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 Michel Nkurunziza
Michel Nkurunziza
A view of classrooms that were damaged by strong winds at Groupe Scolaire Kibuye in Karongi District on March 9. Courtesy
Weatherman warns of strong winds
Greencare also produces paver blocks from plastic waste.
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Young greenpreneurs turning waste into fertilisers and pavers
Traffic at Gishushu. The State of Environment and Outlook Report 202 suggests increasing taxes on personal fossil fuel driven cars in order to deter the public from using them.
Experts weigh in on proposal to raise tariffs on fossil fuel-powered cars
Forests are contributing six percent to the National GDP. File
Districts generate Rwf62bn income from forestry – report
Officials and students during the official launch the 9th edition of Capital Market University Challenge on March 17.
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CMA launches ninth edition of Capital Market University Challenge
Sheikh Mohammed toured the Rwanda pavilion on 14 March 2022.
UAE Vice President briefed on Rwanda’s investment opportunities
Right-Left: Robert Bafakulera, Chairperson, Private Sector Federation; Jeanne-Franu00e7oise Mubiligi, 1st Vice Chairperson; and Aimable Kimenyi, 2nd Vice Chairperson, after the election in Kigali on Wednesday, March 16.
Who are the new top leaders at PSF and their priorities?
Bafakulera has been leading the institution for the last three years.
Robert Bafakulera re-elected as PSF chairperson
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How varsity students saved part of stipend to start shoe-making business
Burundian refugees at Mahama refugee camp in Kirehe District. The new scheme to provide matching grants to refugees is in addition to the another one dubbed u201cRenewable Energy For Refugees.
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Refugees in Rwanda to benefit from multi-billion business financing schemes
Tourists capture images of mountain gorillas in Volcanoes National Park in 2019. In 2020 due to Covid19 outbreak, tourism was among the worst hit sectors in Rwanda.
Five ways Covid-19 affected Rwanda’s environment
The newly constructed building to accommodate residents whose houses were destroyed by floods from Mpazi drainage at Kimisagara on March 7.
City mulls new housing model for Muhima, Gatsata suburbs
Inside cheese production store in  Nyabihu  District in 2021 . NIRDA has launched u201cInnovate for Cow Biohackathonu201d, an initiative to support young innovators in the cow value chain. / File
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FEATURED; NIRDA to support young innovators in cow value chain
Storm damaged hundreds of classrooms across the country on March 9.
Hundreds of classrooms damaged by storms
Students learned practical lessons in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence during the bbitcamp. Photos/Courtesy
Meet young students aspiring to be ‘Rwanda’s Einstein’
The launch of the first commercial plant for insect-based animal feed in Rwanda is in Bugesera District on March 3, 2022.
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FEATURED: Rwanda gets first insect-based animal feed plant, new standards presented
Technicians assemble an electric motobike in Kigali on June 10, 2021. / Photo: Dan Nsengiyumva.
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Inside Rwanda’s $5 million climate action initiative
The enterpreneur Rwema,created a small factory to make briquette from chicken excreta to warm the chickens instead of using charcoal. Photo: Michel Nkurunziza..
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Former street child Gold Rwema is running a thriving poultry farm

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