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Minister for Environment Jeanne d'Arc-Mujawamariya during the launch of circular economy action plan. Courtesy
Environment

Rwanda unveils $221m plan for waste management, clean technologies

Tuesday, December 06, 2022
Workers sort different electronic items at the National E-waste and Recycling Facility in Bugesera District. Photos: Courtesy.

World Circular Economy Forum to spur transition to circular solutions in Africa

Tuesday, December 06, 2022
Delegates during a guided tour of exhibition at the tourism business conference and Rwanda tourism week exhibition. All photos by Craish Bahizi
Featured

Why Africa Tourism Business Forum was timely

Tuesday, December 06, 2022
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Business

Rwanda to collect and recycle old mobile phones

Tuesday, December 06, 2022
Miners at a Rulindo District mining site. Photo: Craish Bahizi.
Business

Banks do not trust us with financing – miners

Tuesday, December 06, 2022
Workers sort different electronic items at the National E-waste and Recycling Facility in Bugesera District. Rwanda will host the World Circular Economy Forum slated for next week, December 6-8. The forum will be hosted in Africa for the first time in its six editions. Photo: Courtesy.
Economy

What you should know about next week's circular economy forum in Kigali

Wednesday, November 30, 2022
An electric car at a charging station at Kigali Convention Centre. Rwanda is venturing into carbon markets to take advantage of the trading scheme of credits which are obtained by reducing emissions that can be sold to public or private entities unable to meet the reduction requirements. File photo.

What developing economies can learn from Rwanda’s climate change solutions

Monday, November 28, 2022
Commuters board buses in Kigali on August 30, 2019. According to the Rwanda Environment Management Authority, the country targets to electrify 20% of its public transport buses, by 2030. Photo: Craish Bahizi.
Business

How Rwanda will electrify 20% public transport buses by 2030

Tuesday, November 22, 2022
A flooded wetland at Masaka in Kicukiro District in April. COP27 closed on Sunday November 20, with an agreement to provide “loss and damage” funding for vulnerable countries hit hard by climate disasters. Courtesy
Environment

COP27: Vulnerable countries to get compensation for climate change effects

Sunday, November 20, 2022
Minister of Trade and Industry Jean-Chrysostome Ngabitsinze speaks during the presentation of the report in Kigali on November 15. The new report entitled ' Fostering Rwanda’s competitiveness, resilience, and making the most of regional integration under AfCFTA in the post Covid-era', recommends the country to address the present skills gap in various sectors in order to explore its full potential. Courtesy
Economy

Rwanda should address skills gap to strengthen service delivery—WB

Wednesday, November 16, 2022
A flooded wetland at Masaka in Kicukiro District in April. According to the State of Soil Erosion Control in Rwanda May 2022, more than 745,000 hectares of agricultural land in Rwanda are potentially eroded every year

Identifying climate-smart pathways for Rwanda to achieve shared social and economic prosperity

Monday, November 14, 2022
Commonwealth Secretary General, Patricia Scotland delivers remarks at the COP27. Courtesy
Environment

COP27: Businesses urged to step up efforts in stemming climate change tide

Sunday, November 13, 2022