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OX Delivers, a UK e-mobility start-up, has secured a $163 million contract to establish its first franchise in East Africa
Technology

UK mobility startup secures $163m deal to expand in Rwanda

Thursday, December 12, 2024
Business people on their way to Goma town. Photos by Germain Nsanzimana
Rwanda

Rwanda-DR Congo border sees surge in people movement

Thursday, December 12, 2024
Lab technicians test one of the helmets during the official launch of the facility on Wednesday, December 12. The facility can test 30 to 40 helmets per day. All photos by Emmanuel Dushimimana
Security

PHOTOS: Rwanda launches Africa’s first motorcycle helmet testing laboratory

Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Rwanda Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) headquarters in Kigali. The World Health Organisation on December 5 announced that Rwanda achieved Maturity Level 3 (ML3) in the global classification of national regulatory authorities. File
Health

What achieving WHO Maturity Level 3 means for Rwanda

Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Following the death of WHO Regional Director for Africa-elect Faustine Ndugulile, who passed on on November 27, Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan announces new candidate. COURTESY
Africa

Tanzania: President Samia announces new candidate for WHO Africa regional director

Wednesday, December 11, 2024
President Paul Kagame addresses delegates at the Continental Forum on Education and Youth Employability in Nouakchott, Mauritania, on Tuesday, December 10. Photos by Village Urugwiro
Africa

Africa’s youth need skills, expertise to meet labor market demands – Kagame

Wednesday, December 11, 2024
The 8th edition of the BK Urumuri Initiative recognised five innovative women-led agribusinesses for their remarkable contributions to environmental and climate change solutions
Featured

FEATURED: BK Foundation, Inkomoko award top five women-led agribusinesses in ‘BK Urumuri’ initiative

Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Visitors tour a mini exhibition during the Africa Leather Value Chain Annual Forum 2024, running from December 10 to 12, in Kigali. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Economy

Investors eye leather factories as Rwanda pledges to establish tannery park

Tuesday, December 10, 2024
French-Cameroonian journalist and author Charles Onana was convicted by a Paris court for denying and minimizing the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
Crime

Why Charles Onana’s guilty verdict sends a clear message to Genocide deniers

Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Ghana's ex-President John Dramani Mahama made a comeback as the country's top leader after winning the December 7 election. Internet
Africa

Kagame congratulates Ghana’s president-elect on election win

Tuesday, December 10, 2024
President Paul Kagame met with President Abdelmadjid Tebboune of Algeria, in Nouakchott, Mauritania, on Monday, December 9. Courtesy of Urugwiro Village.
Politics

Kagame, Algeria president discuss infrastructure, agric partnerships

Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Officials pose for a group photo at the Connected Africa Summit 2024 in Nairobi. Internet

Africa’s time: delivering transformation through innovation

Tuesday, December 10, 2024