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Workers packing fresh avocadoes for export at a National Agricultural Export Development Board (NAEB) packhouse in Kigali. File
Agriculture

From simple crop to cash cow: How avocado became profitable

Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Workers at a factory that produces briquettes in Mageragere Sector in Nyarugenge District. Photo: Willy Mucyo
Energy

Rwanda’s new $300 million clean energy project unveiled

Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Norrsken is one of Kigali’s green buildings. Green building is designed to minimise the environmental impact of buildings and enhance the health and well-being of occupants. Courtesy photo
Environment

Explainer: Inside the world of green building

Monday, January 15, 2024
Workers on duty during Kigali-Gatuna road rehabilitation. Minister of Justice has approved the expropriation of assets in public interest along four roads set to be constructed. Sam Ngendahimana
Infrastructure

Expropriation for four multi-billion national road projects gets greenlight

Wednesday, January 03, 2024
Globally, all countries have promised to fix all the world’s big issues by 2030, through the so-called Sustainable Development Goals.

How to make our charitable donations go further

Wednesday, January 03, 2024
Rwanda enacted a law of March 31, 2023, which repealed the law of September 18, 2019, relating to tax procedures. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Law

A closer look at 2023’s tax changes: Five laws tailored to citizens’ needs

Tuesday, January 02, 2024
Workers at a construction site in Kigali. EMMANUEL DUSHIMIMANA
Housing

New fees to be levied on building permits

Friday, December 29, 2023
Minister for Finance and Economic Planning, Uzziel Ndagijimana signs for a new initiative for mobilizing €300 million for climate resilience in Rwanda, at the Paris Summit for a New Global Financing Pact on Thursday June 22. Courtesy
Environment

2023: Inside Rwanda’s climate finance deals

Thursday, December 28, 2023
Minister of Infrastructure Jimmy Gasore opens the seventh Water and Development Congress of the International Water Asssociattion, in Kigali on Sunday, December 10.
Environment

FEATURED: Climate change takes centre stage at water congress in Kigali

Monday, December 11, 2023
A new look of Biryogo in Nyarugenge District. The predominantly Muslim neighbourhood became popular for its diversity and hospitality of the people. Photos by Christianne Murengerantwari
Tourism

Know your suburbs: The transformation of Biryogo

Monday, December 11, 2023
Part of Kigali Green City project in Kinyinya sector, Gasabo district. Green City Kigali, a masterplan for the sustainable and inclusive expansion of urban Kigali has won the World Architecture Festival (WAF) Future Project Masterplan Award. Courtesy
Infrastructure

Green City Kigali scoops WAF future project masterplan award

Thursday, November 30, 2023
Aerial view of Kisimenti in Kigali City. A ministerial order published by the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning shows a reduction – from between Rwf0 and Rwf300 to between Rwf0 and Rwf80 per square metre. File
Rwanda

New land tax rates: Know how much you have to pay for your plot

Wednesday, November 29, 2023