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Delegates during the celebration of Africa Day, on the sidelines of the bank’s annual meeting, in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt on May 25. Courtesy

AfDB seeks to set up youth entrepreneurship investment banks

Friday, May 26, 2023

Spiro staff inside the store. Spiro has successfully deployed more than 6,000 electric motorbikes on the roads, experiencing exponential growth along the way. Courtesy

Spiro reaches 1 million battery swaps with its electric two-wheelers in Africa

Friday, May 26, 2023

Rwanda government will issue digital ID cards within three years. All the 59 MPs who were present at the plenary session that was convened for the adoption of the law, on May 26, unanimously voted for it.Courtesy

Digital IDs bill gets Parliamentary green light

Friday, May 26, 2023

Abed Mutimura, commonly known as AB Godwin, a showbiz videographer. Courtesy

Showbiz videographer sent to jail for flying unauthorised drones

Friday, May 26, 2023

Rwandan surgeons together with American surgeons carry out a transplant surgery on a patient at King Faisal Hospital (KFH) (courtesy).

First kidney transplant surgeries successfully performed in Rwanda

Friday, May 26, 2023

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TECNO Mobile Rwanda launches four flagship products

Friday, May 26, 2023

The United Nations Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide, Alice Wairimu Nderitu. Courtesy

Kayishema arrest: UN envoy calls on remaining fugitives to surrender

Friday, May 26, 2023

Serge Brammertz, the Chief Prosecutor of the United Nations' International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) speaks to journalists in Kigali in 2019. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana

Kayishema to be transferred to Rwanda soon – IRMCT Chief Prosecutor

Friday, May 26, 2023

A view of Kinigi based shop centre where tourists can easily access different handcraft products. Photo by Germain Nsanzimana

Musanze residents advocate for more community-based projects to safeguard Volcano National Park

Friday, May 26, 2023

A panel discussion during African Real Estate Society (AfRES) East African Chapter Conference 2023. All photos by Craish Bahizi

FEATURED: East African real estate valuers on leveraging AI for professional advancement

Friday, May 26, 2023

Itorero is an initiative aimed at engaging and empowering Rwandan youth living in Rwanda and abroad, aged 18-25. File

Itorero: A platform that empowers Rwandan youth

Friday, May 26, 2023

Delegates at the conference, that aimed to explore ways to better equip aspiring entrepreneurs through improved training and support mechanisms to increase the likelihood of students becoming successful entrepreneurs.

Entrepreneurship: Varsity students drilled to boost sustainable development

Friday, May 26, 2023

Officials pose for agroup photo at the event in Kigali on May 25.

Africa Day 2023: Reflecting on the Pan-Africanism for socio-economic development

Friday, May 26, 2023

New appartments to accommodate residents of Gitega Sector who live near Mpazi drainage. Photo by Craish Bahizi

Kigali needs 18,000 affordable houses annually

Friday, May 26, 2023

Officials lay a foundation stone during the launch of the construction works on halfway houses in Rwamagana District on Thursday, May 25. Photos by Emmanuel Nkangura

What are half-way homes and why is Rwanda rolling them out?

Friday, May 26, 2023

The Minister of Interior, Alfred Gasana, lays a foundation stone during the ground-breaking ceremony for the construction works on halfway houses in Rwamagana District, on Thursday, May 25. The new facility, expected to be completed by April 2024, will cost more than Rwf1 billion and host 2,000 male and 500 female inmates. Photo: Emmanuel Nkangura.

Halfway homes will lessen recidivism rates, says Minister Gasana

Friday, May 26, 2023

Miners at Mageragere mining site in Nyarugenge. A new report by Rwanda Mines, Petroleum
and Gas Board has revealed that there are over 1,200 sources of industrial minerals and quarries
for construction materials in Kigali. Photo: File.

Rwanda maps 1,200 sources of industrial minerals, building materials

Friday, May 26, 2023

Fulgence Kayishema, one of the fugitives most wanted for crimes they committed in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, was arrested on Wednesday, May 25, in Paarl, South Africa.File

How Genocide fugitive Kayishema changed identity to elude capture

Friday, May 26, 2023

University of Rwanda students during an IT class at Gikondo campus in Kigali. Photo by Craish Bahizi

How local varsities are grappling with generative AI tools

Friday, May 26, 2023

Eco-feminist Ineza Umuhoza Grace, winner of the 2023 Global Citizen Prize Citizen Award, Rwanda, receiving her award at the 2023 Global Citizen Prize ceremony in New York City on April 27,2023.

Global Citizen Prize winner on steering the environment protection ship, getting young people aboard

Friday, May 26, 2023