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Michel Nkurunziza
Michel Nkurunziza
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Business
Meet Musanze woman with a thriving mushroom business
Tuesday, August 16, 2022
Minibuses that are accessible to persons with disabilities launched on Friday August 11. Photo: Courtesy.
Business
Public transport operators urged to acquire buses for persons with disabilities
Tuesday, August 16, 2022
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Meet Musanze woman with a thriving mushroom business
Monday, August 15, 2022
Minibuses that are accessible to persons with disabilities launched on Friday August 11. Photo: Courtesy.
Public transport operators urged to acquire buses for persons with disabilities
Monday, August 15, 2022
Some impounded single use plastics that were collected from different shop in Rwanda. At least 110 tonnes of single-use plastic items in the country have been collected for recycling under a new initiative.
Over 100 tonnes of single-use plastics collected in two months
Monday, August 15, 2022
A view of a newly constructed road in Rwampara in Nyarugenge District in 2020. City of Kigali is looking to construct at least 70 kilometres of new roads across the capital this fiscal year.
City of Kigali to build more roads: which neighbourhoods?
Sunday, August 14, 2022
Jeanne du2019Arc Mujawamariya, Minister of Environment plants a tree during the launch of an ambitious Rwf31.9 billion landscape restoration project to restore the natural forests of Amayaga.
Rwanda raises $100m funding towards green development
Sunday, August 14, 2022
According to the report, the prices for vegetables increased by 34.4 percent, bread and cereals by 26.3 percent, meat by 18 percent, milk, cheese and eggs by 11.2 percent while non-alcoholic beverages prices increased by 10.4 percent.
Food prices rise by 28 per cent in urban areas
Thursday, August 11, 2022
Pedestrians wade through a flooded wetland in Kigali on January 28, 2020. more than 745,000 hectares of agricultural land in Rwanda potentially loses its topsoil every year . File
Experts weigh in on soil erosion-induced losses
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
Some of the illegal miners in Gishwati who were arrested by Rwanda National Police last week. Districts that border the park have said that fresh measures are being tightened to crack down on illegal mining activities that threaten the protected forest. The park was designated a UNESCO biosphere reserve after being restored at a cost of $9.5 million since 2014. Photo: Courtesy. Courtesy
Illegal mining threatens Gishwati forest
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
Farmers try to salvage some of their rice produce washed away by floods in Nyagatare District in 2019. According to the report, more than 745,000 hectares of agricultural land is potentially eroded every year.
Rwanda loses over Rwf800bn annually due to soil erosion –new report
Tuesday, August 09, 2022
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Varsity students bubbling with inventive science-related business ideas
Monday, August 08, 2022
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Optimism as stalled US$12 million agric project is ‘put back on track’
Monday, August 08, 2022
Jean de Dieu Kwizera, a beekeeper in Gasabo District. Beekeepers reckon that one of the ways to increase honey production is producing eco-friendly pesticides.
Beekeepers weigh in on how to boost honey production
Monday, August 08, 2022
A landscape view of former Gikondo industrial park after demolishing properties to conserve wetlands in Kigali in 2020. Under the Kigali City Wetland Master Plan, 3,888 hectares are reserved for conservation. According to the new study, the city has about 37 interconnected wetlands with a total area of about 9,160 hectares.
Study: Kigali City wetlands could generate over $155m annually
Monday, August 08, 2022
Visitors tour e-waste recycling and dimantling facility in Bugesera District.Rwanda and ARISE IIP have entered into a joint venture to develop Bugesera special economic zone. File
Why joint venture to develop Bugesera special economic zone is timely
Sunday, August 07, 2022
City of Kigali officials arrive at the newly revamped Biryogo Car Free Zone for Umuganura celebration on Friday ,August 5. All photos by Craish Bahizi
Rwanda
IN PICTURES: Umuganura: CoK showcases four newly upgraded informal settlements
Friday, August 05, 2022
Some of the street vendors in Kigali. The City of Kigali has unveiled a plan to enable street vendors to benefit from VUP financial services.
Street vendors to benefit from VUP financial services
Friday, August 05, 2022

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