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Damaged crops caused by heavy rain. The government has allocated over 8% of the 2025-26 national budget to environmental protection and climate change response. File Photo
Environment

Rwanda allocates over 8% of its budget to fighting climate change

Friday, August 01, 2025
The government has decided to integrate BDF into the Development Bank of Rwanda (BRD). FILE
Business

BDF integrated into BRD as govt targets efficient business financing

Thursday, July 31, 2025
The Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Yusuf Murangwa, poses for a photo with Abdullah Kh. Almusabeeh, President of the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA), after receiving him and his delegation. Courtesy Photo
Infrastructure

Rwanda, BADEA discuss collaboration on smart cities and private sector growth

Thursday, July 31, 2025
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Religion

PM Nsengiyumva: Peace in Africa needs govt, faith leaders working together

Thursday, July 31, 2025
Belgian choreographer Hilde Cannoodt dances for Inganzo Ngari cultural troupe since 2018-courtesy photos
Music

Belgian choreographer on how Inganzo Ngari introduced her to traditional dance

Thursday, July 31, 2025
The National Bank of Rwanda (BNR) on Thursday, July 31, announced it has moved to the proof of concept stage for its Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), a digital version of its official currency.
Technology

Central bank digital currency enters proof-of-concept stage

Thursday, July 31, 2025
Patients at Munini Hospital in Nyaruguru sit waiting to be assisted. In July 2025, the government introduced a new pricing structure for medical services in private healthcare facilities the first major tariff revision since 2014. File Photo.
Health

How revised medical tariffs are reshaping healthcare access

Friday, August 01, 2025
The Minister of National Unity and Civic Engagement, Jean-Damascène Bizimana, together with other officials, joins Kayonza residents during a past Umuganura celebration in Kayonza District. File photo

Not just sorghum: What’s Umuganura in our time?

Friday, August 01, 2025
Construction workers at a building site in Kinyinya, Kigali. File photo.
Housing

Why Rwanda has put on hold conditional building permits

Friday, August 01, 2025
An archive photo of Nyarugenge Prison, commonly known as “1930.”

Rwanda’s vanishing historical vestiges: A call for an overhaul of heritage management practices

Friday, August 01, 2025
Girls who graduated from the third cohort of the African Girls Can Code Initiative pose for a photo with officials on Thursday, July 31. The program equips young women with digital and tech skills.
Technology

120 teenage girls complete coding training

Thursday, July 31, 2025
A backhoe loader carries soil at a mining site in Rwamagana. Fuel-powered machines used in construction and farming will soon be subject to carbon emissions testing starting August 18, according to REMA. Photo by Emmanuel Dushimimana
Environment

Fuel-powered construction, farming machinery to undergo emission testing

Thursday, July 31, 2025