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A consumer shops for shoes online. Rwanda Inspectorate, Competition and Consumer Protection Authority (RICA) stated that there is a need to build trust in the digital marketplace as Rwanda works to become a cashless economy. Photo Courtesy
Technology

Consumer Rights Day: Rwanda banks on trust in digital market to go cashless

Friday, March 15, 2024
EALA members during a plenary sitting that debated and adopted a report of the Assembly’s Committee on Agriculture, Tourism and Natural Resources on assessment of policies and laws on GMOs in EAC, on March 14, 2024, in Nairobi, Kenya. Photo: Courtesy
Agriculture

EAC partner states divided over GMO adoption – report

Friday, March 15, 2024
CanalBox Rwanda technicians install aerial fibre optic cables in a Kigali neighbourhood fiber in the June, 2022. Millions of Canalbox customers in Rwanda and across Africa have been experiencing slow internet connectivity following major cuts of the company’s submarine cables in West Africa, the company said in a communique on Thursday, March 14. File photo
Technology

Canalbox submarine cable cuts disrupt internet access in Rwanda, Africa

Friday, March 15, 2024
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Dr Vincent Biruta, and his Tanzanian counterpart, January Makamba, during a joint press conference in Kigali on March 12. COURTESY
Economy

New dawn for Rwanda-Tanzania businesses

Friday, March 15, 2024
MINICOM has fined 113 middlemen who were found to have purchased maize harvests without the necessary licenses. Courtesy
Crime

Penalties await middlemen exploiting maize farmers

Friday, March 15, 2024
President Kagame meets with Makamba and his delegation at Village Urugwiro, on Wednesday, March 13. Village Urugwiro.
Africa

Rwanda, Tz move to open new border post as Tanzanian minister hails ties

Thursday, March 14, 2024
Officials the launch Tekana Personal Pension Scheme on Wednesday, March 13. Courtesy
Featured

BK Capital introduces Tekana Personal Pension Scheme: A step towards financial security

Thursday, March 14, 2024
Prime Energy, a local hydropower company, announced the issuance of the first-ever Green Bond in Rwanda worth Rwf9.5 billion, on March 13. Courtesy
Rwanda

Rwanda’s inaugural Green Bond signals market development – experts

Thursday, March 14, 2024
Emmanuel Ugirashebuja, the Minister of Justice addresses delegates at the African Law and Tech Network Summit 2024, at Norrsken House, Kigali, on Wednesday, March 13. PHOTOS BY CRAISH BAHIZI.
Technology

Justice minister calls for adoption of technology to enhance access to justice

Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Rwandan artist Nirere Shanel was among the spotlight speakers reflecting on their journey at the Forbes Leading Women Summit 2024 Africa in Johannesburg, South Africa on Friday, March 8.
Women

Singer Nirere Shanel gives touching speech at Forbes Africa Woman Summit

Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Recalled East African Community (EAC) Secretary General Dr Peter Mathuki. PHOTO _ THE CITIZEN _ NMG
Africa

Ugandan lawyer sues Kenya for recalling EAC boss

Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Participants follow a presentation during the second Civil Military Cooperation Training in Eastern Africa, Southern Africa, and the Indian Ocean region. Photo by Heritier Bahizi
Aviation

COMESA’s civil-military training to foster aviation sector synergy

Wednesday, March 13, 2024