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Since July 2024, Ministry of Agriculture has replaced government veterinarians with private companies, to create an improved and decentralised system. File
Rwanda

What has changed five months after private vets took over livestock services

Thursday, December 19, 2024
Participants pose for a group photo during launch of the first food systems and climate-resilient-centric Strategic Plan for Agriculture Transformation on December 6. Courtesy
Featured

PSTA5: GAIN Chief lauds govt, pledges more support

Thursday, December 19, 2024
A view of Nasho solar powered irrigation project in Eastern Province. Rwanda is set to increase the area irrigated by solar power from the current 646 hectares to 1,146 hectares by 2029 under NST2. File

A partnership to grow Rwanda’s green economy

Wednesday, December 18, 2024
A farm facilitator helps Jeannette Gahongayire tend to her jackfruit trees in Murama, Kayonza District.
Agriculture

Kayonza: How irrigated fruit farming transformed livelihoods in a drought prone region

Wednesday, December 18, 2024
A medic takes care of a patient at King Faisal Hospital. Scientists are increasingly alarmed by the growing threat of zoonotic diseases—infections that jump from animals to humans. File
Health

Covid, Mpox, bird flu, MVD: Why viruses jump from animals to humans

Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Many students have welcomed the decision as the University of Rwanda reinstated its four-year undergraduate degree programmes.  Craish Bahizi
Education

Students split over return to four-year degree programmes

Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Workers carry sacks of fertilizer at Rwanda Fertilizer Company firm in Bugesera Economic Zone. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Economy

Rwanda’s economy grew by 8.1% in third quarter 2024

Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Residents clear mud and sand from Giciye River in Ngororero District after heavy rainfall. Photo: File.
Environment

Govt mulls new model to safeguard Giciye power plants from floods

Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Some cows at Gabiro Agribusiness Hub. Courtesy

Harnessing data, scenario-based planning in Rwanda: A look at NST2

Monday, December 16, 2024
Officials during the Africa Financial Industry Summit (AFIS) 2024 in Morroco. Courtesy

A new era of growth and inclusion for Africa’s financial industry

Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Kivu Choice feeders’ team posing for a photo at the farm in Lake Kivu
Featured

Kivu Choice: Rwanda-based firm is Africa’s fastest-growing fish farm

Monday, December 16, 2024
Farmers collect their tomato produce in Remera Sector, Ngomba District. SMEs have called on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Adjustment Fund to finance agro-processing projects.
Economy

What Rwandan SMEs expect from $10bn AfCFTA Fund in 2025

Monday, December 16, 2024