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The Court of Appeal in Kampala has dismissed jailed city tycoon, Godfrey Kato Kajubi's appeal and upheld the life sentence handed to him by the High Court for ritual murder

You are poor because you have no ambition. Jack Ma: Before I founded Alibaba, I invited 24 friends to my house to discuss the business opportunity. After discussing for a full two hours, they were still confused — I have to say that I may not have put myself across in a clear manner manner then. The verdict: 23 out of the 24 people in the room told me to drop the idea, for a multitude of reasons, such as: ‘you do not know anything about the internet, and more prominently, you do not have the start-up capital for this’ etc etc. There was only one friend (who was working in a bank then) who told me, “If you want to do it, just try it. If things don’t work out the way you expected it to, you can always revert back to what you were doing before.” I pondered upon this for one night, and by the next morning, I decided I would do it anyway, even if all of the 24 people opposed the idea. When I first started Alibaba, I was immediately met with strong opposition from family and friends. Looking back, I realised that the biggest ...

Africa’s finest comic talent Anne Kansiime has earned herself yet another great Kenyan deal.

11 June 2014 A series of actions by the DRC continue to undermine regional efforts towards (...)

Being a guy, a slightly less than normal one at that, I have often had moments where I question the decisions I make, but only too late. Too many times I have pondered what sort of demon had burrow...

Dare we call a feud alert between these two former Disney darlings? During her recent Bangerz con...

Don't you hate it when the weatherman gets it wrong? Apparently, so does Kim Jong Un.

Rwanda Warns DRC As Tensions Escalate

Opinion: Why Kiir Should not Share Power with Machar

According tech blogs, the next Microsoft phone to come out will have 3D touch. It will be a green Lumia 1520 as part of the Windows Phone 8.1 launch.

The World Cup is a global tournament that will feature players from every continent, but the vast majority of those players make their livings in Europe.

The two leaders have been given 60 days by Igad members within which they must form a unity government or face punitive action.

Mayweather, Ronaldo and Lebron lead a group of athletes that earned $2.75 billion over the last 12 months.

Some of the reasons why Ugandans don't use their own Apps

Low-level drug offences should be decriminalised in West Africa, according to a commission headed by former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo.

WHOEVER chose the Twitter handle “Jihadi Spring” was prescient. Three years of turmoil in the region, on the back of unpopular American-led wars in Iraq and...

Many consider football (soccer) to be a religion, and fans are becoming much more observant in the run up to the 2014 FIFA World Cup. One new fan is raising a lot of eyebrows, however-- because his name is Jesus Christ.

Brazil's Catholic church is...

England have the third most valuable squad at the 2014 Fifa World Cup with an estimated insurable value of £550m.

Oculus was a start-up company that was bought by Facebook, this virtual reality gaming company aims to take Oculus Rift to the mainstream consumer market. During an interview with Ars Technica, Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe said he envisions the company's first consumer product selling "just north of 1 million units. It's not going to be a…

The Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development Maria Kiwanuka will today (Thursday) afternoon deliver the 2014/15 national budget and the expectations are high.

The 193 members of the United Nations sitting in New York on Wednesday afternoon unanimously elected by acclamation Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kutesa as the next President of the UN General Assembly