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Participants pose for a group photo at Zipline Centre in Muhanga District. Courtesy
Featured

A dive into Rwanda’s drone-powered vaccine distribution system

Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Officials and graduates pose for a group photo during the event in Gakenke on Wednesday, November 19. Photo by Kellya Keza
Featured

Press Release: Sustainable Growers Rwanda's innovative training graduates over 13,000 women coffee farmers

Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, chairs the UN Security Council's high-level meeting on "Practicing multilateralism, reforming and improving global governance" at the UN headquarters in New York on Feb. 18, 2025. (Xinhua/Wu Xiaoling)
International

Global South media, think tanks pool wisdom to improve global governance

Monday, November 17, 2025
An exhibition at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Kigali. Photo by Dan Gatsinzi

Tax-free entry level smartphones in Africa: A policy lever for digital inclusion or a fiscal tightrope?

Monday, November 17, 2025
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, joined a high-profile group of Africa’s leading business and government figures for the second edition of the African Renaissance Retreat, in Kigali from November 14- 16
Business

Dangote, other prominent African leaders conclude retreat in Kigali

Monday, November 17, 2025
Dr Jerome Kim, Director General of the International Vaccine Institute (IVI), speaks with The New Times journalist during an interview in Kigali on November 14. Photos by Craish Bahizi.
Health

What it takes to build vaccine manufacturing capacity in emerging markets

Saturday, November 15, 2025
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International

Rwandans can now enter Liberia visa free

Friday, November 14, 2025
Carine Umutoni, Managing Director of Ecobank Rwanda and other panelists engage in a discussion during the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) Compliance Forum (ACF) in Kigali on Wednesday, November 12. PHOTOS BY Kellya Keza
Technology

Banks, regulators back AI for smooth African trade

Thursday, November 13, 2025
Aissa Toure Sarr, the African Development Bank’s Country Manager in Rwanda, speaks at the opening of the 2025 Country Portfolio Performance Review workshop in Kigali on Wednesday, November 12. Courtesy
Agriculture

AfDB to invest over Rwf430bn in Rwanda’s agriculture

Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Rwanda will launch the Green Exchange Window (GEW) at the end of November. Craish Bahizi

Africa’s moment to green its capital markets

Wednesday, November 12, 2025
(-L-R) Benson Ndung'u Chief Executive Officer and Senior Partner, KPMG East Africa, Ignatius Sehoole, CEO KPMG One Africa, Joelene Pierce, CEO KPMG South Africa and Tola Adeyemi, CEO KPMG West Africa. According to the KPMG 2025 Africa CEO Outlook, 79 per cent of African Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) are optimistic about their organisations’ growth in the year ahead, up from 64 per cent in 2024. Courtesy
Featured

African business leaders optimistic, prioritising AI upskilling for growth

Tuesday, November 11, 2025
Minister of Environment, Bernadette Arakwiye speaks during the ongoing 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil. Courtesy
Environment

COP30: Rwanda reports progress on Paris Agreement implementation

Tuesday, November 11, 2025