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A flooded wetland at Masaka in Kicukiro District in April. Officials have pledged to act and stop the loss of 27 million tonnes of soil washed away into rivers every year due to erosion.
Environment

World Environment Day: Rwanda seeks to end annual loss of 27 million tonnes of fertile soil

Wednesday, June 05, 2024
The New Times

Rwanda’s journey to environmental resilience: 30 years of progress

Wednesday, June 05, 2024
Children plant a tree as the bank launch the initiative aligns with NCBA's ambitious Change the Story agenda, reflecting the bank’s commitment to environmental sustainability and empowering communities.
Featured

Cultivating a Greener Rwanda: NCBA Bank joins hands with students for World Environment Day tree planting

Wednesday, June 05, 2024
The World Environment Day will be marked on June 6 with focus on land restoration, desertification and building resilience against drought.
Editorial

Building resilience against drought one tree at a time

Monday, June 03, 2024
The African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat, President of the AfDB Akinwumi Adesina, Kenya President William Ruto, and Prof Njuguna Ndung'u, Cabinet Secretary for Treasury and Planning during the launch of AfDB’s new ten-year strategy (2024-2033), at the African Development Bank Annual Meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, on Thursday, May 30. Courtesy
Africa

Private sector, green growth central to AfDB’s new strategy

Thursday, May 30, 2024
President Paul Kagame and AFDB President Akinwumi Adesina made a case for action to reform the global financial architecture, during a Presidential Dialogue on “Africa’s Transformation, the African Development Bank Group, and the Reform of the Global Financial Architecture,” at the AfDB Annual Meeting, in Nairobi, Kenya, on Wednesday, May 29.
Economy

There is room for all to benefit in re-designing global financial architecture – Kagame

Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Antonio Pedro, the Deputy Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) at the African Natural Capital Alliance Annual Summit Kenya on May 28.Courtesy
Environment

Carefully designed nature-based solutions could accelerate devpt, social equity – ECA’s Antonio Pedro

Tuesday, May 28, 2024
Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente delivers remarks at the opening ceremony of the 4th Small Islands Developing State Conference in Antigua and Barbuda on May 27. Courtesy
Environment

Small islands deserve ‘special attention’ against climate crisis, says Ngirente

Tuesday, May 28, 2024
Participants during a three-day workshop on disability-inclusive climate change action in Rwanda from May 22.
Environment

Disability: Climate change stakeholders advocate for inclusive climate action

Thursday, May 23, 2024
Paul Muthaura, CEO of the Africa Carbon Markets Initiative (ACMI). Courtesy
Environment

Can Africa position its carbon market to finance climate action?

Wednesday, May 22, 2024
President William Ruto of Kenya speaks at the panel during the Africa CEO Forum. Courtesy.
Africa

Africa CEO Forum: Kenya’s Ruto roots for better financing in Africa

Friday, May 17, 2024
Françoise Lombard, the CEO of Proparco and One Acre Fund’s CEO, Eric Pohlman sign the agreement in Kigali on Wednesday, May 15. Courtesy
Featured

One Acre Fund gets $10 million from Proparco to increase food security in Africa

Thursday, May 16, 2024