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 Alice Kagina
Alice Kagina
An aerial view of Hakan Peat Power plant in Gisagara District (80MW), a firm owned by the Turkish investor . Rwanda experienced a significant boost in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in 2021, attracting $399.3 million, marking a substantial 45.7 percent increase.
Rwanda attracted $399 million FDIs in 2021
Kimironko market. Flickr/Kigali Wire
Economy
Rwanda's consumer prices on a steady decelerating trend
First Lady Jeannette Kagame addresses over 1000 youth at the Igihango cy’Urungano forum  to commemorate the youth killed in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Gisagara District on Friday, June 9. Courtesy
Kwibuka
First Lady tasks youth to actively counter Rwanda’s history distortion
Prudence Sebahizi, the Director for Institutional Matters and Programmes Coordination at AfCFTA during an interview. Courtesy
Africa
Five things to know as AfCFTA bans trade on second-hand clothes
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Security
Col Godfrey Gasana promoted to Brigadier General
RwandAir's Chief Executive Officer Yvonne Manzi Makolo.
Aviation
It's a first as RwandAir’s Makolo assumes role as new IATA board chair
Rwanda Standards Board (RSB) issued Food Safety Quality Standards certificates to 18 agri-business enterprises to promote competitiveness in trade and hospitality sector , on Thursday, June 1. Photos by Craish Bahizi
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FEATURED: RSB issues food safety standard certificates as catalyst of trade, hospitality industry
The Minister of State in charge of Primary and Secondary Education, Gaspard Twagirayezu poses for a photo with the overall winners in the upper secondary category during the awarding ceremony in Kigali on Saturday, June 3. All photos by Craish Bahizi
Education
PHOTOS: Children win big at national inclusive writing competition
Delegates at the second Ministerial Retreat of the Council of Ministers on the AfCFTA,to assess the progress and address critical aspects of the agreement’s implementation  held in Nairobi, Kenya. Courtesy
Africa
AfCFTA: African ministers adopt ban on trade of second-hand clothes
Jonathan Nzayikorera, Executive Director for the Eastern Africa Constituency, African Development Bank. Courtesy
Environment
AfDB official on status of green bond for climate finance
BK Group Plc has recorded a net profit worth Rwf17.9 billion in the first quarter of 2023. File
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BK Group records Rwf17.9 billion net profit in first quarter 2023
Delegates follow FIFA President Infantino's speech during the General Assembly in Kigali on March 16, 2023. Photo by Olivier Mugwiza
Rwanda
Kigali remains Africa's second most preferred city for hosting meetings
Christian Ruehmer, CEO and co-founder of Q-Lana during the interview. Courtesy
Featured
FEATURED: How Q-Lana is transforming the digital space of the banking sector
Delegates during the celebration of Africa Day, on the sidelines of the bank’s annual meeting, in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt on May 25. Courtesy
Africa
AfDB seeks to set up youth entrepreneurship investment banks
Residents wade through a flooded residential area on May 3. Rwanda secures $98 million, through the  initiative that aims at helping address longer-term structural challenges such as climate change. Germain Nsanzimana
Environment
Rwanda secures $98 million from IMF’s climate finance
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Economy
Concessional financing, private investment key to Africa’s development – PM Ngirente
AfDB President, Akinwumi Adesina called for more partners for the African Pharmaceutical

Technology Foundation (APTF), on the margins of the Bank’s 58th Annual Meetings in Sharm el-
Sheikh, an Egyptian resort town on Monday, May 22,. All photos: Courtesy.
Health
AfDB rallies more partnerships for continental Pharmaceutical Foundation
Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente  arrived in Sharm-El Sheikh, Egypt where he is set to attend the annual African Development Bank meetings on Monday, May 22. Courtesy
Environment
PM Ngirente attends AFDB’s meet on climate financing

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