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President Paul Kagame and Prof Jacques Marescaux, the founder of IRCAD France inaugurate IRCAD Africa in Kigali on Saturday, October 7. Photos by Village Urugwiro
Health

PHOTOS: Kagame inaugurates surgical research, training centre IRCAD Africa

Saturday, October 07, 2023
Graduates pose for a group photo as Norrsken celebrates first Women in Business Initiative graduation on Friday, October 6. Courtesy
Featured

PHOTOS: Norrsken celebrates first Women in Business Initiative graduation

Saturday, October 07, 2023
Specialists work inside IRCAD Africa, the newly completed centre of excellence in Kigali’s budding health hub in Masaka in Kicukiro District on Friday, October 6. The state-of-art medical facility started offering courses on Monday, October 2. Courtesy

PHOTOS: Africa’s modern surgical training centre opens in Rwanda

Saturday, October 07, 2023
Professor Jerome Kim delved into the intricacies of vaccine development, shedding light on the complexities of this field during a hybrid public lecture on Vaccine Development and Medicine Financing held on Thursday, October 5. Photos by Craish Bahizi.
Health

UR, International Vaccine Institute empower students with insights on vaccine development, medicine financing

Friday, October 06, 2023
Amb. Claver Gatete, the Permanent Representative of Rwanda to the UN. Courtesy
Africa

Rwandan diplomat Claver Gatete appointed head of UNECA

Friday, October 06, 2023
(L-R) Isao Fukushima, the Ambassador of Japan in Rwanda, Minister of Justice Emmanuel Ugirashebuja (c) and Interpol’s Secretary General Jürgen Stock and with other officials during a guided tour of the newly inaugurated Regional Cybercrime Investigation Centre for Excellence on Friday, October 6. Photos by Emmanuel Dushimimana
Technology

PHOTOS: Regional cyber security centre launched in Rwanda

Friday, October 06, 2023
Cross-border trucks at Rusumo border post. FILE PHOTO
Economy

Economy: WB names Rwanda among Africa's 'pocket of resilience' nations

Friday, October 06, 2023
Rwanda this week saw sharpest rise in fuel prices in years. Photo: Sam Ngendahimana
Energy

A closer look at soaring global fuel prices

Friday, October 06, 2023
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Football

Infantino reveals reasons behind decision for 2030 World Cup to be held in six countries

Thursday, October 05, 2023
Briggette Harrington, the owner of Igire Coffee , a Rwandan coffee exporting company that exports its products under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Guided Trade Initiative. Courtesy
Business

A year of trading under AfCFTA – a Rwandan businesswoman’s story

Thursday, October 05, 2023
Aerial view of Kigali Business District. In the heart of Rwanda, a beacon of pan-African investments is rising. Admaius Capital Partners Limited, an independent private equity firm. File
Featured

FEATURED: Virunga Africa Fund I: Leading the charge in pan-African private equity investments

Wednesday, October 04, 2023
Rwanda's Minister of Trade and Industry Jean-Chrysostome Ngabitsinze (right) speaks during a session of the Intergovernmental Committee of Senior Officials and Experts as his Burundian counterpart Marie Chantal Nijimbere (centre) and ECA's ECA Deputy Executive Secretary Hanan Morsy look on. The meeting held in Bujumbura from September 26-29 urged African governments to leverage the continent free trade market in order to tackle food security issues. Courtsey
Africa

African govts urged to leverage AfCFTA to tackle food insecurity

Wednesday, October 04, 2023