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Green Care Rwanda workers sort plastic waste before it is recycled to produce products such as pavers. One of the new startups tackles plastic waste management by incentivizing communities to sort and sell plastic waste instead of disposing of it.
Rwanda

What problems are Rwanda’s new top five startups solving?

Saturday, November 16, 2024
The grants were provided under the Rwanda Subnational Adaptation Fund EDA Project. Photos by Craish Bahizi
Featured

Govt offers $5m in grants for climate resilience projects

Monday, November 04, 2024
The National Talent Week attract some 500 young athletes across six sports namely Football, basktball, handball, cycling, athletics and volleyball-courtesy
Other Sports

How Isonga Program is shaping Rwanda’s future athletes

Monday, November 04, 2024
RGB Chief Executive Officer Doris Picard Uwicyeza while presenting the institution's 2023-2024 annual report to a joint plenary sitting of Parliament, on October 29, 2024. Land service improvement is one of the report's findings (courtesy).
Rwanda

A look at key findings, recommendations in RGB annual report

Thursday, October 31, 2024
Beneficiaries of the project sing for the donors during the event in Gitwa Village in Gishamvu Sector in Huye District. Spark Microgrants provided over Rwf8 million to the community, which they used to buy pigs, and hens, and engage in kitchen gardening and installation of solar panels. Courtesy
Featured

FEATURED: How community-driven projects are tackling malnutrition in Huye District

Thursday, October 24, 2024
Members of Kabaya Saving Group give their contribution. Residents realised that overcoming poverty depended on their own efforts, after a six-month training in 2021
Featured

From livestock to savings: Tracing Gakenke residents’ steps to prosperity

Tuesday, October 22, 2024
An Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) team before performing a decontamination procedure using an ultraviolet laser robot at a hospital in Kigali earlier this month, as part of ongoing response to the Marburg outbreak. Photo: Courtesy.

Marburg outbreak response: Rwanda's key lessons in tackling public health crises

Wednesday, October 16, 2024
A view on the newly completed flood retention dam designed to contain the floods caused by River Sebeya in Rubavu District. Courtesy
Environment

Day for Disaster Risk Reduction: 10 Key measures Rwanda has taken

Sunday, October 13, 2024
NBA Africa announces that it will build outdoor basketball courts and conduct youth clinics in Nairobi, Kenya, and Rwanda next year. Courtesy
Basketball

NBA Africa to build basketball courts in Rwanda, Kenya

Tuesday, October 08, 2024
A teacher during a class at Groupe Scolaire Muhima in Nyarugenge on October 1. Photo by Emmanuel Dushimimana
Education

World Teachers' Day: Rwandan teachers speak about passion, challenges

Saturday, October 05, 2024
Dr Sam Kanyamibwa, ARCOS Founder and chief executive (C), and officials and delegates pose for a photo after receiving the award in Bern, Switzerland. Courtesy
Featured

PRESS RELEASE: ARCOS Awarded Prestigious Albert Mountain Award for Outstanding Mountain Conservation and Sustainable Development in Africa

Monday, September 30, 2024
Minister of Foreign Affairs Olivier Nduhungirehe and Alice Wairimu Nderitu, UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide during a fireside chat at the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA79) on Wednesday, September 25. Courtesy
Crime

‘Genocide can happen anywhere,’ Nduhungirehe on dangers of hate speech

Thursday, September 26, 2024