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A patient undergoes an eye test at a Kamonyi based hospital. Effective July 1, new medical tariffs will be implemented across health facilities. Photo: Willy Mucyo.
Health

New medical tariffs to take effect in July – health minister

Wednesday, May 07, 2025
Andrew Mold, Director of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Regional Office for Eastern Africa.
Economy

What decline in global development assistance means for Africa

Wednesday, May 07, 2025
The formal sector’s industrial output rose by 5 per cent in March 2025 compared to the same month last year. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Economy

Industrial production grew 5% in March

Tuesday, May 06, 2025
A midwife helps a mother after the birth of her newborn in Kigali. Photo by Emmanuel Dushimimana
Health

Why Rwanda needs to train 5,000 new midwives in four years

Tuesday, May 06, 2025
Data from the Ministry of Health shows approximately 9.5 suicide deaths per 100,000 people annually, with men three times more likely to die by suicide than women. Courtesy
Health

How mental health contributes to male mortality rates

Tuesday, May 06, 2025
Women work at a coffee drying station in Ngoma District. Photos by Dan Gatsinzi
Rwanda

Top 10 sectors that contributed to 2024 job creation in Rwanda

Sunday, May 04, 2025
Minister of Public Service and Labour,  Ambassador Christine Nkulikiyinka(C) and other officials during a tour in a mining site on April 28. Photos by Emmanuel Nkangura
Economy

Labour minister urges compliance with occupational safety standards

Tuesday, April 29, 2025
MP Christine Mukabunani has raised concerns over exemptions included in a new bill that is set to introduce levies on petrol, diesel, and motor vehicles. Courtesy
Rwanda

MPs question exemptions in newly passed vehicle levy bill

Tuesday, April 29, 2025
The survey findings, published on April 28, show that 43.7 percent of the employed population worked in the agriculture sector. Sam Ngenda
Editorial

As agriculture fades, Rwanda must power up its new workforce

Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Workers pack fresh avocados for export at NAEB warehouse in Kicukiro. According to the latest Labour Force Survey by the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR)  published on April 28, findings show that 43.7 percent of the employed population worked in the agriculture sector in the first quarter of 2025. File
Agriculture

Agriculture dominated Rwanda’s job market in quarter one of 2025

Monday, April 28, 2025
Brand new cars at the showroom in Kicukiro. Rwanda has issued new vehicle registration fees, raising rates across nearly all categories based on engine size, hiking special number plates costs. Craish Bahizi
Rwanda

Rwanda raises vehicle registration fees: Here's what to know

Monday, April 21, 2025
The seventh Integrated Household Living Conditions Survey (EICV 7), shows significant improvement in citizens’ well-being—including the lifting of over 1.5 million people out of poverty over the last seven year
Rwanda

Why Rwanda revised its method for measuring poverty

Monday, April 21, 2025