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 Michel Nkurunziza
Michel Nkurunziza
ACES’s Joseph Hakuzimana trains student Patience Niyigena in brazing during a 10-day refrigeration course. The session covers applying MAPP (Methylacetylene Propadiene Propane) Gas to joints with a filler rod, focusing on safety, precision, and joint formation. Photo by Clean Cooling Network | Benjamin Mugabo
Featured
PHOTOS: ACES offers essential brazing techniques for refrigeration systems
Sheikh Dr Muhammed bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa, Secretary-General of the Muslim World League (MWL) and Chairman of the Organisation of Muslim Scholars, is in Kigali for a three-day official visit.
Religion
Top global Muslim leader in Rwanda for three-day visit
Mutesi Rusagara, the Minister of State for Resource Mobilisation and Public Investment in the Ministry of Finance, delivers her remarks. Courtesy
Environment
Private capital key as Rwanda eyes $12bn for climate action
A view of Rusumo model village  that accommodates households affected by Rusumo power project in Kirehe District. File
Environment
3,000 sites set aside for settlement
The government has received at least 73 applications to invest in 10 mining blocks unveiled in mid-2025. Photo by Craish BAHIZI
Rwanda
Investor appetite grows as Rwanda opens new mining blocks
Students learning about solar refrigeration at ACES. The course covers solar energy basics, system design, installation, configuration, maintenance, and energy storage solutions like batteries and thermal systems, ensuring certified competence in solar solutions. Photo by Clean Cooling Network | Mireille Isimbi
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PHOTOS: Cooling the Future: Inside ACES’ Academy of Sustainable Innovation
Minister of Environment, Bernadette Arakwiye, addresses MPs while explaining progress and challenges in land administration on Tuesday, February 17. Courtesy 
Rwanda
Land disputes ease as govt fixes boundary errors
Residents of Nyabihu District watch as heavy rains wash away a bridge on May 7, 2020. File.
Environment
Districts race to fix bridges amid rising flood risks
An artist's impression of a section of Muhanga City.
Housing
Govt hires new firm to design settlement sites nationwide
Visitors during a guided tour of Isange Estate at Rebero in Kicukiro District.  Photo by Craish Bahizi
Housing
How Kigali can unlock devt of idle land plots
Former Sharita Island resident Antoine Mukeshimana feeds his cow, which he received through the Girinka Programme, at Rweru Model Village in Bugesera District. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Politics
10 key initiatives born out of Umushyikirano over two decades
A worker carries bags of imported rice while offloading a cross-border truck at the Kigali Business Central District in Nyarugenge on December 24,  2025. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Agriculture
Why rising farm output hasn’t cut food imports
Residents gathered to comfort a family that lost three children in a fire outbreak in Kigali sector on Tuesday evening, February 3. Courtesy.
Rwanda
City extends support to family that lost three children in tragic fire incident
Some residential houses that were under construction at Rebero in Kicukiro. Craish Bahizi
Rwanda
Ten new changes reshaping land use, urban planning in Rwanda
Officials at the launch of an integrated Labour Market Information System (LMIS), aimed at supporting evidence-based employment planning and driving broader economic transformation, in August 2024. File
Technology
Digital platforms reshape how job seekers meet employers
Maize farmers during an irrigation exercise in Kamonyi District on November 1, 2024. Photo: File.
Agriculture
Govt eyes major irrigation push to boost food security
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Agriculture
Milk production to rise by 135% by 2029; how it will be achieved
Rwanda and Singapore have launched a call for carbon market projects’ proposals under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. Photo by Emmanuel Dushimimana
Environment
Rwanda, Singapore issue call for carbon market project proposals

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