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 Emmanuel Ntirenganya
Emmanuel Ntirenganya
Stacks of US dollar bills on a table. While the Rwandan Franc is the only legal tender in Rwanda, there are people or entities allowed to get payments in foreign currencies in the country, depending on the nature of their businesses (Internet photo)
Business
New rule: Who can get paid in foreign currency in Rwanda?
Artistic impression of the New Kigali International Airport under construction in Bugesera. The airport and the expansion of RwandAir constitute large investments expected to increase Rwanda's borrowing in the medium term (courtesy)
Moody's upgrades Rwanda’s credit outlook to stable
Some of the 83 graduates celebrate during the RICA’s third graduation ceremony  from the Class of 2025 at the Bugesera campus on Friday, September 19. photo by Craish Bahiz
Education
PM Nsengiyumva urges RICA graduates to drive Rwanda’s agric transformation
Central Bank Governor Soraya Hakuziyaremye during the presentation on Thursday, September 18. Photo: Courtesy
Economy
Rwandan franc eases pressure on stronger exports
Farmers work in a potato plantation in Muko Sector in Musanze District. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Agriculture
Banks put on the spot over agriculture loans
A waiter on duty while serving clients at Kisimenti Car Free Zone. Craish Bahizi
Rwanda
Govt explores ways to boost night-time economy
Ivan Murenzi, the Director General of  the National Institute of statistics  of Rwanda while presenting on the performance of the country’s economy on Wednesday, September 17. Dan Gatsinzi
Economy
Rwanda’s economy up by 7.8% in Q2 2025 as base year changes
The Rwandan Parliament will on Wednesday, September 17, vote on a new bill aimed at reforming the framework for compensating accident victims in Rwanda. Craish Bahizi
Law
Compensation: What to know as parliament votes on new bill
Rwanda Defence Force Chief of Defence Staff Gen Mubarakh Muganga (left) and senior officers meet with
Michael Mulinge Kitivi (right), Director of the UN Uniformed Capability Support Division, at RDF Headquarters
in Kimihurura on Tuesday, September 16. Mulinge is in Rwanda to discuss with military and police officials
the quadrennial survey mandated by the UN General Assembly, which assesses costs incurred by troop- and
police-contributing countries in peacekeeping missions. Photo: Courtesy.
Rwanda
UN official in Rwanda to assess peacekeeping costs
A teacher helps stduents during a group work Students of Institut Sainte Famille de Nyamasheke  on May 2. File
Education
Inside Rwf32bn plan to boost teachers’ English proficiency  
Members of Parliament on September 15 adopted a resolution condemning the European Parliament’s recent call for the immediate and unconditional release of Victoire Ingabire. Courtesy
Law
Why parliament rejected EU resolution on Ingabire case
The plenary sittings in both chambers of the Rwandan Parliament on Monday, September 15, resolved to review the European Parliament’s September 11 resolution calling for the release of Victoire Ingabire.
Rwanda
Rwandan MPs call out EU parliament over Ingabire resolution
Mark Cyubahiro Bagabe Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources (L) during a guided tour as he officially commissioned the Kibeho Tea Factory on Thursday, September 11. All photos by Emmanuel Dushimimana
Featured
Hope for farmers as Kibeho Tea Factory unveiled to drive Rwanda’s tea sector
Patients and their guardians pay for services at Masaka Hospital in Kicukiro. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Health
Prepayment model for health facilities to launch in October
Artistic impression of some housing units in the upcoming Heza Estate, in Batsinda, Kinyinya Sector of Gasabo District (courtesy)
Housing
RSSB’s middle-class homes 70% booked before completion
Aerial View of Vision City, one of RSSB's investments. RSSB Deputy CEO Louise Kanyonga said that, currently, about 90 per cent of RSSB’s investments are within Rwanda.
Featured
RSSB to boost international exposure, scale down on real estate investments
Rwanda Social Security Board chief executive Regis Rugemanshuro speaks during a news conference in Kigali on Wednesday, September 10. He revealed that RSSB’s assets doubled over the last five fiscal years, reaching Rwf3.1 trillion in 2025, while the annual return on investment hit a record 14.2 per cent, up from an average of 1.4 per cent in 2021. Photo: Dan Gatsinzi.
Rwanda
RSSB assets rise to Rwf3tn: What it means for Rwandans
Traffic Police officers check the authenticity of the drivers' documents at Gishushu road junction. Craish Bahizi
Law
Why Rwanda is revising a 38-year-old road traffic law

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