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A woman works in Agakiriro after studying vocations in Bugesera. The government is currently facing a shortfall of nearly 400,000 jobs to meet the targets outlined in the National Strategy for Transformation (NST1). FILE
Economy

Gov’t short of 400,000 jobs six months to end of NST1

Thursday, December 21, 2023
A view of Busaga natural forest in Muhanga District which is among the leading protected areas. Rwanda Forestry Authority has placed forests covering approximately 1,000 hectares, managed by farmers’ cooperatives. File
Environment

Rwanda: Farmers’ forests put on carbon market

Thursday, December 21, 2023
(L-R): CEO of OCP Africa, Mohamed Anouar Jamali, Managing Director of Rwanda Fertilizer Company (RFC), Anass Khanchoufi, Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources, Ildephonse Musafiri, Director General of Agriculture Modernisation at MINAGRI, Patrick Karangwa, and Minister of Trade and Industry, Jean-Chrysostome Ngabitsinze observe fertiliser samples during the official launch of the Rwanda Fertilizer Blending Plant in Bugesera District on December 20, 2023.The newly launched factory has an annual capacity to blend 100,000 tonnes of fertilisers.
Agriculture

How Rwanda’s new fertiliser plant could boost agriculture

Thursday, December 21, 2023
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Africa

DR Congo: MONUSCO mandate extended for one year as UN adopts drawdown plan

Wednesday, December 20, 2023
A view of Kimihurura residential area in Kigali. Owners of residential and commercial buildings are obliged to submit copies of contracts they signed with tenants to an entity in charge of tax collection. Sam Ngend
Housing

Rental income tax: Landlords must submit tenants’ contracts

Wednesday, December 20, 2023
A tea farmer receives her cows as Rwanda Mountain Tea Ltd (RMT) observes Farmers' Day by acknowledging tea farmers across its eight factories for their role in the nation's progress. Courtesy
Featured

Rwanda Mountain Tea Ltd honours tea farmers across 8 factories

Wednesday, December 20, 2023
Amb. Charles Karamba presenting letters of credence to President Ismail Omar Guelleh of Djibouti, as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Rwanda accredited to Djibouti on Monday, December 18. Courtesy
Africa

Amb. Karamba presents credentials in Djibouti

Tuesday, December 19, 2023
The New Times
Editorial

Before crying foul, Kinshasa must stop backing militia targeting neighbours

Tuesday, December 19, 2023
The plan is for BioNTech to have around 100 employees by the time operations commence in Rwanda. Photo by Olivier Mugwiza
Health

VIDEO: Inside BioNTech’s first vaccine manufacturing plant in Africa

Tuesday, December 19, 2023
President Paul Kagame addresses delegates during the official launch of BioNTech’s first mRNA vaccine manufacturing plant in Kigali on Monday, December 18. Photo by Dan Gatsinzi
Health

BioNTech: Kagame hails launch of first plant in Rwanda, calls for more trust, cooperation

Tuesday, December 19, 2023
Prof. Omar Munyaneza, the CEO of WASAC Group, delivers remarks during the conference in Kigali on December 10. Courtesy
Featured

WASAC Group mulls ways to reduce non-revenue water losses

Monday, December 18, 2023
Genocide suspect Sostherne Munyemana with his lawyer. French prosecutors have called for a 30-year prison sentence for his role in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Internet
Crime

French prosecutors seek 30-year jail term for Genocide suspect Munyemana

Monday, December 18, 2023