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n Q1 2024 alone, Africa had seven issuers of sustainable bonds, led by the African Development Bank (AfDB) with three deals of combined volume of $3.1 billion.

The tide has turned for ESG investing

Friday, May 30, 2025
A view of Kigali City's Kimihurura area and Gishushi in Gasabo District

East African economic dynamics: Rwanda and Kenya's path forward

Thursday, May 29, 2025
Former President of Rwanda Juvenal Habyarimana. Courtesy

How Habyarimana worked tooth and nail to disown Rwandan refugees

Thursday, May 29, 2025
African Development Bank (AfDB), President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina and delegates in Abidjan.
Editorial

Africa must finance her future, and that is now!

Thursday, May 29, 2025
Joseph Kabila, who led the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) from 2001 to 2019 and was once a close ally of current President Félix Tshisekedi.

Kabila’s Goma gambit: DR Congo’s parallel power play

Thursday, May 29, 2025
African Development Bank (AfDB), President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, delivers his remarks during the event. Courtesy

When aid shrinks, execution must rise

Thursday, May 29, 2025
Solar powered irrigation scheme in eastern province in Rwanda. The Global Report on Food Crises 2025 confirms a sobering reality for Africa. File

Transforming Africa’s food systems

Wednesday, May 28, 2025
A study conducted by HDI Rwanda in 2024, involving 875 domestic workers in the City of Kigali has revealed alarming mental health concerns within this population.
Editorial

Concerns around Kigali's domestic workers must be swiftly addressed 

Wednesday, May 28, 2025
The banking industry provides a powerful example of this evolution of customer service. Craish BAHIZI

The customer experience revolution: More than just service

Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Former African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat

Africa’s future lies in unity and that starts with our classrooms

Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Yoga helps to achieve holistic health, i.e. the physical, mental, and spiritual health of a person. A series of exercises is based on deep breathing, breathing from the nostrils, etc. File

Beyond the poses: Yoga's impact on your mental well-being

Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Doctors conduct a screening exam where internet is mostly needed during the services at Legacy Clinic in Kigali. File
Editorial

Demand for increased medical tariff should be matched with quality care

Tuesday, May 27, 2025
A budget is simply a spending plan of action. It’s a way to see where your money is going—so you can take control of your finances, instead of your finances controlling you.

How to build a simple budget that actually works (and doesn’t make you miserable)

Monday, May 26, 2025
Professor Yochannan Bwejeri, a Mututsi from Burundi and founder of the Havila Institute, the Batutsi are descendants of the biblical Israelite tribes of Judah and Dan.

Is the Havila ideology a new tool of imperialism in the Great Lakes region?

Monday, May 26, 2025
Gregoire Kayibanda, former president of Rwanda and Anastase Makuza, Kayibanda’s minister and later a key figure in Juvénal Habyarimana’s regime, reinforced and propagated this ideology. Courtesy

The racial purity delusion: From bedfellows to butchers

Monday, May 26, 2025
Bishop Jean-Marie Vianney Twagirayezu of Kibungo Diocese led the mass to commemorate over 15,000 families entirely wiped out during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi at Kibungo Cathedral in Ngoma District on May 23.
Editorial

Genocide: Honouring completely wiped-out families is a national duty

Monday, May 26, 2025
Some of the 642 Rwandan returnees who crossed from DR Congo at the Grande Barrière border post in Rubavu District on Thursday, May 22. Photo by Germain Nsanzimana

Will anything ever compel Tshisekedi to choose peace?

Monday, May 26, 2025
Tobacco smoke is one of the leading causes of and high-risk factors for lung cancer.

Tobacco smoke, a dangerous toxin for human health

Friday, May 23, 2025
The New Times

Bragging about not using AI is not the intellectual win you think it is

Friday, May 23, 2025
Local tourists enjoy the walk on the canopy in Nyungwe Forest National Park. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana

Africa must leverage its wealth or remain trapped in poverty

Friday, May 23, 2025