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Women make up more than 60% of the agricultural labor force in Sub-Saharan Africa, but only own about 15% of agricultural land.
Infrastructure

Unequal ground: The struggle for equity in Africa’s land governance

Saturday, May 17, 2025
A farmer tends to her cow in Kayonza. While Agriculture anchors the district's economy, 38 percent of household farmers still lack livestock in Kayonza, according to EICV7
Rwanda

Kayonza cuts poverty rate by 15% in seven years

Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Rwanda’s emergency health response capacity has received a major boost as the number of ambulances across the country has more than doubled, from 230 to 510. Craish Bahizi
Health

Rwanda’s ambulance fleet surges to 510

Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Electric car at a charging station in Kigali. Vehicle users called for more charging stations in the country. Courtesy
Infrastructure

Rwanda seeks investors to accelerate EV charging infrastructure development

Tuesday, May 13, 2025
JP Fabr speaks at the ‘MENA InsureTech Summit’ in Doha. Courtesy

How InsurTech can unlock Africa’s agricultural future

Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Rwanda National Police's fire brigade officers on duty as fire engulfed SIGMA Industries LTD in the Special Economic Zone, an industrial area in Masoro, Kigali on November 26, 2021. File
Security

Govt to spend Rwf3bn on new fire and rescue equipment

Monday, May 12, 2025
Kivu Choice, launched the first-ever 30-metre diameter fish farming cages on Lake Kivu in Nyamasheke District on Friday, May 9. Photos by Craish
Featured

Kivu Choice launches Rwanda’s first 30-metre tilapia cage farms

Monday, May 12, 2025
Officials pose for a group photo at the Africa Congress of Accountants (ACOA) on Tuesday, May 7

ACOA2025: Who will be Africa’s next generation of accountants?

Sunday, May 11, 2025
Rwanda’s consumer price index (CPI), the main gauge of inflation, increased by 6.3 per cent on annual basis — in April 2025 compared to the same month in 2024. Willy Mucyo
Economy

Hotel, restaurants drove consumer price increase in April

Sunday, May 11, 2025
Ministry of Infrastructure launched the first electric intercity bus route connecting Muhanga to Kigali, Nyanza, and Huye district, on Thursday, May 8. Photos by Craish BAHIZI
Environment

Govt rolls out electric bus service to secondary cities

Friday, May 09, 2025
Car-free days, which encourage physical activity and community health. They may seem like public health initiatives, but they also represent long-term financial savings reduced healthcare costs, better mental health.

Financial wellness: The hidden accelerator for Rwanda’s Vision 2050

Friday, May 09, 2025
Wildlife and bird photographer Will Wilson during exercise at the launch of 'the Walk with Will initiative.' Photos by Craish Bahizi
Featured

Wildlife photographer's ‘Walk with Will’ raises cancer awareness, funds for patient support in Rwanda

Thursday, May 08, 2025