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Mohammad Al-Azzeh, the Managing Partner at IBSand Willy Claude Karasira, Co-founder and Executive Director of Centrika during the signing of the agreement in Kigali.
Featured

IBS partners with Centrika to venture into African market

Wednesday, January 17, 2024
Access to Finance Rwanda (AFR) CEO Jean Bosco Iyacu, the Head of Development Cooperation at the Embassy of Sweden, Martina Fors Mohlin and I&M Bank CEO Benjamin Mutimura during the event. Courtesy photos.
Featured

I&M Bank, Swedish Embassy sign guarantee agreement to empower Rwanda's MSMEs

Wednesday, January 17, 2024
A view of the city of Kigali' Business District. Kigali is set to domicile the headquarters of the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) innovation financing facility, also known as Timbuktoo.Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Economy

WEF: Rwanda, UNDP launch Africa’s largest innovation fund

Tuesday, January 16, 2024
A view of Lake Kivu in Karongi, where some businesses operating on the shores of the lake, have been identified to be polluting Lake Kivu. Photo by Samuel Ngendahimana
Environment

Over 100 offenders penalised for lake pollution, encroachment

Tuesday, January 16, 2024
President Paul Kagame meets with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Davos on Tuesday, January 16. Photo by Village Urugwiro
Security

Kagame, Blinken discuss regional security

Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Patients wait for services at Masaka Hospital on October 13, 2022. Patients or their caregivers could soon be able to pay bills for health services using money on their phones. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Health

Rwanda to roll out tech for health payment, insurance transparency

Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Nadine Umutoni Gatsinzi, the Chief Gender Monitor at GMO delivers remarks during the launch on Monday, January 16. Courtesy
Rwanda

Initiative transforming taxation for a gender-inclusive future launched

Tuesday, January 16, 2024
President Paul Kagame joins several global political figures for the annual World Economic Forum meeting on Tuesday, January 16, 2024. Photo by Village Urugwiro
International

Kagame attends World Economic Forum

Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Workers searching for victims after a wall collapsed at a construction site in Nyamasheke District on Tuesday, January 16. Courtesy
Rwanda

Construction site collapse kills one, injures three in Nyamasheke

Tuesday, January 16, 2024
A section of Huye–Nyamagabe road that was damaged by heavy rains in Kigoma sector of Huye district on Monday, January 15. Courtesy
Environment

What next after heavy rain damages Huye-Nyamagabe road?

Tuesday, January 16, 2024
A Congolese soldier was shot dead when he fired at a Rwandan border patrol unit on Tuesday, January 16, it emerges. FILE
Security

Armed DR Congo soldiers enter Rwanda territory, one shot dead

Tuesday, January 16, 2024
An inside view of Rwanda’s revamped Amahoro National Stadium, as seen on January 11, 2024. Engineers say the new 45,000-seater sports facility will be ready before the August construction deadline. Photo by Dan Gatsinzi
Infrastructure

VIDEO & PHOTOS: Amahoro National Stadium engineers “committed to deliver” before August

Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Workers packing fresh avocadoes for export at a National Agricultural Export Development Board (NAEB) packhouse in Kigali. File
Agriculture

From simple crop to cash cow: How avocado became profitable

Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Workers at a factory that produces briquettes in Mageragere Sector in Nyarugenge District. Photo: Willy Mucyo
Energy

Rwanda’s new $300 million clean energy project unveiled

Tuesday, January 16, 2024
A pregnant woman with her husband meet with a community health worker in Karongi District. Photo by Olivier Mugwiza
Health

Rwandan women’s return to fertility varies with birth control methods – new study

Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Kenya and Tanzania have agreed to resolve the dispute within three days.
Aviation

Tanzania, Kenya agree to resolve air transport dispute

Monday, January 15, 2024
Prudence Sebahizi, Director for Institutional Matters and Programmes Coordination, AfCFTA during a past interview. File
Business

It’s high time African businesses own AfCFTA – official

Monday, January 15, 2024
A section of Huye-Nyamagabe road that was damaged by heavy rains in Karambi cell, Kigoma sector in Huye district on Monday, January 15. According to Rwanda National Police announcement, the road is temporarily closed to traffic until further notice. Courtesy
Environment

Heavy rain blocks Huye-Nyamagabe road

Monday, January 15, 2024
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Africa

Tanzania suspends Kenya Airways flights to Dar es Salaam

Monday, January 15, 2024
A section of the Karongi-Nyamasheke road that was damaged by landslides on January 7. Meteo Rwanda has cautioned that the southwestern regions of the country will continue to have higher-than-usual rainfall until January 20. Courtesy
Environment

More havoc looms as heavy rain predicted in next five days

Monday, January 15, 2024