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Officials and winners pose for a group photo as Heifer International Rwanda awarded Rwf50m to youth-led agritech startups in push for smart farming
Featured

Heifer International Rwanda awards Rwf50m to youth-led agritech startups in push for smart farming

Thursday, May 01, 2025
Assiel Ngarambe who works in CHUK mortuary during an interview. Photo by Willy Mucyo
Law

Medics push back on 21-day mortuary rule proposal

Thursday, May 01, 2025
Members of parliament passed a new law that enabled Rwanda to double its capital gains tax from 5 per cent to 10 per cent. Courtesy
Rwanda

Parliament passes law hiking capital gains tax

Wednesday, April 30, 2025
On April 30, 1994, a large number of Tutsi were massacred in a swamp known as “CND,” located between Ntarama, Rulindo, and Mugina in the former Gitarama prefecture
Kwibuka

April 30, 1994: A day of coordinated massacres of Tutsi in Ntarama, Gisenyi, Rusizi, and Huye

Wednesday, April 30, 2025
On April 28, 1994, in Paris, France, Jérôme Bicamumpaka, then Minister of Foreign Affairs in the genocidal regime, held a press conference as the Genocide against the Tutsi continued in Rwanda.
Kwibuka

April 28, 1994: Foreign Minister Bicamumpaka downplays genocide outcries as killings continue

Monday, April 28, 2025
Each winner will receive a full academic scholarship for the upcoming school year, covering tuition and related expenses.
Featured

PRESS RELEASE: IPOSITA announces national winners of groundbreaking letter-writing competition

Monday, April 28, 2025
MTN Rwanda awarded 25 women’s saving groups on Friday, April 25, recognising their promising projects through the MTN Connect Women in Business 2025 competition. Courtesy
Women

FEATURED: MTN Rwanda awards top women’s saving groups for driving change

Monday, April 28, 2025
Rwanda's Minister of Foreign Affairs Olivier Nduhungirehe and his DR Congo counterpart Therese Kayikwamba Wagner sign the declaration of principles, witnessed by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, on Friday,
Editorial

Can the DR Congo government be trusted to commit to the Declaration of Principles?

Monday, April 28, 2025
An artist's impression of the facility to be constructed. A new facility designed to incinerate over 400 tonnes of municipal solid waste daily and generate 15 megawatts (MW) of electricity.
Energy

Waste Power to set up 15 MW waste-to-electricity plant

Monday, April 28, 2025
The Minister of Youth and Arts, Jean Nepo Abdallah Utumatwishima during the meeting with the parliamentary committee on April 22. Courtesy
Economy

Rwanda working to secure YouTube content monetisation

Sunday, April 27, 2025
At least 25 people were killed and 800 others injured in a huge explosion at a port on Saturday in Iran's southern province of Hormozgan
International

At least 25 killed, 800 wounded in Iran's port explosion

Sunday, April 27, 2025
The Minister of Trade and Industry, Prudence Sebahizi, speaks during a commemoration event of former members of Rwanda Private Sector federation killed in the genocide.
Kwibuka

Kwibuka 31: Minister urges private sector to uphold unity, patriotism

Saturday, April 26, 2025