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How your firm benefits from corporate social responsibility

Monday, January 05, 2015

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Business low at bourse

Monday, January 05, 2015

Re-emphasising quality along the value chain of supply will boost competitiveness in the tea industry. (File)

Tea sector players set new standards to boost quality

Sunday, January 04, 2015

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Sonarwa to launch new insurance products

Friday, January 02, 2015

Farmers have been tipped on postharvest management to increase productivity. (J. Mbanda)

Over 1000 farmers trained in post-harvest management

Thursday, January 01, 2015

A client withdraws money from a MFI. Microfinance institutions have been advised to apply for observer' status. (File)

Regional Microfinance Institutions advised to apply for observer status

Wednesday, December 31, 2014

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New EABC code of conduct to boost regional trade

Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Customers queue to pay for decoders at StarTimes offices in Kimihurura. (Ben Gasore)

Digital broadcasting stirs up local TV industry, but...

Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Workers sort dried trash at the processing plant.

Former police officer mints millions from garbage

Monday, December 29, 2014

A trader arranges her shop. Small business people like her will soon have a chance to acquire unguaranteed loans. (Emmanuel Nteringanya)

Hope for SMEs as banks moot affordable loan packages

Monday, December 29, 2014

Cargo truck leaves Rwanda at Gatuna border. Gatuna border post will start operating a one-stop border system next year.

Rwanda, Uganda to create more one-stop border posts

Monday, December 29, 2014

Police fire brigade officers put out fire which gutted city building. Many businesses were destroyed by rnfire across the country in 2014.rn

Insurance sector remains buoyant despite buyouts, low policy uptake

Monday, December 29, 2014

Twubakane Co-operative plans to expand their operations across Nyagatare.

How co-op movt turned around lives of former women smugglers

Monday, December 29, 2014

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Bank of Kigali dominates

Monday, December 29, 2014

Woman speaks on a phone. Rwandans with mobile phones have risen to 7.6 million, as of October 31.(File)

2014: 4G internet unveiled; free roaming calls for EAC travellers

Sunday, December 28, 2014

One of the rice fields in the Jabana marshland. Rice farmers want government to fix their irrigation system.(Michel Nkurunziza)

Rice farmers seek govt intervention over water shortage, irrigation systems

Thursday, December 25, 2014

A forex dealer displays currencies of different countries. The Rwandan Franc has not been performing well against the dollar lately. (File)

High demand for dollars from oil dealers; importers weigh down Rwandan Franc

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Mille Collines' management was taken over by Kempinski, one the many takeovers of 2014.

Business in 2014: Winners and losers

Monday, December 22, 2014

A mobile phone user checks services provided by his network. (Timothy Kisambira)

Telecom subscribers to wait longer for number portability service

Monday, December 22, 2014

A commodities exchange assures farmers like these ones a sustainable market.

Uniform laws will spur regional grain trade, says EAX chief

Monday, December 22, 2014