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Gold is now Uganda’s second largest export commodity after coffee, after posting historical highs in the last three-quarters of the financial year 2015/16. Check Also: Uganda Loses Shs3B Daily In South Sudan Conflict According to the Bank of Uganda’s (BoU) 2015/16 annual report, the gold exports value during the financial year rose to $204m (Shs693b) from a paltry $230,000 (Shs782m) in ...

Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Monday criticized French investigators who last week reopened an inquiry into a plane crash that sparked the 1994 genocide in which more than 800,000 people were killed. In a series of tweets on Monday, the Rwandan presidency said that “France should be the one tried for genocide.” Check also: How Rwanda And Burundi Became East Africa’s Bad Neighbors ...

Said Bakhresa, Tanzania’s 3rd richest man, on Thursday launched a $120 million fruit processing factory in the outskirts of Dar es Salaam. Check also: The Youngest Billionaire In Africa, Mohammed Dewji To Create 100,000 Jobs In Tanzania According to Tanzania’s Daily News, Tanzania’s president John Magufuli personally launched the new plant which has the capacity to process 350 tonnes of fruits and ...

“We are temporarily adjusting the Galaxy Note7 production schedule in order to take further steps to ensure quality and safety matters,” a company spokesperson said. Check also: Samsung Foldable Smartphone Just Around The Corner Samsung issued an alert to customers on Monday, asking users to immediately turn off their Galaxy Note 7 smartphones — which have been spontaneously catching fire. ...

Ghana’s opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) party presidential candidate Hassan Ayariga has promised to establish an all-inclusive government that he claims would be equipped to handle the social problems of the country, VOA reports. Check also: Ghana In Plans To Make Travel In Africa Easier For Africans Ayariga said that he was confident of winning the upcoming elections, despite only launching his ...