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PRESS RELEASE: Brewing unity beyond borders: Luxmi Tea, India and Silverback Tea, Rwanda blend cultures and competencies in a shared cup of progress

Tuesday, August 15, 2023
Officials unveil AGRA’s new five-year Rwanda Strategic Plan, on August 14. All photos: Courtesy.
Featured

AGRA’s Rwanda strategy offers agribusiness opportunities for youth

Tuesday, August 15, 2023
AGRA’s Regional Head, East and Southern Africa, Jean Jacques Mbonigaba Muhinda, during an interview with The New Times, on August 12, 2023, ahead of the launch of a new five-year country strategy in Rwanda (Photos by Emmanuel Ntirenganya).
Agriculture

AGRA to double investment in Rwanda’s agric sector under new strategy

Sunday, August 13, 2023
Participants pose for a group photo with their certificates after completing a three-day training on how to embrace digital payment as part of their daily business. Photos by Germain Nsanzimana
Featured

Rubavu: Women cross-border traders urged to embrace digital payment

Saturday, August 12, 2023
The New Times
Agriculture

Making agriculture ‘cool’: Five things that distinguish RICA

Friday, August 11, 2023
President Paul Kagame poses for a photo with Howard Buffet, the founder of Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture (RICA) and 75 graduates of the first-ever graduation ceremony at RICA in Bugesera District on Tuesday, August 8. While addressing graduates, Kagame has challenged them to introduce innovative solutions to spur the needed growth. Photos: Olivier Mugwiza.
Education

Kagame graces RICA first cohort graduation

Wednesday, August 09, 2023
President Paul Kagame delivers remarks at the first-ever graduation ceremony at Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture (RICA) in Bugesera District on Tuesday, August 8. Photos by Olivier Mugwiza
Economy

Kagame tasks RICA graduates to find agricultural solutions for Africa’s economic growth

Tuesday, August 08, 2023
A flooded wetland in Kicukiro. Members of the Committee on Land, Agriculture, Livestock, and Environment have voiced concerns regarding the vulnerability of a vast expanse of 1,080,000 hectares at high risk of soil erosion.
Environment

Legislators express concern as a million hectares face soil erosion

Tuesday, August 08, 2023
Shema Honore Bakundukize, IPRC student visits a rice plantation where farmers use his bird repellent  devices. Photo by Emmamuel Nkangura
Education

IPRC student invents tech prototype to boost rice yields

Tuesday, August 08, 2023
The New Times

Reaping dollar benefits but bearing costs of cash: Rwanda-DR Congo informal cross-border trade

Friday, August 04, 2023
Environment Minister Jeanne d’Arc Mujawamariya speaks to journalists on the biosafety bill that chiefly seeks to regulate GMOs in Rwanda, on August 2, 2023, at Parliamentary buildings in Kigali. PHOTO BY EMMANUEL NTIRENGANYA
Agriculture

Minister Mujawamariya sheds light on move to embrace GMOs

Friday, August 04, 2023
Rwandans will on Friday August 5, gather in their respective communities to celebrate Umuganura, or the National Harvest Day.File
Editorial

Why celebrating Umuganura matters more than ever

Friday, August 04, 2023