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Patients at Masaka Hospital. Rwanda is exploring the creation of a special insurance scheme to cover unpaid hospital bills for vulnerable patients. Photo by Craish BAHIZI
Health

Unpaid medical bills prompt rethink on needy patient support

Wednesday, July 09, 2025
Innocent Bagamba Muhizi, CEO of the Rwanda Information Society Authority (RISA)
Technology

Rwanda’s Rwf280bn digital project halfway done – official

Tuesday, July 08, 2025
Rwanda Patriotic Army soldiers during the Liberation War in 1990s. File

Ideological clarity as the cornerstone of Rwanda’s liberation

Tuesday, July 08, 2025
An agronomist sorts seedlings in a multiplication centre. By streamlining fragmented services into a unified platform, AMIS will ensure efficiency, equity, and real-time responsiveness. Courtesy
Featured

AMIS: Rwanda’s digital infrastructure for smart agriculture

Monday, July 07, 2025
The construction of new buildings at Ngarama hospital
Health

Rwf15bn Ngarama hospital upgrade targets 2026 completion

Monday, July 07, 2025
Fireworks are displayed near the Anti-Corruption Monument at Kigali Convention Centre on January 1, 2025. Photo by Dan Gatsinzi
Security

Ten key rules on fireworks use in Rwanda

Monday, July 07, 2025
King Faisal Hospital in Kigali. The hospital aims to further enhance its capabilities by integrating artificial intelligence tools. Courtesy photo
Featured

FEATURED: How King Faisal Hospital uses digital technology to revolutionise patient care, efficiency

Monday, July 07, 2025
Girls with sanitary pads donated by Jeannette Kawera during their initiative to support girls from poor families to access pads in Gisagara. Courtesy

End period stigma: better menstrual hygiene for rural Rwandan schoolgirls

Monday, July 07, 2025
Volunteers help a trauma victim during a commemoration event at Kicukiro Nyanza Genocide Memorial on May 4, 2019. Sam Ngendahimana
Editorial

Mental healthcare progress commendable, but we still have a long way to go

Monday, July 07, 2025
Children at Kigali Public Library during the holiday
Education

From nature to tech: Exciting summer opportunities for Rwanda’s young learners

Monday, July 07, 2025
Dr. Yvan Butera, the Minister of State for Health addresses senators on mental health situation in Rwanda
Health

From one psychiatrist in 1995, Rwanda's mental healthcare comes of age

Sunday, July 06, 2025
L-R: Menghis Bairu, the President and CEO of Bio Usawa, Delese Mimi Darko, the Managing Director of the African Medicines Agency, and Nicaise Ndembi, the Deputy Director General of the Africa Regional Office of the International Vaccine Institute. All three organizations are headquartered in Kigali.

How Kigali is becoming Africa’s biopharma capital

Saturday, July 05, 2025