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Delegates attending the Green Economy Week workshop in Kigali pose for a group photo. Photo by Craish Bahizi
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Green Economy Week: UN pledges robust support for Rwanda’s accelerated green economy agenda

Friday, November 28, 2025
A woman cooks using clean cookstoves. Energy experts at the Africa Investment Forum on November 27 in Rabat, Morocco, noted that rigid lending conditions are raising costs, delaying projects, and causing many promising initiatives to stall ultimately slowing Africa’s energy transition. Net photo
Environment

Costly lending rules stifle Africa’s clean energy push, investors warn

Friday, November 28, 2025
Former sports journalist Bonnie Mugabe has been appointed Secretary General of the Rwanda Football Association (FERWAFA) and will assume office effective December 1. Courtesy
Football

Open letter to Bonnie Mugabe: Where you must excel to succeed as FERWAFA Secretary General

Friday, November 28, 2025
Delegates pose for a group photo during the opening of the African Investment Forum on November 26 in Rabat, Morocco. The event highlighted calls from African ministers and investors for a shift from aid dependence to private capital to drive development and bridge the continent’s infrastructure gaps. Courtesy.
Business

Africa urged to swap aid dependence for private capital to drive development

Thursday, November 27, 2025
To help businesses automate their core business processes, OTO software includes various apps that help integrate functions, like accounting, procurement, sales, inventory, and customer management. Photo Kapp
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Made in Rwanda: OTO Software Suite simplifies POS, business management

Thursday, November 27, 2025
A client receives a service from a provider in Kigali on October 10. Photo by Craish Bahizi.

Public discomfort with praise

Thursday, November 27, 2025
AfricaWeek 2025 brought together founders, investors, operators, and ecosystem leaders in Kigali from November 20–21. Photos by Keza Kelia.
Featured

Norrsken’s Africa/Week unites builders to shape continent’s future

Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Gashumba will officially launch a DJ career on her Kigali tour running from December 25-30-Photo courtesy
Music

Sheilah Gashumba to launch DJ career in Kigali

Wednesday, November 26, 2025
L-R: Steven Hagumintwari, Prince Muhizi, Jean Jacques Wilson Nshobozwa, Cadeau de Dieu Furaha and Dieudonne Ndizeye are part of Rwanda's final roster in Tunisia for 2027 FIBA World Cup qualifiers. Photos courtesy
Basketball

Murenzi names final squad for 2027 World Cup qualifiers

Wednesday, November 26, 2025
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Infrastructure

Tap water could be safely drinkable in Rwanda by 2029

Wednesday, November 26, 2025
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
Rwandan singer and songwriter Ariel Wayz has resumed music after a brief arrest on drug-related charges. She is in Nairobi, Kenya, for her first tour since joining Universal Music Group East Africa. Photo Courtesy
Music

Ariel Wayz in Kenya for first UMG-backed music tour

Wednesday, November 26, 2025