Scientist

Do you have an idea for The New Times to cover? Submit it here!
Search Results for "Scientist" (720 articles)
An official explains to farmers how the BXW App works. / Courtesy
Business

Will new ICT-led approach eliminate banana wilt disease?

Tuesday, October 15, 2019
L-R: Stephen Rodrigues, the UNDP Resident Representative to Rwanda; Maj Gen Emmanuel Bayingana, the Air Force Chief of Staff, and Col. Jill Rutaremara, Director, Rwanda Peace Academy at the opening of a two-day regional conference on u201cRwandau2019s Journey Towards Sustainable Peaceu201d, in Kigali yesterday. Participants are reflecting on the progress the country has made since the end of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, and speakers on Day I largely attributed the gains made over the years to visionary leadership. / Emmanuel Kwizera

Defence minister: Visionary leadership central to Rwanda’s transformation

Friday, September 20, 2019
Students in a science lab. Net photo.
Children & Education

Participants hail government’s efforts in promoting sciences

Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Luo Haoping, the manager of Chinese run Hubei-Gaza Friendship Farm, and a local worker check rice in the paddy field on the suburbs of Xaixai, capital city of the southern province of Gaza, Mozambique, April 17, 2010. / Xinhua
Africa

China's hybrid rice sows hope for Africa

Friday, September 06, 2019
The New Times

A Westerner’s guide to writing an op-ed on Rwanda’s development

Monday, August 26, 2019
Members of the 12th Indangamirwa cohort showcase their traditional dance skills during the pass-out at Gabiro Combat Training Centre on August 8, 2019. Courtesy.
Rwanda

Can Kinyarwanda survive the foreign languages onslaught?

Monday, August 19, 2019
Nancy teaching and demonstrating concepts on Renewable Energy (Solar power, Wind power, Hydrogen power, etc) to Sci-Touche 2019 participants at the Kigali Public Library. Courtesy.
Children & Education

Rwandan students on boosting STEM-education through hands-on methods

Tuesday, August 13, 2019
Farmers in Rwanda are growing the orange-fleshed sweet potato and will make a puree and use it to make bakery products like bread, biscuits, and chapattis, among others.

The essence of Vitamin A

Sunday, July 14, 2019
Agriculture Minister, Gerardine Mukeshimana and IFAD President, Gilbert F. Houngbo sign funding agreement between Rwanda and IFAD for Kayonza Irrigation and Integrated Watershed Management Project, in Italy, June 22, 2019. / Courtesy

50,000 families to benefit from $80 million drought control scheme

Sunday, June 23, 2019
Jan Low is World Food Prize Co-Laureate and the Principal Scientist for the International Potato Centre. The agricultural economist is advocating for nutrition to be made a basic human right. / Courtesy

Could sweet potato be a solution to Africa’s food insecurity, malnutrition?

Sunday, June 09, 2019
A police officer tests levels of emissions from a vehicle as part of a fresh campaign to raise public awareness on the dangers of air pollution, on Wednesday. Transportation is the largest single source of air pollution and a key contributor to climate change globally. Courtesy.
Rwanda

Police, REMA partner to fight vehicle emissions

Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Dr Phil Clark poses with the book he authored about the ICCu2019s failure to deliver justice. / Craish Bahizi

Experts warn ICC to go local or lose relevance

Saturday, May 25, 2019