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Minister of Finance and Economic planning Uzziel Ndagijimana and Imai Masahiro, Ambassador of Japan in Rwanda sign the agreement in Kigali on Tuesday, December 6. Courtesy
Infrastructure

Rwanda secures $22m for urban water supply

Tuesday, December 06, 2022
A client choosing a brochette at almost abandoned Gisimenti Car -Free Zone on November 4
Rwanda

PHOTOS: Why has Gisimenti car-free zone lost its ‘vibe’?

Thursday, November 10, 2022
People enjoy a time out at Imbuga City Walk in Kigali’s Central Business District. Photo: Dan Nsengiyumva.
Rwanda

Urban planners weigh in on need for more car-free zones

Tuesday, November 08, 2022
A worker carries out indoor residual spraying to fight against mosquitoes in Bugesera District. According to statistics from RBC, Rwanda recorded a drop in malaria incidence from 400 per 1,000 in 2016 to 89 per 1,000 in 2021. A new study has linked an invasive insecticide-resistant mosquito to an unprecedented urban outbreak of malaria in Ethiopia, and warned that it can fuel an upsurge of cases in various African countries. Photo: File.
Health

Invasive mosquitoes could fuel malaria upsurge in Africa

Friday, November 04, 2022
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Editorial

Rwanda’s forest cover target needs input of everyone

Tuesday, November 01, 2022
Workers construct a house using adobe (mud) bricks known as rukarakara in Kigali. Photo: Craish Bahizi.
Housing

Why Housing Authority revised guidelines on using mud bricks

Friday, September 30, 2022
A view of the Kigali’s Central Business District. Rwanda aspires to become a knowledge-based and services-led economy through diversification of its export base into distribution and logistics services, tourism. Photo: Sam Ngendahimana.
Economy

World Bank: Improved internet, innovation could boost Rwanda’s service trade

Tuesday, September 27, 2022
A view of the former Gikondo industrial park, in Kigali, which is set to be revamped . According to officials, more than 470 hectares will be used for recreational business. Photo: Craish Bahizi.
Environment

500ha Kigali wetlands set aside for recreational business

Monday, September 19, 2022
Photo: Igihe
Housing

Kangondo tenants given one-month rent support as homeowners relocate

Friday, September 16, 2022
L-R: Jerry Were, the founder of Hospitality Stars Academy, and Dr Roshan Rathi, the co-founder of the LCCI Global Qualifications, after signing the partnership agreement in Kigali on August 29, 2022.
Tourism

Local hospitality training institute to offer international qualifications

Wednesday, August 31, 2022
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Business

How off-grid cold storage systems are helping farmers reduce post-harvest losses

Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Farmers try to salvage some of their rice produce washed away by floods in Nyagatare District in 2019. According to the report, more than 745,000 hectares of agricultural land is potentially eroded every year.

Rwanda loses over Rwf800bn annually due to soil erosion –new report

Tuesday, August 09, 2022