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Victor Muvunyi, Senior Technologist at the Ministry of ICT and Innovation. Photo: Courtesy.

How Rwanda is regulating artificial intelligence

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Pamela Coke-Hamilton, the Executive Director of the International Trade Centre delivers remarks at the 3rd edition of the African Caribbean Trade and Investment Forum that kicked off in the capital Nassau in the Bahamas. Courtesy

Time to explore free trade agreement between Africa and Caribbean – ITC’s boss Coke-Hamilton

Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Sandrine Umutoni, the Minister of State for Youth and Arts hands over a cheque to some winners during the awarding event in Kigali on Tuesday, June 11. Each of the six start-ups that emerged top this year was awarded USD $10,000 to scale up their work. Courtesy

PHOTOS: Imbuto’s iAccelerator provides new round of funding to top start-ups

Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Experts discuss in a session titled “Building Resilience Financial Stability in a Changing Landscape” during the National Bank of Rwanda’s 60 years celebration, marked on June 7. Dan Gatsinzi

Regulators should see Artificial Intelligence as a valuable tool – Experts

Sunday, June 09, 2024

Visitors during a tour of an exhibition during Africa Drone Forum in Kigali on February 5, 2020. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana

Inside Rwanda’s proposed multi-billion drone operations hub

Friday, June 07, 2024

Rwandans in diaspora during Rwanda Day event in Amsterdam. Courtesy

Explainer: how Apostille will ease cross-border document authentication

Thursday, June 06, 2024

Rwandans and friends of Rwanda during the Rwanda Day in Amsterdam. Courtesy.

Apostille Convention: Rwandans can now access foreign public documents on Irembo

Wednesday, June 05, 2024

Students of IPRC Kigali retrofitting of fossil fuel motorcycles to electric motorcycles at Rwanda Electric Mobility Ltd in Kicukiro district on June 10, 2021. File

UR researchers study feasibility of turning Rwanda’s fuel taxi motorcycles into electric

Tuesday, June 04, 2024

Some of the 80 students during a training on coding at Mahama refugee Camp in Kirehe. Emmanuel Nkangura

How coding training nurtures software developers from Mahama refugee camp

Monday, June 03, 2024

Soraya Hakuziyaremye, the Deputy Governor at Rwanda’s Central Bank during the interview on May 29. Photo by Emmanuel Dushimimana

Rwanda mulls a digital currency in two years - Central Bank

Monday, June 03, 2024

Education Minister Gaspard Twagirayezu attends Ministerial Meeting on the margins of Asia tech Summit in Singapore in 2024

Rwanda, Singapore to lead development of AI Governance Playbook for small states

Friday, May 31, 2024

Visitors interact with an exhibitor who was showcasing a Made in Rwanda drone. Rwanda has allocated Rwf2.3 billion in the 2024-2025 fiscal year as initial funding for setting up a Drone Operation Centre. Sam Ngenda

Rwanda earmarks funds to set up drone operation centre

Thursday, May 30, 2024

MPost, a Kenyan digital postal service, has launched its e-PO boxservice in Rwanda.

Rwanda gets its first digital postal service

Monday, May 27, 2024

Advanced AI models like ChatGPT, Synthesia, Midjourney, DALL-E2, and Bard can perform various tasks such as writing essays, creating images, explaining complex topics. Internet

How AI integration could transform education

Thursday, May 23, 2024

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GPT-4Omni AI: Five ways it can improve your daily life

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

A new system can monitor harmful gases, such as nitrogen dioxide, at low cost. While typical sensors can be used only once or a few times, the new material works continuously.

Rwandan scientist leads MIT team in creating high-tech toxic gas detectors

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Bank of Kigali tellers attend to clients at Giporoso branch in Remera.Courtesy

How tech is poised to transform banking in Rwanda

Monday, May 13, 2024

Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA) has said that work is underway to fix the internet challenges in Rwanda.

RURA says ‘international players’ working to fix internet outage affecting East Africa

Monday, May 13, 2024

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Explainer: Adoption of responsible use of AI

Friday, May 10, 2024

Delegates pose for a group photo during the inaugural Research Conference,in Kigali on May 9

Rwanda bankers embrace tech at research summit

Thursday, May 09, 2024