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Rwanda's GPS-Powered Taxi Motos
In the year 2020, a groundbreaking transformation in Rwanda's transportation landscape unfolded as 46,000 motorbike taxis, known as taxi motos, took to the streets equipped with state-of-the-art GPS-enabled metering boxe...
Historical Events
7- 1947 The African Music Society is founded in Johannesburg.
- 1960 The Republic of Congo gains independence from France.
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Abbé Fulbert Youlou leads the Republic of the Congo to full independence from France and adopts a strongly pro-Western foreign policy. -
President Fulbert Youlou of the Republic of the Congo is overthrown in a coup d’état.
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Abbé Fulbert Youlou resigns as President of the Republic after the Congolese military withdraws support and France refuses military intervention against protesters.
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A military coup d’état in São Tomé and Principe deposes Miguel Trovoada, the country’s prime minister and president since independence 20 years ago. - 2020 46,000 motorbike taxis (taxi motos) begin operating with GPS-enabled metering boxes to accurately mark fares in Rwanda.
Famous Births
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Tom Mboya born on a colonial sisal estate in Kilima Mbogo near Thika, growing up in a multi-ethnic environment that shapes his pan-ethnic nationalist outlook. -
Fela Kuti, a Nigerian musician, is born.
Famous Deaths
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Paul Ngei dies at Nairobi Hospital after years of illness and financial hardship.
