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President Kagame and other dignitaries officially inaugurate BioNTech’s vaccine manufacturing plant in Kigali on December 18, 2023. The plant is set for $145 million in funding. Courtesy
Health

BioNTech's vaccine plant in Rwanda gets over Rwf180bn boost

Friday, May 31, 2024
Officers during the launch of the campaign as they joined farmers in the fight against fall army worms to protect farmers from losses caused by the pest. Courtesy
Agriculture

Why Rwanda is mulling GM maize crop varieties

Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Delegates during the 2024 Annual Dialogue Meeting on April 24, 2024.The dialogue aims to assess UR-Sweden Programme implementation for the period from July 2023 to June 2024 and the work plan for the period from 2024 to 2025. All photos by Craish Bahizi.
Featured

How University of Rwanda, Swedish universities partnership is bearing fruits

Thursday, April 25, 2024
Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente, meets with Dr José Ángel Portal Miranda, Cuban Minister for Public Health in Kigali on Monday, April 8. Courtesy
Health

Rwanda, Cuba to bolster health sector cooperation

Monday, April 08, 2024
Bellancile Uzayisenga, the Acting Plant and Microbial Biotechnology Programme Coordinator, and Senior Principal Research Fellow at Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board (RAB).
Women

How one scientist is changing the narrative for girls in STEM

Wednesday, April 03, 2024
Farmers in Rutsiro and Rubavu districts welcomed the bio-fortified beans, sweet potatoes seedlings that will help combat malnutrition. Photos by Germain Nsanzimana
Agriculture

Western Province: Bio-fortified crops introduced to combat malnutrition

Tuesday, March 26, 2024
EALA members during a plenary sitting that debated and adopted a report of the Assembly’s Committee on Agriculture, Tourism and Natural Resources on assessment of policies and laws on GMOs in EAC, on March 14, 2024, in Nairobi, Kenya. Photo: Courtesy
Agriculture

EAC partner states divided over GMO adoption – report

Friday, March 15, 2024
An agric worker sorting potato seedlings at Musanze-based greenhouse. Rwanda, on February 21, promulgated a law governing biosafety. PHOTO BY SAM NGENDAHIMANA

On EAC’s GMO disharmony and little-known GM mosquito research

Monday, March 04, 2024
Agric workers sorting a new Irish potato variety that is grown in a greenhouse in Kinigi Sector in Musanze District. Rwanda, on February 21, promulgated a law governing biosafety, which seeks to ensure that genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are handled, transferred and used safely in the country. PHOTO BY SAM NGENDAHIMANA
Health

Inside Rwanda's biosafety law set to regulate GMOs

Monday, March 04, 2024
Paddy rice production in 2023 amounted to 133,628 tonnes, 1,446 tonnes less than the 135,074 tonnes recorded in the previous year, in Rwanda. On February 21, 2024, the country enacted legislation governing biosafety, aimed at ensuring the safe handling, transfer, and use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) food in the country.
Agriculture

Six things to know as Rwanda promulgates GMO law

Wednesday, February 28, 2024
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Health

Rwanda to host Africa global vaccine institute office

Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Workers sort new cassava varieties at a RAB station in Huye District. Rwanda, on February 21, published in its Official Gazette a law governing biosafety for genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to ensure they are handled, transferred, and used safely. Photo Courtesy
Law

Rwanda finally passes law on GMOs: What next?

Tuesday, February 27, 2024