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How AI can disrupt decentralized energy in Africa

Tuesday, July 01, 2025

Rwanda today on July 1 marks 62 years of independence from Belgian colonial rule. Courtesy

Independence Day is a critical reminder of our journey

Tuesday, July 01, 2025

Workers load cargo for export at Kigali International Airport.

Time for a new economic playbook for Africa

Tuesday, July 01, 2025

Students march during the celebration of independance of Rwanda that was approved in 1962

Why Rwanda and Cameroon don’t celebrate Independence day

Tuesday, July 01, 2025

Painkillers are a set of medications used to control or manage pain.

Why painkillers are important for medical care

Monday, June 30, 2025

Kwibohora has significantly contributed to the promotion of unity and reconciliation in Rwanda by fostering a collective memory of resilience and healing among its citizens.

Kwibohora: Rwanda's decentralisation policy, a legacy of liberation

Sunday, June 29, 2025

The crisis now facing Africa, is a crisis of which the U.S. gutting USAID and European donor countries diverting their cash are emblematic of the boxes being taken away.

Time to rethink equity: Redistribute power in trade and finance, not just aid

Saturday, June 28, 2025

Panelists in a discussion as 8 projects from Rwandan secondary schools and universities recognized for their contributions to national unity, reconciliation, and national resilience.

Teachers must lead from the front in fighting genocide ideology

Saturday, June 28, 2025

Some of over 4000 youths under rehabilitation at Iwawa in Rutsiro District. Courtesy

Dear young people, drugs and alcohol are not cool, being healthy is

Saturday, June 28, 2025

RPF was portrayed as a reincarnation of the Inyenzi raids of the 1960s and a movement of Tutsi monarchists who did not accept the 1959 revolution.

When RPF attacked, Habyarimana tried to hoodwink the world

Saturday, June 28, 2025

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced that it will offer a grant of $500,000 to a company that seeks to build Rwanda’s first aerial urban cable car network. Courtesy

Cable cars is a great way to diversify Kigali’s public transport

Saturday, June 28, 2025

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The Global South can’t afford to sit out the AI debate

Saturday, June 28, 2025

Visitors during a guided tour of Kigali Genocide Memorial to pay tribute to the victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana

Supporting genocide in God's name: The blasphemy of Philippe de Dorlodot

Saturday, June 28, 2025

Isaïe Muhoza – Ag. CEO Sonarwa Life speaking to parents at Les Hirondelles de Don Bosco on Education Life Insurance.

Life insurance is not a luxury!

Saturday, June 28, 2025

Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, the leader of the unregistered DALFA-Umurinzi party, appears before the High Court in Nyamirambo, on June 19. Photo by Craish Bahizi

Victoire Ingabire's dangerous ideology threatens regional stability

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

A view of Nasho solar powered irrigation scheme. Courtesy

I dreamt that farmers became millionaires—Then I woke up in Kigali

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

RBC health experts during an outreach program to conduct a research on the new mosquitoes in Bugesera District. Photo by Craish Bahizi

We cannot afford to rest on our laurels in fight against malaria

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Close to 300 European mercenaries surrendered to M23 rebels and were allowed to cross into Rwanda before they were facilitated to take flights to their countries on Wednesday, January 29. Courtesy

When HRW plays blind man’s bluff with hate

Monday, June 23, 2025

Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, the leader of the unregistered DALFA-Umurinzi party, appears before the High Court in Nyamirambo, on June 19. Photo by Craish Bahizi

Victoire Ingabire and the politics of destruction

Monday, June 23, 2025

Rwanda Revenue Authority staff attend to taxpayers at RRA Remera Branch. Courtesy

Pay the right taxes: Neither less nor more, just what the law requires

Monday, June 23, 2025