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 Alice Umutesi
Alice Umutesi
The fifth East African Community (EAC) Armed Forces treat patients during the launch of  Civil-Military Cooperation Week   at Nyanza District Hospital on June 29. Photos by Dan Gatsinzi
Health
PHOTOS: EAC armed forces offer free healthcare services in Nyanza
RDB CEO Jean‑Guy Afrika speaks at the CEO Forum on Tuesday, June 24. Photos by Dan Gatsinzi
Technology
Rwanda to digitise 460 govt services to support investors
Edward Norton and Brad Pitt in Fight Club (1999)
Showbiz
Classic cinema: Seven must-see movies this weekend
Hannington Namara, Managing Director of Equity Bank Rwanda and Jean-Chrysostome Hodari, Chief Executive Officer of SanlamAllianz Life Insurance Rwanda at the launch of Inzozi Daspora Account on June 26. Dan Gatsinzi
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FEATURED: Equity Bank Rwanda, SanlamAllianz launch 'INZOZI' Diaspora Savings account with Built-In life insurance
Aissa Toure-Sarr, the AfDB’s Country Manager, said the report provides “concrete, country-specific recommendations to unlock domestic resources and sustain structural transformation.” 
Economy
Rwanda seeks $2.9bn annually to fund development agenda – AfDB
Taraj P Henson in the new movie Straw.
Cinema
Weekend binge: Top new movies with plot twists
Teen mothers interacts with a productive health expert during the event to mark World AIDS Day in Gasabo District. Emmanuel Dushimimana
Health
How religious communities are stepping up to address teenage pregnancy
Researcher and language analyst Bojana Coulibaly, during the interview with The New Times. Photo by Emmanuel Dushimimana
Africa
VIDEO: Researcher slams UN, media for one-sided reports on DR Congo conflict
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Education
How Rwanda plans to tackle repetition, dropouts, overcrowding in primary schools
Panelists engage in a discussion during a high-level panel at the African Conference on Agricultural Technologies on Tuesday, June 10.
Featured
Equity Bank commits 30% of loan book to agriculture, sets new benchmark for Rwanda’s financial sector
International journalists from across the continent pose for a group photo ahead of the African Development Bank Group's Annual Meetings Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
International
From Kigali to Abidjan: A rookie journalist's AfDB annual meeting adventure
An e-cigarette, vape pen or other electronic nicotine delivery system heats a liquid of nicotine, flavouring, propylene glycol and other additives into an aerosol that you inhale through a mouthpiece. Courtesy
Health
Candy-coated killers: How tobacco industry hooks youth with flavours, false glamour
The New Times
Education
Education never stops being important, says Kagame
Right To Play has launched a new three-year Early Childhood Development (ECD) project (2025–2027, on Thursday, June 5. Photos by Kellya Keza
Education
Right To Play launches ECD project to increase pre-primary enrollment by 2029
Both parties and officials pose for a group photo at the handover of Heaven Holdings, including The Retreat, Fusion Restaurant and Heaven Restaurant to Hemingways Hospitality in Kigali on June 2. Photos by Craish Bahizi
Business
Kenya’s Hemingways Collection acquires Heaven Holdings
Sidi Ould Tah of Mauritania has been elected President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB).
Economy
Mauritania’s Sidi Ould Tah elected President of AfDB
Delegates during the high-level dialogue held on the sidelines of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group’s 2025 Annual Meetings on May 28, in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
Economy
Experts on how Africa can break free from aid, debt dependence
Jide Okeke, the Coordinator of the UNDP Regional Programme for Africa
International
How can Africa’s credit rating agency stay credible, independent?

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