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Kwizera Ndakubana, mixes plastic bags for boiling. Photos by Joan Mbabazi.
Business

Emerging entrepreneurs out to turn discarded plastics into pavers

Monday, March 18, 2019
Relatives have wept over empty caskets at a mass funeral for the Ethiopian Airlines crash victims. Net photo.

Relatives bid farewell to Ethiopian plane crash victims

Monday, March 18, 2019
The New Times

Debate: Should there be breastfeeding corner options for mothers?

Thursday, March 14, 2019
Agricultural experts and researchers discussing about the technologies in crop storage.Last week. Courtesy.
Business

New technology that could reduce post-harvest losses

Monday, March 11, 2019
Agroplast Ltd recycles plastic waste into different materials. The company pledged to turn single-use plastics into pavers. Courtesy.
Rwanda

Local firms keen on recycling single use plastic items

Wednesday, March 06, 2019
The Minister for Environment, Dr Vincent Biruta, addresses members of the parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Environment as Coletha Ruhamya, the Director General of REMA, looks on in Kigali yesterday. The Government has pinned its hopes on five local firms that produce non-plastic products and seven companies that recycle plastics to phase out the use of single use plastic materials without significant disruptions. Sam Ngendahimana.
Rwanda

Govt bets on local firms to phase out single-use plastics, smoothly

Tuesday, March 05, 2019
The New Times

EDITORIAL: Move to ban single-use plastics a golden opportunity for big thinkers

Tuesday, March 05, 2019
Farmers of Twongere Umusaruro Cooperative weighing their produce. Net photo.
Rwanda

Coffee farmers seek govt support amid falling prices

Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Residents of Nyaruguru District renovate a feeder road during a past Umuganda exercise. File.
Rwanda

Japan commits Rwf230m to upgrading feeder roads

Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Members of Parliament during a session yesterday. The lawmakers approved the basis of the law banning single use plastics albeit with some concerns. Sam Ngendahimana.
Rwanda

Firms should be given more time to phase out single use plastics: MPs

Monday, February 18, 2019
The New Times

EDITORIAL: There is more good behind Kigali’s hawker-free streets

Monday, February 18, 2019
Clare Akamanzi, the chief executive of Rwanda Development Board, with Innocent Lugha Bashungwa, Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Tanzania, and other officials visit a coffee-sorting machine during the African Fine Coffee Conference and Exhibition in Kigali last week. Industry experts believe farmers are still getting far less for their effort compared to other players up the coffee production chain. Emmanuel Kwizera.
Rwanda

Coffee industry grapples with low farm incomes

Monday, February 18, 2019