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Glass water bottles in a filling production line at Inyange Industries, Kigali.
Business

Rwanda home to 73m tonnes of silica sand, enough for large-scale glass production: study

Wednesday, November 26, 2025
CIMERWA officials, stakeholders, and distributors pose for a group photo during the customer engagement meeting in Kigali on November 14. Photos by Craish Bahizi.
Featured

CIMERWA to increase production, make Rwanda “100% cement import-free”

Saturday, November 15, 2025
Cimerwa factory workers pack cement for market. The firm plans a $190m clinker plant to cut imports and save Rwanda an estimated $2.88bn in foreign exchange over 25 years. File
Business

CIMERWA’s $190m clinker plant that could save Rwanda billions of francs

Wednesday, October 01, 2025
A segment of the firm that has been established – in Gahengeri Sector, in Rwamagana, it will span 45.7 hectares
Business

Rwamagana to host Rwanda's first eco-park for clay-based building materials

Tuesday, June 10, 2025
The demand for glass bottles is expected to rise to 24,179 tonnes in 2027, up from 21,816 tonnes in 2023. File
Rwanda

How Rwanda plans to tap into sand reserves for glass bottles production

Thursday, February 06, 2025
The New Times
Africa

Archaeologists uncover Ptolemaic artifacts in Egypt

Monday, December 09, 2024
Workers melting tin at LuNa Smelter Ltd in Gasabo District. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Economy

Mining: Rwanda looks to steel, glass making for growth

Thursday, December 05, 2024
The Huye feed factory has capacity to produce 40 tonnes per day, according to officials in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning. Photo: Internet.
Economy

Govt seeks investor to acquire Huye feed factory

Friday, November 01, 2024
A view of Rusororo cemetry in Gasabo District. A proposed law amendment seeks to ban burying the dead in tombs built with cement and tiles. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Rwanda

Govt mulls ban on concrete tombs to optimize land use

Thursday, April 25, 2024
Inside Inyange Industries with glass bottles that are mainly used in conferences in Kigali. According to the Ministry of Trade and Industry, demand for glass bottles increased from 19,530 tonnes in 2022, to 21,816 tonnes in 2023. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Business

Rwanda’s glass bottle demand ramps up amid plastic phase-out

Thursday, March 07, 2024
The Loos Islands, a group of islands located between 4.5 kilometres and 14 killometres off the coast of Conakry, are some of coastal sites in Guinea (Photo by Guinea's National Toursim Office).
Tourism

What you need to know about Guinea-Conakry

Friday, January 26, 2024
Some residents who turned up to swim at Nyamyumba hot springs Photo by Germain Nsanzimana
Tourism

Where are Rwanda’s hot springs?

Friday, January 19, 2024