Cristiano Ronaldo has become the first footballer to top the Forbes rich list as the world’s highest-paid athlete for 2016.[9] Check also: Lionel Messi wins 2015 Best Player of the Year award in Dubai The Real Madrid and Portugal forward earned $88 million (£60 million)—$56 million (£39 million) in salary and winnings,[4] plus $32 million (£22 million) from endorsements. The portuguese ...

Moscow – Russia unveiled Wednesday the first MC-21 medium-haul passenger plane as Moscow aims to revive its beleaguered civil aviation industry and challenge giants Airbus and Boeing.[9] Check also: A Business Man Buys An Ethiopian Airlines Plane And turns It Into A Restaurant The prototype of the MC-21 plane that can carry up to 211 passengers was presented in the ...

Uganda –  [9]Mr Kasaija says agriculture is key to creating wealth and employment. He says the 2014 Population and Housing Census indicates that household reliance on subsistence farming has risen to 69% from 68% between 2002 and 2014. This, he says represents a higher number of households reporting Agriculture as their main source of livelihood, even as Agriculture’s contribution to ...

Following are highlights of budgets for the financial year 2016/17 for Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania.[6] Check also: The highlights of Uganda Budget 2015 / 2016 financial yr The budget announcements are coordinated among most governments across the East African Community, [9]which comprises Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, South Sudan and Burundi. The financial year starts on July 1 across the region. ...

FORBES AFRICA spent months looking for the best entrepreneurs East Africa has to offer.[9] Research coupled with nominations from our readers brought numerous potential under 30s. We worked for weeks, verifying and investigating, to whittle it down.[4] Check also: Top 10 Youngest Billionaires In Uganda We favored entrepreneurs with fresh ideas and took into account their business size, location, potential, ...