For fashion’s elite, follower count has finally turned into fiscal fortitude. Though Gisele Bündchen still leads the world’s top-earning models with $30.5 million, Kendall Jenner (No. 3) and newcomer Gigi Hadid (No. 5) have risen up the ranks by turning their outsized Instagram followings into multi-million dollar paydays. Check also: Uganda’s Top 20 Fashion Designers Gisele remains the woman to catch: The 36-year-old has made more money than any other model ...
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Meet Alexandra Andresen, The World’s Youngest Billionaire
Alexandra Andresen is the world’s youngest billionaire. Heir to a family fortune built on tobacco, she debuts among the 2016 World’s Billionaires thanks to her stake in investment company Ferd that FORBES values at $1.2 billion. Check also: World’s Top 10 Youngest Billionaires – 2015 Fresh out of high school, Alexandra is one of the most promising horseback riders in Norway, collecting trophies from ...
Read More »Uganda Is A Young Country With An Old Dictatorship, Says Opposition Leader Kizza Besigye
Ugandan police arrested opposition leader Kizza Besigye, who lost February’s election to President Yoweri Museveni, after his party announced he would be sworn-in in an alternative inauguration ceremony in the country. Check also: As Ugandan Troops Withdraws From AU Mission, Is Kony’s LRA Finished? Voters re-elected Museveni for a fifth term with 60.8 percent of the February 18 vote, ahead of Besigye on ...
Read More »Here’s How Much Software Engineers Make At Snapchat, Uber And Airbnb
Software engineers across the nation make $104,000 a year on average, but for those working at the top tech companies in the world, that’s just the start. New data released Tuesday shows that the average coder working for the likes of Apple,Amazon, Uber and others easily make more than $200,000 when salary, equity and bonuses are all added up. Check also: Apple Is Secretly ...
Read More »Somalia Hosted International Summit For The First Time In 40 Years
East African heads of state met in Mogadishu on Tuesday, marking the first time war-torn Somalia has hosted an international summit in more than 40 years. Check also: Uganda To Pull Troops Out Of Somalia By The End Of 2017 Security was extra tight was for the one-day meeting to prevent attacks by Islamist militant group al-Shabab. Authorities put the city ...
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