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Self-driving technology threatens nearly 300,000 trucking jobs

Saturday, September 08, 2018

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How an Ethiopian army taught invading Italians a lesson

Saturday, September 08, 2018

THROUGH OUR LENS: Lake Kivu, with the area of 2,700 sqaure kilometres, is the largest lake in Rwanda. It lies on the border of DR Congo and Rwanda. Emmanuel Kwizera

Photo of the week

Saturday, September 08, 2018

British High Commissioner to Rwanda, Jo Lomas, addresses the media in Kigali yesterday. Nadege Imbabazi.

UK committed to boosting trade ties as Brexit deadline looms – Jo Lomas

Saturday, September 08, 2018

President Kagame with 2018 Africa Food Prize Laureate and past laureates. Also in the photo is President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana, AGRA Board Chair Strive Masiyiwa, President of AGRA Dr. Agnes Kalibata and Chair of the Africa Food Prize Committee, former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo and members of the committee. Urugwiro Village

Kagame attends 2018 Africa Food Prize Award gala

Saturday, September 08, 2018

Some of the namers of baby gorillas at the 2018 Kwita Izina ceremony in Kinigi, Musanze District yesterday. Twenty-three baby gorillas were named at the event. Emmanuel Kwizera.

23 baby gorillas named

Saturday, September 08, 2018

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How Rwanda became the first African country with an electronic procurement system

Saturday, September 08, 2018

Rwanda mountain gorillas from the Susa group, one of the biggest gorilla families in Volcanoes National Park. Sam Ngendahimana.

What you need to know about mountain gorillas

Friday, September 07, 2018

Kamanzi during the interview. Sam Ngendahimana.

Youth MP-elect Kamanzi and his last minute decision to run for parliament

Friday, September 07, 2018

Rice farmers in Rubona in Southern Province harvest their produce. File.

Lack of farmers’ participation in policy formulation hurting agric output – survey

Friday, September 07, 2018

A man casts his vote at Groupe Scolaire Camp Kigali polling station on Monday. Sam Ngendahimana.

15 arrested over malpractices during parliamentary elections

Friday, September 07, 2018

Mthuli Ncube is a former chief economist and vice president at the African Development Bank (AfDB) and was also a lecturer in finance at the London School of Economics and Wits Business School in South Africa. Net.

Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa names ex-banker finance minister

Friday, September 07, 2018

Adesina said Africa saw an overall debt-to-GDP ratio of 37 per cent last year, which, albeit up from 22 per cent in 2010, is within the reasonable range for low-income countries. Net.

Africa has no debt crisis: AfDB president

Friday, September 07, 2018

Mobike pulling out of Manchester this week after losing ten percent of its bicycles each month to theft and vandalism. Net.

China’s bike-sharing firm abandons operations in Manchester due to vandalism

Friday, September 07, 2018

A security guard walks past a montage of old U.S. dollar bills outside a currency exchange bureau in Kenya's capital Nairobi, July 23, 2015. Net.

East Africa gets easy money transfer system

Friday, September 07, 2018

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Opportunities in agriculture lie in long standing challenges, experts

Friday, September 07, 2018

President Nana Akufo-Addo addresses the Ghanaian community in Rwanda. (Julius Bizimungu)

President Akufo-Addo meets Ghanaian community in Rwanda

Friday, September 07, 2018

Fresh fruits during a past agriculture expo. File.

Govt looking for buyers for 5 agribusiness firms

Friday, September 07, 2018

Simon Vaut, Policy Adviser at Germany Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, facilitates the workshop in Kigali. Courtesy photos.

Friedrich Ebert Stiftung to train young professionals

Thursday, September 06, 2018

African Union election observers follow the presentation of the report on the just-concluded parliamentary elections in Kigali yesterday. Photos by Sam Ngendahimana.

AU election observers congratulate Rwandans for ‘political maturity’

Thursday, September 06, 2018