Victoria Rubadiri

Connecting Africa Correspondent, @cnni | 2020 @bbcworld Komla Dumor Award Winner | @BD_Africa Top 40 Under 40 | Journalist | Moderator | #TempleMade 🇰🇪🇲🇼

[Victoria Rubadiri @VickyRubadiri]

Aliko Dangote: $16bn of investment is not a joke. We've seen it happen, where we built the other refinery, where land alone has jumped up by over 1000 percent. #LamuRefinery #Groundbreaking

[CNN International @cnni]

In 2003, Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka founded her nonprofit, Conservation Through Public Health. The group has since engaged more than 50,000 local people in health and economic initiatives – and Uganda’s mountain gorilla population has grown by more than 50 percent. https://t.co/IfZEE9L9Q2

[Reuters World @ReutersWorld]

Detained Ugandan opposition figure is unconscious, in intensive care, his wife says https://t.co/XKgrCGzeys https://t.co/XKgrCGzeys

[Victoria Rubadiri @VickyRubadiri]

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[The EastAfrican @The_EastAfrican]

Samia’s Russia mission: Political signal or economic diplomacy?
https://t.co/TOaVMIClRR

[Reuters @Reuters]

SpaceX plans to raise $75 billion in its initial public offering by selling 555.6 million shares at a target price of $135 per share, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters https://t.co/Xe0Obofulx

[Mwango Capital @MwangoCapital]

Aliko Dangote commits to building a refinery in East Africa:

"I can give commitment to the two presidents that were here. If they will support the refinery, we'll build the identical one that we have in Nigeria 650,000 barrels here"

[Video Source: UBC Uganda[

[The Conversation Africa @TC_Africa]

War is gutting Sudan’s economy, with cotton exports plunging as cultivated land shrinks by 70% - a sign of a much deeper economic collapse.

What’s at stake:
https://t.co/YMSUR1fWi5

#BusinessAndEconomy

[The Spectator Index @spectatorindex]

Iran's foreign ministry says there are no current plans of further talks with the United States

[Francesco Sassi @Frank_Stones]

Bypassing the Gulf? The Geopolitical Rebirth of the Nigeria-Morocco Pipeline

Nigeria and Morocco aim to reach a final agreement on the Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline (NMGP) by the end of the year.
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[CNN @CNN]

Video geolocated by CNN shows a large fire burning near a petrol storage facility in northeastern Tehran on Saturday. The Israeli military said it struck fuel storage sites in the city that evening. Follow live updates: https://t.co/dGpmK4mLor

[Larry Madowo @LarryMadowo]

CNN found the family of an African recruit who was allegedly used by Russian army as a "can-opener" with a landmine to storm Ukrainian positions. He's been offline since October.

Fighters from 🇳🇬🇬🇭🇰🇪🇺🇬🇿🇦 Investigation with @KrebsKatya @mufabs @IsaacOyombe https://t.co/j5MliXNfEy

[Larry Madowo @LarryMadowo]

EXCLUSIVE: Desperate African men tell CNN they were lured by Russia into the war in Ukraine using promises of well-paying civilian jobs. But they were forced into the frontlines with little/no training, facing drones & racism.

"You escape or you die."
⚠️Story is hard to watch

[Larry Madowo @LarryMadowo]

Are these videos evidence of rigging in Uganda’s election? President Museveni was declared winner but Bobi Wine rejected the “fake results” and has gone into hiding.

The internet was restored but social media is still blocked in the country

[Larry Madowo @LarryMadowo]

New year, new promo, new format. An all-new African Voices premieres this weekend on CNN around the world.

Yes, I have a whole show about positive African stories. Who should we feature next?

[The Telegraph @Telegraph]

🔴 US officials have said the attempted seizure comes after the Venezuela-linked oil tanker slipped through a ‍US maritime “blockade”.

Follow the latest here ⬇️
https://t.co/koiB4NA6jF

[Mono @mono_hq]

We're thrilled to announce that Mono has been acquired by @theflutterwave!

Mono will be joining The 'Wave in a strategic combination that brings together our pioneering Open Banking expertise with Flutterwave's unmatched scale and network across Africa.

What this means for our partners and customers? More innovation, deeper infrastructure, wider scale, and no disruption. We're excited for the future ahead; building the financial stack Africa deserves, together.

Here's our CEO, Abdul Hassan, on what this acquisition means for Mono, its partners, customers, and team.

Read more here: https://t.co/O7CG43rwS1

[Larry Madowo @LarryMadowo]

"Who are you?" President Samia asks the EU Parliament and other foreigners criticizing Tanzania.

"Do they still think they’re still our masters, our colonizers? Why, because of the little money they give us?" https://t.co/8gzBlIMZcP