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, ...

Being out of cellphone reception is no problem if you own a satellite phone. Here’s how to never miss a call again no matter where you are in the world, and yet still keep your iPhone or Android device.[4] Check also: Facebook To Provide Free Internet To West, East And Southern Africa I find it pretty weird that there’s cellphone ...