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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
Workers sort briquettes at a factory which helps reduce the number of households depending on firewood and charcoal for cooking. Photo: File.
Environment

The six climate-financing deals Rwanda secured at COP27

Tuesday, November 22, 2022
The New Times

COP27: United, Africa and Europe make the difference

Tuesday, November 22, 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 Environment Jeanne d'Arc Mujawamariya and Svenja Schulze, Germany’s Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development sign the agreement on the side-lines of COP27 in Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt on Monday November 14. Courtesy
Environment

Rwanda secures €46 million to implement climate pledges

Tuesday, November 15, 2022
The Minister of Environment Jeanne d’Arc Mujawamariya speaks at the COP27 UN climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Photo: Courtesy.
Business

2.2m carbon credits issued in Rwanda

Monday, November 14, 2022
Officials in a group photo at the COP27 in Egypt. More than $150 million climate finance was announced at the 27th climate change conference in Egypt to accelerate Africa’s adaptation to climate change. Photo: File.
Environment

COP27: Over $150m to accelerate Africa’s adaptation to climate change

Monday, November 14, 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