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Workers on duty at Asantii & Pink Mango Garment Factory in Kigali. Rwanda’s unemployment rate dropped to 13.4% in the second quarter of 2025, down from 16.8% during the same period in 2024, according to a Labour Force Survey released by NISR on July 29. File.
Economy

Unemployment rate drops to 13.4% in quarter two

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
Dr. Jean-Népo Abdallah Utumatwishima, Minister of Youth and Arts, poses with other officials and winners of the 2025 AGUKA Idea Entrepreneurship Program, during a prize-giving ceremony held on June 24. Courtesy Photo
Economy

Youth investment facility: what’s in it for young entrepreneurs?

Friday, July 25, 2025
RICA campus in Bugesera District. Courtesy of RICA
Environment

Why Rwandan campus got Harvard green prize

Tuesday, July 22, 2025
The quantity and quality of local talent continue to decline and if nothing is done it will affect the entire national basketball ecosystem-courtesy

Rwanda Basketball League: What is happening to local talent?

Tuesday, July 22, 2025
The delegates pose for a group photo after the event on July 17 at Serena Hotel in Kigali
Featured

How FAO-led water-related disasters control project benefitted farmers in Rwanda, Kenya

Monday, July 21, 2025
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Featured

RICA hosts job fair to connect final-year students with employers

Saturday, July 19, 2025
The competition has taken place in eight countries Rwanda, Senegal, Mali, Ivory Coast (for the second time), Benin, Cameroon, Niger, and Guinea
Featured

CANAL+ Rwanda backs pan-African project empowering digital storytellers

Saturday, July 19, 2025
Alice Uwase, Deputy CEO of Rwanda Mining Board (RMB), CIMERWA Group Chairperson Narendra Raval, and Rwanda Development Board (RDB) CEO Jean-Guy Afrika pose for a group photo after the signing ceremony on Thursday, July 17. Courtesy Photo
Economy

Govt, Cimerwa partner to build Rwf270bn clinker factory in Musanze

Friday, July 18, 2025
A teacher engages pupils at Muhima Primary School in Nyarugenge District. Ongoing education reforms aim to tackle persistent challenges in the system, such as overcrowded classrooms. Photo by Craish Bahizi.
Education

Education changing again? Yes, and here’s my two cents…

Thursday, July 17, 2025
Vincent Munyeshyaka, Chief Executive Officer of the Business Development Fund (BDF), delivers a presentation before the Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on July 15. Courtesy photo
Business

BDF CEO says it created 330,000 jobs as MPs push for loan recovery

Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Vendors of electronic items in a shared renting space in Kigali. Photo by Frank Ntarindwa
Business

How co-renting is unlocking affordable entrepreneurship in Kigali

Monday, July 14, 2025