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Businesses in tourism and hospitality sectors have been advised to embrace digitisation to improve efficiency and customer interaction. Courtesy photo.
Business

Why tourism sector should embrace digitisation of products and services

Tuesday, January 29, 2019
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Business

Leadership - part one

Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Iris Irumva, the new country director for ITM Africa Rwanda. Courtesy.
Business

Executive Watch: ITM Africa Rwanda names new country director

Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Prices of maize and maize flour are expected to normalise in about two weeks as the price of corn is expected to reduce from Rwf270 to Rwf180. Courtesy.
Business

What does the future hold for maize flour prices?

Tuesday, January 29, 2019
French firms have shown appetite for investmnets in Rwanda and East Africa at large. In January 2018, former French president Nicolas Sarkozy (Pictured above right, with Rwanda Development Board chief executive Clare Akamanzi) led a business delegation to Kigali. Courtesy.
Business

Why French companies are exploring East Africa

Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Huawei Technologies could become the worldu2019s biggest-selling smartphone vendor this year even without the U.S. market and in spite of the global scrutiny of the firm.
Business

Could Huawei be the next smartphone dominant brand?

Friday, January 25, 2019
Mercedes-Benz will rely more on its suppliers to take a leading role in the area of research and development as well as to identify cost-cutting potential through process optimisation. Net.
Business

Mercedes-Benz seeks to drive business through China auto suppliers

Friday, January 25, 2019
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Business

Kigali Arbitration Centre registers over 100 cases

Thursday, January 24, 2019
Participants at a previous Africa CEO Forum. The summit convenes over 1500 business leaders from across the continent to deliberate on ways to improve economic integrations. Net.
Business

Kigali to host continental business leaders’ summit

Wednesday, January 23, 2019
More than 3,000 participants braved the winter chills and icy roads to the snow-covered Swiss resort for the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting, a leading platform for global economic affairs. Courtesy.
Business

World leaders, business elites to discuss globalisation 4.0 in Davos

Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Firms in gas retail and wholesale are mulling best strategies increase their penetration into the local market. Courtesy.
Business

Energy firms mull ways to increase uptake of cooking gas

Tuesday, January 22, 2019
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Business

A short story about leadership

Monday, January 21, 2019
Former poachers in Gishwati forest are now reaping big from beekeeping. Photos by Michel Nkurunziza.
Business

Former honey poachers now earning from bee farming

Monday, January 21, 2019
Airtel-Tigo on Monday announced that they had completed the process of integrating their mobile financial services platforms, paving way for its subscribers to start transacting across all platforms. File.
Business

Sponsored: Airtel-Tigo integrates mobile financial services platforms

Monday, January 21, 2019
Cyiza at his shop in Kigali. Photos by Joan Mbabazi.
Business

What it takes to run a venture in electronics retail

Monday, January 21, 2019
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Business

Why agro-processing factories reject local maize produce

Monday, January 21, 2019
Under the AU chairmanship of President Paul Kagame, Kigali in March 2018 hosted the launch of the historic Africa Continental Free Trade Area, AfCFTA, which aims to unite Africa at the level of trade. Courtesy.
Business

CFTA could be in force by mid-year

Sunday, January 20, 2019
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Business

Longest govt shutdown in U.S. history dragging down economy

Friday, January 18, 2019
AfroChampions board chairman Ali Mufuruki, and TMEA CEO Frank Matsaert (right) following the signing of the agreement to support the CFTA process. Net.
Business

AfCFTA receives further support from Pan-African organisations

Friday, January 18, 2019
Kinazi has secured the US Food and Drug Administration Certificate, a green light to access of the American market. Net.
Business

Farmers to benefit as Kinazi plans to buy 28000 tonnes of cassava

Thursday, January 17, 2019