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Finance Minister Yusuf Murangwa presents the 2025-26 national budget before parliament on June 12. The government’s move to allocate over 8% of the budget to environmental protection and climate change marks a major step forward.
Editorial

A bigger climate budget is a good start, but the real work lies ahead

Friday, August 01, 2025
Delegates pose for a group photo during the Missio Invest Conference on Faith and Finance held in Kigali in March 2025.
Featured

Featured: Faith, finance, and the future: How Missio Invest is empowering church-led growth in Africa

Wednesday, July 30, 2025
Dr. Abdallah Utumatwishima, the Minister of Youth and Arts; Sandrine Umutoni, the Minister of State for Youth; Paula Ingabire, Minister of ICT; Belen Calvo Uyarra, EU Ambassador to Rwanda; and Christine Nkulikiyinka, Minister of Public Service and Labour, attend a past YouthConnekt event where young Rwandan entrepreneurs showcased their products. File
Economy

Inside Rwanda’s Rwf49bn five-year youth strategic plan

Wednesday, July 30, 2025
Architects and quantity surveyors look over building plans. Rwanda’s Parliament has updated the law to officially include quantity surveying as a recognized profession alongside architecture and engineering. Net Photo

Rwanda’s built environment at a crossroads: The law is passed, but the real work begins now

Wednesday, July 30, 2025
The New Times

FfD4: Some saw hope, others disappointment but there are hints of success

Tuesday, July 29, 2025
The New Times
Infrastructure

10 ways Rwanda wants to build greener, more inclusive cities, rural settlements

Tuesday, July 22, 2025
Land is being restored using trenches in forests and progressive terraces to prevent soil erosion. The government is implementing projects to curb the annual loss of crops worth Rwf37 billion caused by soil erosion.
Environment

How will govt save Rwf37bn in crops lost to soil erosion?

Monday, July 21, 2025
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) listed a Rwf 24 billion corporate bond on the Rwanda Stock Exchange on July 18. Photo by Craish Bahizi.
Finance

IFC lists Rwf24bn corporate bond on Rwanda Stock Exchange

Friday, July 18, 2025
Zemedeneh Negatu, chairman of the Washington, DC-based capital investment firm, presents the Best Regional Bank—East Africa award to Dr. Silpah Owich of Equity Bank Kenya at the 2025 African Banker Awards in Abidjan. Courtesy
Featured

PRESS RELEASE: Equity Bank crowned Best Regional Bank in East Africa at African Banker Awards 2025

Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Zemedeneh Negatu, the Chairman of the Washington, DC-based capital investment firm, presents the Best Regional Bank—East Africa award to Dr. Silpah Owich of Equity Bank Kenya at the 2025 African Banker Awards in Abidjan. Courtesy Photo
Featured

Press Release: Equity Bank crowned Best Regional Bank in East Africa at African Banker Awards 2025

Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Rwanda is set to begin restoring the degraded Nyungwe–Ruhango corridor by August
Environment

Nyungwe-Ruhango green corridor restoration to begin in August

Saturday, July 05, 2025
Electric buses that transport commuters in Kigali City. Under the new funding, flagship interventions include the development of the Nyabugogo multimodal transit hub, introduction of dedicated bus lanes. File
Finance

World Bank approves Rwf144bn to finance Kigali's public transport

Monday, June 30, 2025