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Minister of Environment Bernadette Arakwiye speaks during a UK–Rwanda Climate Partnership Conference on March 24. Photo by Craish BAHIZI
Featured

Rwanda eyes regional hub status in sustainable cooling and cold-chain systems

Wednesday, March 25, 2026
SACCO teller serves a client at the Kacyiru branch in Kigali. File photo.
Finance

Why credit access still lags for most Rwandans

Wednesday, March 25, 2026
Phelomene Mukamusoni, a resident in Ruhango district, access to funds from CDAT project, improved her potato multiplying business. The project granted her with Rwf 70 million.
Agriculture

CDAT project fuels smallholder farmers’ growth into agribusiness investors

Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Marthe Paauwe, Chief Executive Officer of MoneyPhone interacts with Prime Minister Justin Nsengiyumva and other officials while visiting MoneyPhone stand at Inclusive FinTech Forum in Kigali. Courtesy
Featured

Prime Minister visits MoneyPhone’s booth as fintech unlocks digital loans for unbanked farmers

Thursday, March 19, 2026
Motorists park at Rubangura taxi-motor stop in Kigali. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Infrastructure

MPs call for urgent action on moto-cycle parking shortage

Thursday, March 19, 2026
A farmer stands in his maize plantation grown on radical terraces developed under CDAT, a $300 million project funded by the World Bank and implemented by the Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board. Courtesy
Featured

Terraces of hope: How a $300m project is reshaping Rwanda’s hills, rural economy

Monday, March 16, 2026
Rwanda Investigation Bureau spokesperson Thierry Murangira speaks to journalists on Monday, March 11. Courtesy
Crime

RIB probes pyramid scheme impersonating OCP

Saturday, March 14, 2026
Minister of Finance and Economic Planning Yussuf Murangwa delivers his remarks during the Inclusive FinTech Forum 2026. Courtesy
Economy

National insurance strategy expected to expand coverage, build trust

Friday, March 13, 2026
Vestine Hategekimana
Health

Inside Gicumbi’s struggle to break cycle of child stunting

Thursday, March 12, 2026
Panelists engage in a discussion as Rwanda unveiled a national Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) strategy, in Kigali on Monday, March 9. Photos by Craish BAHIZI
Featured

Rwanda launches Digital Public Infrastructure strategy to power citizen services, AI

Thursday, March 12, 2026
Lee Naik, CEO and Regional President of TransUnion Africa, speaks to The New Times during an interview on the sidelines of the Inclusive FinTech Forum 2026 in Kigali on Wednesday, March 11. Photos by Dan Gatsinzi
Finance

What will shape Rwanda’s next phase of financial inclusion?

Thursday, March 12, 2026
Dr. Tomlin Paul passed away on Monday, March 9.
Rwanda

UGHE eulogises don who died on Monday

Wednesday, March 11, 2026