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Lawmakers have raised concerns over delayed physical planning for 8,361 hectares of residential land in the City of Kigali.
Housing

Why City of Kigali missed deadline to demarcate new residential sites

Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Nick Barigye.
Economy

Who is Nick Barigye, the new Crystal Ventures CEO?

Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Prosecutors have requested 15-year prison terms for Davis Manzi and his wife, Sophie Akaliza, over $10 million money laundering and fraud charges
Crime

Davis Manzi case: Prosecutors seek 15-year-jail term

Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Plans are underway to reintroduce elephants to Nyungwe National Park, as Rwanda explores wildlife restoration efforts. Courtesy photo
Environment

How elephant reintroduction could reshape Nyungwe’s future

Wednesday, July 16, 2025
An artist’s impression of the terminal, administration building, cargo facilities, and car parking areas of the new airport under construction in Bugesera District. Courtesy photo
Infrastructure

What’s at stake as local banks back Rwanda’s new airport?

Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Zemedeneh Negatu, chairman of the Washington, DC-based capital investment firm, presents the Best Regional Bank—East Africa award to Dr. Silpah Owich of Equity Bank Kenya at the 2025 African Banker Awards in Abidjan. Courtesy
Featured

PRESS RELEASE: Equity Bank crowned Best Regional Bank in East Africa at African Banker Awards 2025

Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Dr. Gallican Rwibasira, Head of the National HIV, STIs, and Hepatitis Programmes at Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC), speaks during a panel discussion at the International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference on HIV Science in Kigali on July 15
Health

WHO-approved test panel for HIV, Syphilis and Hepatitis B unveiled in Kigali

Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, leader of the unregistered DALFA-Umurinzi party, appears for a hearing in her pre-trial detention case at Kicukiro Primary Court on Tuesday, July 15
Crime

Five things to know about Victoire Ingabire’s pre-trial hearing

Tuesday, July 15, 2025
The Agakiriro workshops in Gisozi have been prone to fire outbreaks over the years. The last incident occurred on May 30. Photo by Kellya Keza
Business

Carpentry businesses in Gisozi to relocate to Special Economic Zone

Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Golfers from Kabale, Mbarara, Kampala, Entebbe, and Tooro clubs joined their Rwandan counterparts in Kigali for a full day of competition and fellowship, marking a new chapter in the growing tradition of regional golf
Featured

Press release: BPR Captain's Mug Interclub Challenge unites regional golfers

Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Yusuf Ayokunle has been appointed the new Managing Director of GTBank (Rwanda) Plc.
Featured

Press release: New Managing Director appointed at Guaranty Trust Bank (Rwanda) Plc

Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Château Le Marara, a hotel located in Karongi District. Courtesy photo
Tourism

RDB probes into poor service claims at Château Le Marara hotel

Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Vincent Munyeshyaka, Chief Executive Officer of the Business Development Fund (BDF), delivers a presentation before the Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on July 15. Courtesy photo
Business

BDF CEO says it created 330,000 jobs as MPs push for loan recovery

Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Rwanda Food and Drugs Authority staff showcase the Integrated Regulatory Information Management System (IRIMS) to the first group of Rwanda’s business community. Courtesy photo
Health

Rwanda FDA says new digital system to curb delays in regulatory work

Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Jean-Chrysostome Ngabitsinze.
Environment

Former minister Ngabitsinze assumes office as ARC Group’s director general

Tuesday, July 15, 2025
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Tourism

Turkmenistan: 10 things to know about Asian nation with fresh ties with Rwanda

Tuesday, July 15, 2025
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Business

Govt to expropriate residents from four industrial parks

Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Electric buses that transport commuters in Kigali City. City of Kigali in June anncounced its decision to ban the entry of new diesel-powered public buses in favour of electric ones. Courtesy
Environment

Transporters wary as Kigali moves to electric buses only

Tuesday, July 15, 2025
A pharmacist holds a vial of lenacapavir, the new HIV prevention injectable drug, at the Desmond Tutu Health Foundation's Masiphumelele Research Site, in Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday, July 23, 2024, which was one of the sites for Gilead's lenacapavir drug trial. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht, File)
Health

Rwanda in talks to get new HIV injectable drug

Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Nick Barigye.
Economy

Nick Barigye appointed Crystal Ventures Group chief executive

Tuesday, July 15, 2025