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Muloongo Muchelemba retweeted
HARRY: TAKE NOTE: THIS is how a REAL prince does a chat show!!
One brother goes on television to champion a global issue. The other never sits on a sofa without making it all about himself.
Last night Prince William became the first royal ever to take a seat on Graham Norton's famous red sofa, and what a brilliant move by the future King it was. The studio audience gasped and cheered as he walked out to join Cate Blanchett, Hannah Waddingham and Robert Irwin, all long-time champions of his Earthshot Prize, for a special edition that airs tonight on BBC One.
He came to talk about the prize, and explained that years of environmental "negativity and doom" had got him down, so he decided "we could do something more powerful and more optimistic" with an awards ceremony that could "talk about urgency and optimism together". This is a mature, focused man who looks outward and sets goals he means to reach: five Earthshots, £1 million for each winner, a personal commitment to the prize until 2030, and next month he will be in Mumbai handing out the awards.
And he was so clearly enjoying himself. He finished the night warm, relaxed and engaging, by every account — without a trace of self-pity.
Consider the manchild. Harry's offering this month has been a MasterClass, Redefining Grief, followed by a GQ interview in which he complained that "some people don't want it to work out", a line his own spokesman then had to insist was "absolutely not intended as a swipe" at his brother. The word salad minister seems able to think only in the simplest terms, and mostly about Harry. Even now he has moved back to Britain, the whinging is CONSTANT.
William is getting on with his life and giving everything he can. Harry, meanwhile, is reportedly sounding out Diana's friends and family about a documentary to mark the 30th anniversary of her death next August. Nothing is confirmed, but mark my words: the man baby will try to make his next few quid out of his mother's memory. Deep down he knows he is irrelevant with nothing left to offer, and the ghastly narcissist he married is loathed globally and will never be accepted by the great British public.
The future King will be laughing on Graham Norton's sofa tonight, engaging the world on a cause larger than himself. His brother will still be selling his grief by subscription.
Muloongo Muchelemba retweeted
Africa needs more builders, not just investors, i.e. entrepreneurs with the ambition to build businesses that compete beyond their home markets, supported by African financial institutions willing and able to back them - Muloongo Muchelemba.
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Muloongo Muchelemba retweeted
After my visit yesterday, here is the site of where the #AfricanGP plans to be held in Rwanda from 2030/2031.
The elevation change is immense and the view from up here will be amazing when it’s finished.
Muloongo Muchelemba retweeted
Rwanda is open. The opportunities are waiting.
Smart Airport City, Bugesera. ✈️
Muloongo Muchelemba retweeted
And they have been building towards this for over a decade. Remember when they woke up and decided Kigali can be a Conference destination? I thought it was PR. Time proved me spectacularly wrong. Govt built Zipline in 2016(?) to use drones to delivery meds to hard to reach places
Muloongo Muchelemba retweeted
Rwanda gets a lot of things right. Gender representation: at some stage it had the most gender representative parliament (not sure about cabinet). It’s still one of easiest places to start, register and run a business, free movement to most Africans, phenomenal public transport
Muloongo Muchelemba retweeted
This afternoon, following the announcement of the Formula 1 African Grand Prix to take place in Rwanda, President Kagame and First Lady Jeannette Kagame hosted a luncheon, where they were joined by @fia President Mohammed Ben Sulayem, @F1 President Stefano Domenicali, key private sector leaders on the continent and partners from the motorsports community.
Muloongo Muchelemba retweeted
Monaco is smaller than Rwanda.
President Kagame responds to those who say: "Formula 1 is too big for a small country like Rwanda."
I tell those people to take a deep breath and calm down, and wait to see what is coming.
First, we are people, like the people of other parts of the world. There is nothing, no event, nothing that is bigger than people.
So, we are a small country, but we are a people.
Formula One is big indeed, but it is not a goal just in itself. In fact, Formula One is part of the big picture of what Rwanda has to do.
We made progress as a country, as a people, but also for this particular Formula One, as a sport for Africa.
We are not looking at just Rwanda alone. We are looking at Rwanda in the context of the continent, and we have indeed ambitions to bring in other African brothers and sisters to participate.
It is Rwandan, it is African, and it is a big deal that we are very happy to be associated with.
Muloongo Muchelemba retweeted
To speak to your point, they are very methodical. They put the infrastructure in place, the arena then the NBA. The convention center too. The brand placement on the Arsenal jersey was a boss move too.
I feel the grow Zambia agend needs to be intentional on infrastructure.