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When violent floods and landslides swept through Rwanda in May 2023, claiming 130 lives and displacing thousands, Kigali’s vulnerability to climate extremes became painfully clear. But the city is fighting back - with nature as its ally

FEATURED: Becoming a city in the forest: Catalyzing Kigali’s climate resilience through nature

Friday, November 29, 2024
EP Kagina’s Director of Studies, Denyse Uwizeye, demonstrates tree planting to students while commending Mount Kigali University for the initiative.
Featured

MKU students boost green Kigali with tree-planting drive

Wednesday, November 27, 2024
Automation allows SACCO to operate more efficiently, improve service quality, and expand our member base
Rwanda

Automation of Umurenge SACCO operations enhances service delivery

Thursday, November 14, 2024
Some of over 6000 houses that were destroyed by disasters on May 3, 2023 in Nyundo Sector, Rubavu. Rwanda aims to bolster its disaster resilience from the current 46%, to 60% by 2030. Courtesy
Rwanda

Ten key things about Rwanda’s new disaster risk reduction policy

Saturday, November 09, 2024
Rwanda’s government announced all motorbike taxis registered for public transport must be electric in Kigali from January 2025: Photo Courtesy
Featured

Spiro boosts production to meet demand as Rwanda EV legislation takes effect

Friday, November 08, 2024
Rwamagana Solar Power Station, an 8.5MW solar power plant is the fourth-largest in the East African Community. The government is revising its energy policy to expedite its transition to renewable energy. Photo Courtesy 
Energy

Why Rwanda is updating its energy policy

Friday, November 08, 2024
The Kigali 2050 Master Plan sets a bold vision for the city-to design and build a sustainable, inclusive, and technologically advanced metropolis that reflects Rwanda's forward-looking ethos. Courtesy photo

Can "Kigali Master Plan Inc." drive Kigali's 2050 vision?

Friday, November 08, 2024
Residents plant bamboo trees near Rugunga drainage. File
Environment

Kigali: Three million tree planting drive targets residential, recreational zones

Thursday, October 17, 2024
Adowa Dejean Koren -Lynch, who moved to Rwanda in 2022, during the interview with The New Times. Photos by Willy Mucyo
Business

From the Caribbean to Rwanda: Adowa Koren’s green revolution and the growing Afro-Caribbean connection

Monday, October 14, 2024
Adrien Nibikora, a Burundian refugee who is a beneficiary of 'Jya Mbere' project, that has been a game-changer in Rwanda.
Featured

How BRD’s ‘Jya Mbere’ promotes economic inclusion, self-reliance

Friday, September 27, 2024
A segment of an artist's impression of Kigali Green City project in Kinyinya Sector Gasabo District. While addressing journalists on September 3, City of Kigali officials revealed that the former Deutsche Welle Radio site land will become Kinyinya ‘Forest Eco-park while implementing the Green City Master Plan that has been completed. Courtesy
Housing

10 things to know about Green City Kigali project

Wednesday, September 04, 2024
Farmers irrigating chills pepper crops in Kayonza District, the intra-African agricultural trade reached a new high of $17 billion, finally surpassing its previous peak in 2013, and 2024. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Agriculture

Intra-African agricultural trade reaches $17b

Friday, August 30, 2024