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Graduates attend University of Rwanda's 2025 graduation ceremony. A new study found that university graduates earn 5.27 times more than young people with no formal education, even as more than 92 per cent of employed youth continue to work in the informal economy. Photo by Kellya Keza.
Economy

New study highlights stubborn youth informality despite employment gains

Saturday, June 27, 2026
Bank of Kigali CEO, Diane Karusisi, speaks during an interaction session at BPN's event to mark the celebration of the first cohort of the Topify and Impala programmes under the Grow 2 Scale partnership. All photos by Dan Gatsinzi
Featured

BPN Rwanda, Mastercard Foundation set to create 19,000 jobs in five years

Thursday, June 25, 2026
Medics inside IRCAD Africa Campus in Kigali on October 6, 2023. The $32 million state-of-the-art facility stands as the continent's premier center for training and research in minimally invasive surgery.

A sovereign bet on science could save millions of lives

Thursday, June 25, 2026
Medics inside IRCAD Africa Campus in Kigali on October 6, 2023.The $32 million state-of-the-art facility stands as the continent's premier center for training and research in minimally invasive surgery.

A sovereign bet on science could save millions of lives

Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Prime Minister Nsengiyumva, virtually participated in the High-Level Meeting of African Heads of State, Governments and Partners on the Ebola Outbreak on June 16. Courtesy
Health

PM Nsengiyumva urges African-led health systems amid Ebola outbreak

Tuesday, June 16, 2026
Rwandan DJ and entertainer DJ Inno. File
Music

DJ Inno teams up with Davis D for debut single 'Ayra Star'

Tuesday, June 16, 2026
15 November 2022: Kabuga listens intently to the prosecution case, The Hague. Source: UNIRMCT
Crime

Félicien Kabuga: A life of greed, genocide and impunity

Tuesday, June 16, 2026
Amb. Claver Gatete, Executive Secretary of United Nations Economic Commission fo Afria (ECA) speaks to The New Times at the Africa Development Impact Forum, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on June 11. Courtesy
Finance

UNECA's Gatete on debt, Africa's fight for a fairer financial order

Monday, June 15, 2026
Amb. Claver Gatete, Executive Secretary of United Nations Economic Commission fo Afria (ECA) addresses delegates during the Africa Development Impact Forum, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on June 11. Courtesy
Finance

Why the global financial architecture is unfair to Africa 

Friday, June 12, 2026
KASHA Chief Executive Officer Joanna Bichsel (c) poses for a photo with two staff during the celebration on the 10th anniversary in Kigali.
Featured

Kasha at 10: How one mother's idea became a disruptive Pan-African HealthTech company

Monday, June 08, 2026
People wash their hands before entering Kimironko Market.
Health

Rwanda ramps up Ebola prevention efforts

Saturday, May 30, 2026
Leaders pose for group photo at the Conference in Brazzaville while launching the report titled 'Trade Finance Supply in Africa Post-COVID Trends and Emerging Opportunities'
Economy

Middle East war could reverse progress of Africa's trade finance - report

Friday, May 29, 2026