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Ludacris Net Worth 2021 The rapper and actor from Champaign, Illinois, Ludacris has a net worth that is estimated to be $80 million making him one of the top 100 richest rappers in the world. Embed from Getty Images Ludacris net worth [table id=15 /] The rapper and actor from Champaign, Illinois, Ludacris has a net worth that is estimated to be $80 million making him one of the top 100 richest rappers in the world. The college graduate has music and acting in his resume and has over the years acquired a considerable amount of fortune over the years.…

After winning four major categories of Grammy Awards, Best Album, Best Record, Best Song, and Best New Artist, it is no surprise that 19-year-old Billie Eilish boasts a net worth of $25 million. Her journey to stardom begun in 2016 on SoundCloud before she inked a record deal with Interscope Records. Thereafter, the rest became history the American singer and songwriter went on to fame after her 2019 single “Bad Guy” topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart. That is no easy feat since she is actually the very first person in close to 40 years to accomplish that feat. It…

Africa is suffering the worst from the effects of global warming. The continent is the least prepared to respond to adverse weather changes brought about by global warming. The devastating effects range from unpredictable weather that is causing floods and famine across the continent. The economic impact for agriculture dependent Africa is huge. This is why Joe Biden’s win is very important for Africa. Biden is clearly for action against global warming the least of which not been his outright statement that his administration will bring America back into the Paris Climate Deal. The Paris Agreement is a direct response…

Tanzania reelects Magufuli President It is five more years for Tanzania’s incumbent president John Pombe Magufuli after he was announced the winner of the 2020 elections last night. Just a few minutes after the clock ticked 10 PM the Tanzania National Electoral Commission (NEC) Chairman Semistocles Kaijage announced Magufuli’s reelection. According to NEC, the president-elect racked in 12.5 million votes of the 15 million people that voted (20 million registered to vote). With the 85 % popularity vote not only does Magufuli take the top office again but his ruling party CCM also takes a historic position after knocking down…

In an unprecedented and rather unexpected move, in October 2020 US President Donald Trump went ahead and erased Sudan out of the US’ proverbial blacklist of countries that harbour terrorists or support terror groups.  President Trump, who is not exactly known for his keen favour for Africa, took to Twitter to announce his decision to remove Sudan from the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism (SST).  He said Sudan had proved itself a willing participant to change and fight against terrorism. He twitted that Sudan’s transitional government has agreed to pay a US$335 million package to US victims of attacks and their relatives.   Also Read: Will South…

How criminals capitalized on lax security   The world was caught with its guard down by a Hollywood doomsday scenario, the infamous Coronavirus alias Covid-19 but not all were hoodwinked in fear for criminal enterprises capitalized on the pandemic.  Some coldly honest person once said ‘war is an opportunity for profit’! Some terrible opportunists have equally seized the chance to profit from the global pandemic.   Criminals have exploited the pandemic, says the Europol 2020 report, as governments relaxed controls to speed up healthcare and social protection and as companies increased system integrations.  As organizations and governments are increasing and allowing ever so much system integrations to reduce…

Dr. Hussein Ali Mwinyi Following in his father’s footsteps, He contested for and won the office of the President in Zanzibar. Elected on 28th October, his landslide win was announced the following day after he racked in over 76 percent of all votes. In his acceptance speech, delivered minutes after his win was announced, the newly elected president of the Isles took the opportunity to call for unity and to put aside all differences. It is now time to build a new Zanzibar, he said in his acceptance speech. ” Zanzibar is bigger and more important than any of our…

A new dawn is unfolding in the Israel-Arab relations World as Sudan is but a few ink drops away from becoming the third Arab country to normalize ties with Israel this year alone. International media, Associated Press confirmed that a senior Israeli delegation was in Sudan earlier this week. Backed with high profile U.S. diplomatic mission, the meeting is believed to have been the final touches to normalize ties between the age-long ‘rivals.’ The development comes in the backdrop of Sudan’s interim government signing a pact with the U.S. that has successfully removed the country from the U.S. list of…

UAE based Emirates Airlines has inked an agreement with Airlink which has paved way for it to enter the Southern African market. The pact with regional airline Airlink is part of Emirates ongoing major expansion in the region even though the Dubai-based company has been cutting off various routes around the World owing to the Covid-19 threat. The development comes but weeks after South Africa’s state-owned airline, South African Airways, failed to raise the $591 million it needed to bail itself out of the corruption and mismanagement allegations that it was facing. Earlier this year in June, the SA…

With a balance sheet worth Tshs 14.3tr at the end of 2019, Equity Bank has been listed seven among the top 10 banks in Africa for 2020. Rightly so because, according to The Banker’s Top 100 African Banks ranking for 2020, Equity Bank has scored 5.82 in the overall category of the best performing banks.  Equity Group has an asset base of US$9bl and with over 14.2 million customers; the Group is one of the biggest by customer base in the region. It has a footprint of 300 branches, 51,560 agents, 31,265 merchants and 623 ATMs and is the largest bank in market capitalization across East and Central Africa.  The Group, which…