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Rwanda has made progress in expanding educational access, with attendance rising to 93% in 2024 from 87% in 2017, according to the EICV7 survey released on April 16.
Education

Rwanda’s primary school attendance reaches 93%

Friday, April 18, 2025
A recent survey report shows that Rwanda has significantly reduced poverty over the past seven years, lifting over 1.5 million people out of poverty, an average of 214,000 each year.
Rwanda

10 key highlights from Rwanda’s new living conditions survey

Friday, April 18, 2025
Paula Ingabire, the Minister of ICT and Innovation, during a podcast interview by The Rundown that was released on April 15. Courtesy
Technology

Minister Ingabire urges innovators to build AI solutions with values, ethics

Thursday, April 17, 2025
Minister of ICT and Innovation Paula Ingabire helps a resident to switch on a smartphone in Bugesera District .Mobile phone ownership in Rwanda has increased to 85 per cent in 2024, up from 67 per cent in 2017.
Technology

34% Rwandan households own smartphones – survey

Thursday, April 17, 2025
Dr. James Mwangi, Equity Group Holdings Managing Director and CEO with Lord Jonathan Marland, Chair of the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council (right) and Lord Hugo Swire, Deputy Chair of the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council (left).
Featured

Dr James Mwangi receives Freedom of the City of London award for inclusivity, creating equitable communities

Thursday, April 17, 2025
Ivan Murenzi, Director General of the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda during the presentation of the seventh Integrated Household Living Conditions Survey (EICV 7) on Wedneday, April 16. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Economy

Rwanda lifted 1.5m people out of poverty since 2017 – survey

Thursday, April 17, 2025
A view of Munini Model Village. The poverty rate among Rwandans dropped to 27.4 per cent in 2024, from 39.8 per cent in 2017, a new survey shows.
Economy

1.5 million Rwandans out of poverty in seven years

Wednesday, April 16, 2025
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Energy

65% Rwandan rural households access electricity – survey

Wednesday, April 16, 2025
A view of Kigali Vision City in Gasabo District. FILE
Infrastructure

Rwanda’s race to promote urbanisation

Wednesday, April 16, 2025
The cost of goods and services, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), continued to rise in March this year, with urban prices increasing by 6.5 per cent. Dan Gatsinzi
Economy

Consumer prices increased by 6.5% in March

Thursday, April 10, 2025
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Africa

Ex-FDLR leader: DR Congo’s support for Genocidal militia still the biggest threat to peace

Monday, April 07, 2025
Rwanda Housing Authority (RHA) released new guidelines in 2022 for the use of adobe (mud) bricks, commonly known as Rukarakara. Craish Bahizi
Infrastructure

10 key things you need to know about Rwanda’s mud bricks’ guidelines

Saturday, April 05, 2025