is the first time the two rivals are meeting since last year's contested elections. "Had the great pleasure of welcoming my brotherRaila Odinga to Harambee House where we had the opportunity for extensive discussions

A Manchester-based author whose debut novel was initially rejected by British publishers has won one of the world's richest literary prizes. Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi - who's from Uganda and moved to the UK 17 years ago - has won one of the Windham Campbell Prizes from Yale University in the

Telecom giant, MTN, has announced that it has stopped selling SIM Cards in line with new guidelines by the Uganda Communication Commission (UCC). This announcement was made on Thursday evening indicating that the telecom company will install card readers at its different service centres to validate national identification data. " Effective

The African Development Bank and its East and North African Governors have stressed the need for urgent measures to match the continent’s growing population and youth unemployment, which they likened to a “ticking time bomb.” The meeting described the continent’s growing young population as a potential growth engine for the

The Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote has jumped five spots to be named the world's 100th richest person on Forbes' annual billionaires list. Dangote is the richest black person in the world and Africa’s richest person. He founded and chairs Dangote Cement, Africa’s largest cement manufacturer. He also owns sugar, salt

Tanzanian tycoon Mohammed Dewji has remained the richest East African in the 2018 FORBES list of the World’s Billionaires. Dewji, 42, also remains Africa’s youngest billionaire. Dewji is the CEO of METL, a Tanzanian conglomerate founded by his father in the 1970s, is now the only East African to make