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An aerial view of the revamped Amahoro Stadium in the Remera Sports Hub in Gasabo District, as seen on August 11. Landowners in the surrounding area have been given a two-month deadline to submit ‘housing redevelopment designs’ in order to obtain construction permits, to ensure that their properties align with the city’s master plan. Photo Courtesy
Housing

Property owners near Amahoro Stadium given deadline for ‘housing redevelopment’

Tuesday, October 08, 2024
Wamkele Mene, Secretary General of AfCFTA addresses the conference. Rwanda will host the second edition of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Business Forum slated for October 9-11. Courtesy
Business

Rwanda set to host 2nd edition of AfCFTA Business Forum

Monday, October 07, 2024
Minister of Finance, Yusuf Murangwa (2nd left), officiates the event as the BRD lists its second tranche of a Sustainability-Linked Bond, worth Rwf 30 billion, on the Rwanda Stock Exchange on Monday, October 7
Economy

BRD lists second Sustainability-linked bond on Rwanda bourse

Monday, October 07, 2024
Ethiopian Foreign Minister Taye Atske Selassie appointed as new president. Courtesy
Africa

Ethiopian Foreign Minister Taye Atske Selassie appointed as new president

Monday, October 07, 2024
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Featured

PRESS RELEASE: Customer Service Week: Airtel restates commitment to excellence in customer experience

Monday, October 07, 2024
A health worker during the Marburg vaccination activity in Kigali on Sunday. Rwanda, on October 6, kicked off a trial vaccination drive focused on people at highest risk of contracting Marburg virus. Courtesy
Health

What to know about Marburg virus vaccine in use in Rwanda

Monday, October 07, 2024
Bugeshi Sector offices in Rubavu District. On Monday, October 7, at about 5 a.m, Police officers foiled a gang of eight smugglers in Nyacyonga Village, Rusiza Cell of Bugeshi Sector, Rubavu District.
Rwanda

Police warns against smuggling, illegal cross-border activities

Monday, October 07, 2024
In June 2024, MTN Rwandacell Ltd (MTN Rwanda) launched its annual Y’ello Care initiative under the theme “Learn Today, Lead Tomorrow Education for Rural and Remote Communities.”
Featured

PRESS RELEASE: MTN Rwanda unveils modern kitchen at GS Bukure, commits to support 10,000 students through ‘Dusangire Lunch’

Monday, October 07, 2024
Equity Bank Rwanda officials and customers cut a cake as the bank kicked off its annual Customer Service Week celebration on Monday, October 7. Courtesy
Featured

FEATURED: Equity Bank Rwanda celebrates Customer Service Week

Monday, October 07, 2024
Tunisian President Kais Saied (R, front) registers at a polling center in Tunis, Tunisia on Oct. 6, 2024. (Tunisian Presidency/Handout via Xinhua)
Africa

Exit polls: Tunisian President Kais Saied winning presidential election

Monday, October 07, 2024
Rwanda’s ‘B+’ rating reflects its low gross domestic product (GDP) per capita ($1,040) and persistent twin budget and current account deficits, resulting in high public and external indebtedness. Sam Ngendahimana
Economy

Why Fitch maintained Rwanda’s B+ in latest rating

Monday, October 07, 2024
Rwanda is set to host the sixth African Tea Convention and Exhibition. The event will take place from October 9 to 11 at the Kigali Conference and Exhibition Village (KCEV). Courtesy
Featured

Rwanda to host 6th Africa Tea Convention and Exhibition

Monday, October 07, 2024
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was jointly awarded to two American scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun their work on microRNA.
Science

Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to mRNA researchers

Monday, October 07, 2024
A view of Nasho solar powered irrigation project in Eastern Province. Rwanda is set to increase the area irrigated by solar power from the current 646 hectares to 1,146 hectares by 2029 under NST2.
Agriculture

Solar-powered irrigation in Rwanda to cover over 1,140ha by 2029

Monday, October 07, 2024
Clerics during the holy communion services at REGINA PACIS catholic church in Remera during the COVID 19 period on July 19, 2020. Rwanda Governance Board urged churches and mosques to avoid serving Holy Communion or any similar practices in a manner that could increase the spread of the Marburg virus. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Health

Marburg virus: Key prevention guidelines for places of worship

Monday, October 07, 2024
Carine Umutoni, Managing Director of Ecobank Rwanda and Srinivas Cheruvu, Chief Operating Officer of CFAO Mobility in Rwanda, sign the agreement in Kigali on October 4. All photos by Emmanuel Dushimimana
Featured

FEATURED: Ecobank Rwanda, CFAO Mobility to offer ‘exclusive financing’ for BYD electric vehicles

Monday, October 07, 2024
Officials during a handover of mining equipment to Rwanda on September 24, 2024. Courtesy
Featured

New law, sustainable development project ‘key to Rwanda’s mining progress’

Monday, October 07, 2024
Workers reeling silk filaments at Rwanda Silk Processing Factory. Rwanda’s only silk factory is yet to receive another investor years after the exit of Heworks, a Korean firm that was operating the facility until 2021 when it folded operations. File
Business

No investor yet for Rwanda's sole silk factory

Monday, October 07, 2024
Officials during a guided tour of a fertilizer blending factory during its official launch in Bugesera District on December, 20, 2023. Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into Rwanda rose by 63.5 per cent. file
Business

Foreign direct investment into Rwanda up 63% in first half of 2024

Monday, October 07, 2024
Andrew Kulayige, Chairperson of Rwanda Association of Insurers (ASSAR) and Kampeta Sayinzoga, CEO of the Development Bank of Rwanda (BRD) during Insurance Strategy Forum in Kigali on October 2.
Economy

Can innovation in Rwanda's insurance sector boost uptake?

Monday, October 07, 2024