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Driven by a dynamic fintech landscape and increasing digital adoption, banks across the continent are strategically deploying AI. Craish Bahizi

Artificial intelligence: Benefits to the banking sector in Africa

Tuesday, August 05, 2025
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Finance

Rwanda set to host continental meet on financial markets

Tuesday, August 05, 2025
Bank of Kigali (BK) and the Development Bank of Rwanda (BRD) have signed a landmark financing agreement with Bugesera Special Economic Zone Ltd. (BSEZ Ltd.)
Featured

Press release: BK, BRD, and BSEZ Ltd. seal financing partnership for Bugesera Special Economic Zone

Tuesday, August 05, 2025
The government has decided to integrate BDF into the Development Bank of Rwanda (BRD). FILE
Business

BDF integrated into BRD as govt targets efficient business financing

Thursday, July 31, 2025
Workers on duty at Asantii & Pink Mango Garment Factory in Kigali. Rwanda’s unemployment rate dropped to 13.4% in the second quarter of 2025, down from 16.8% during the same period in 2024, according to a Labour Force Survey released by NISR on July 29. File.
Economy

Unemployment rate drops to 13.4% in quarter two

Wednesday, July 30, 2025
Architects and quantity surveyors look over building plans. Rwanda’s Parliament has updated the law to officially include quantity surveying as a recognized profession alongside architecture and engineering. Net Photo

Rwanda’s built environment at a crossroads: The law is passed, but the real work begins now

Wednesday, July 30, 2025
Cross-border cargo trucks transport goods from Dar es salaam to Kigali. File
Business

Businesses welcome Rwanda–Tanzania ports agreement

Monday, July 28, 2025
Youth participate in Aguka 2025, an initiative aimed at empowering Rwandan youth through training, mentorship, funding, and access to loans. Courtesy Photo
Business

Seven things to know about proposed youth investment fund

Sunday, July 27, 2025
On Thursday, July 24, President Paul Kagame appointed Dr. Bernadette Arakwiye as Minister of Environment and Dominique Habimana as Minister of Local Government.
Politics

Who are Arakwiye and Habimana, the newest ministerial faces

Friday, July 25, 2025
Although Rwanda’s capital market is still developing, it has shown steady growth and resilience, with more companies going public and an expanding range of financial instruments. File
Economy

How capital markets can drive long-term investment in Rwanda

Friday, July 25, 2025
Dr. Jean-Népo Abdallah Utumatwishima, Minister of Youth and Arts, poses with other officials and winners of the 2025 AGUKA Idea Entrepreneurship Program, during a prize-giving ceremony held on June 24. Courtesy Photo
Economy

Youth investment facility: what’s in it for young entrepreneurs?

Friday, July 25, 2025
The Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Africa Medical Supplier, Fabrice Shema Ngoga. Courtesy Photo
Health

A closer look at Africa Medical Supplier’s inaugural corporate bond

Wednesday, July 23, 2025