Business Times

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Clad in a clean blue Kitenge dress and sandals, Chantal Nyirantawuziyandemye, is all smiles after reaping benefits from her savings, something that could possibly change her life.

Members of Zigama Credit and Savings Scheme have called on its board to reduce the rate at which clients borrow money from the bank to allow them access more credit and improve their lives.

Your personal problems and interests could ruin your business no matter what you are trying to do to keep it afloat. It is sometimes hard to realise that such issues could lead to business collapse.

As much as banks and businesses can run bankrupt and need loans and capital injection to kick-start them, so does an individual. But this time you may not need a loan or capital to jerk your personal finances, your little savings have to perform this magic to rescue you from collapsing.

Rwanda’s trade imbalance is projected to reach 17.6 per cent this year as the country’s imports grow much faster than its exports in the midst of turbulence in the global economic situation.

Treasury is set to cut spending on international travels and the purchase of office paper within government institutions as it seeks to raise resources and increase investment in the teachers’ savings cooperative movement, Umwalimu Sacco, on the backdrop of budget constraints.

The month of May always kicks off with the International Labour Day celebrations where the role of working people is recognised. For some, it is just another day to stay home and relax while for others it actually carries importance as the day when their plight is highlighted.