Promoting Africa
In partnership with South African telecommunications company MTN, Tidal, a US based music streaming service founded by Jay Z, has officially started its business in Kampala, Uganda. Tidal, the music and video streaming platform, has since 22 August 2018, launched in its second African country (after South Africa), in partnership with the mobile and fixed…
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The $33,000 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation has been awarded to a 24-year old Ugandan engineer for his invention of a bloodless malaria test: Matibabu (meaning ‘treatment’ in Swahilo). Malaria infects some 300 million to 600 million every year around the world, according to Unicef, and Sub-Saharan Africa alone accounts for 90% of the world’s 580,000 annual malaria deaths.…
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Ugandan-British actor Daniel Kaluuya has been nominated for an Oscar Award as Best Actor for his role in the hit horror film Get Out. Daniel Kaluuya faces strong competition from established Hollywood stars including Denzel Washington and Daniel Day-Lewis – as well as Call Me By Your Name's Timothée Chalamet, 22, who is the youngest…
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