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Energy Private Developers (EPD) and  BK Foundation officials pose for a group photo during the signing ceremony in Kigali on November 15. (1)
Rwanda

EPD, BK Foundation to empower households with sustainable lighting, improved cookstoves

Monday, November 18, 2024
Tailors on duty at the private garment company Pink Mango, located in the Kigali Special Economic Zone. File
Rwanda

What will it take to increase private investment in Rwanda?

Sunday, November 17, 2024
Surgeons go through practical studies at IRCAD Africa's lab in Kigali. Photo by IRCAD Africa.
Rwanda

Rwanda trains 400 African medics in minimally invasive surgery

Sunday, November 17, 2024
Claudette Irere, the Minister of State for Education, highlighted the initiative's success in improving Rwanda’s TVET sector over the past four years
Featured

Key achievements in Rwanda’s TVET sector highlighted at 2024 conference

Saturday, November 16, 2024
A landscape view of Rugando area in Kigali. Land titles have become a reliable tool for financial transactions, with over 139,700 plots mortgaged for loans totalling $17 billion (approximately Rwf23 trillion) in the country. Photo courtesy
Rwanda

Over 139,000 land parcels mortgaged for $17bn loans

Saturday, November 16, 2024
A tomato farmer packages his produce for the market. Rwanda's agricultural sector continues to lag behind regional averages, with productivity levels three to six times lower than those of the most productive neighboring countries. Photo Courtesy   
Agriculture

How Rwanda can boost agricultural productivity

Friday, November 15, 2024
Telesphore Ndabamenye, RAB's Director General says Rwanda is reducing dependence on rain-fed agriculture.
Agriculture

Experts warn against reliance on rain-fed agriculture

Thursday, November 14, 2024
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Rwanda

Ngirente, UNICEF regional director discuss education partnerships

Thursday, November 14, 2024
The National Land Authority (NLA) suggests fund to cushion good-faith plot buyers against disputes. Courtesy Photo
Rwanda

Land authority suggests fund to cushion good-faith plot buyers against disputes

Thursday, November 14, 2024
Gilbert Munyemana, Deputy Director of Rwanda's National Child Development Agency (NCDA), highlighted Rwanda's achievements and ongoing challenges in expanding access to early childhood education (ECE)
Rwanda

Experts call for stronger focus on early childhood education across Africa 

Thursday, November 14, 2024
Over 21 million teen pregnancies were reported in lower- and middle-income countries and 55% ended in unsafe abortions. Photo Courtesy 

Today’s crisis of teen pregnancies and births is controllable and stoppable

Thursday, November 14, 2024
Jeanne Francoise Mubiligi, Chairperson of the Private Sector Federation (PSF), speaks at the launch of the Pathways to Sustainable and Inclusive Growth report in Kigali on Wednesday, November 13. Photo by Dan Gatsinzi.
Economy

Economic policy reforms could spur rapid private sector growth – World Bank report

Thursday, November 14, 2024