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Last week, Kigali International Financial Centre (KIFC) marked five years since its creation, in 2020.

Why Kigali International Financial Centre needs a specialised tax tribunal

Friday, December 19, 2025
Some of the inmates at Nyarugenge Prison. Photo by Craish Bahizi

How digital mediation can transform overburdened courts

Tuesday, December 16, 2025
The Voice and Verdict Fellowship brings together six journalists and legal experts from Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa to explore issues like tokenism, hidden power, and institutional bias.
Featured

Pan-African campaign decries tokenism holding back women in law

Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Kigali’s illuminated skyline stands as a visual testament to KIFC’s five years of progress, confidence, and ambition in elevating Rwanda onto the global financial map.
Featured

Kigali International Financial Centre’s five years of positioning Rwanda as major financial hub

Friday, December 05, 2025
Workers on duty at DUMAC Mining Site in Rwamagana District on March 5. Rwanda’s mining sector currently employs 92,000 people, reflecting strong collaboration between the government, sector professionals, investors, and development partners, according to Prime Minister Justin Nsengiyumva. File
Economy

Mining sector records over 90,000 jobs

Tuesday, December 02, 2025
CLOCKWISE: Abdallah Murenzi, Jose Akayezu, Jean-Baptiste Musabyimana, Olivier Gakwaya, and Jean-Bosco Nubumwe are the new five-member interim committee appointed to run Rayon Sports for the next three months, with a mandate to oversee key reforms aimed at restoring stability and strengthening the club’s management. Courtesy
Football

Who's who in Rayon's interim leadership?

Friday, November 28, 2025
Sheikh Musa Sindayigaya, the Mufti of Rwanda, told The New Times that efforts are underway to ensure leaders of 320 mosques meet the new academic requirements set for faith-based organisations in Rwanda before the March 2026 deadline. File photo
Religion

Muslim leaders race to meet qualification deadline

Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Joan Cuka Kagwanja, Coordinator of the African Land Policy Center (ALPC) at the UN Economic Commission for Africa. Courtesy Photo.
Economy

As donor backing winds up, who will fund Africa’s land governance?

Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Chief Executive Officer Patricie Uwase and Jamaica’s Chief Justice Bryan Sykes during the signing ceremony in St Andrew in Jamaica. Photo courtesy
Technology

Rwanda to build Jamaica’s digital justice system in $4.6m deal

Wednesday, November 19, 2025
An exhibition at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Kigali. Photo by Dan Gatsinzi

Tax-free entry level smartphones in Africa: A policy lever for digital inclusion or a fiscal tightrope?

Monday, November 17, 2025
Regional lawyers during a previous summit that took place in 2024.
Law

Cyberlaw reforms, data justice high on agenda as regional lawyers meet

Saturday, November 15, 2025
MPs follow Barnabé Sebagabo Muhire, Acting Chairperson of the the National Public Service Commission, as he addresses a joint session of parliament on November 12. Courtesy
Rwanda

Govt losses in unlawful labour cases rise by 20%

Thursday, November 13, 2025