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President of the AfDB Akinwumi Adesina addresses delegates during the closing press conference of AfDB’s Annual Meetings in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. Courtesy
Business

Rwanda, AfDB in talks to extend Pan-African youth bank to Kigali

Wednesday, June 05, 2024
Equity Bank Rwanda Plc Managing Director, Hannington Namara and Claudine Uwera, the Minister of State for the Environment in the Ministry of Environment flag off hybrid and electric cars recently acquired by the bank as part of their commitment to sustainable living, in Kigali on Tuesday, June 4. All photos by Craish Bahizi
Featured

Equity Bank Rwanda launches ‘green loan’ scheme

Tuesday, June 04, 2024
Rwanda witnessed a decline in unemployment rate in the first quarter of 2024, according to the latest Rwanda Labour Force Survey. Sam Ngendahimana
Economy

Rwanda sees drop in unemployment rates

Tuesday, June 04, 2024
Soraya Hakuziyaremye, the Deputy Governor at Rwanda’s Central Bank during the interview on May 29. Photo by Emmanuel Dushimimana
Technology

Rwanda mulls a digital currency in two years - Central Bank

Monday, June 03, 2024
Panelists during the Africa Soft Power Summit, in Kigali on May 29 . All photos by Craish Bahizi
Economy

Key insights, calls for action from Africa Soft Power Summit in Kigali

Friday, May 31, 2024
Central Bank Governor John Rwangombwa, addresses journalists in Kigali on Wednesday, May 29. Rwangombwa said that the Monetary Policy Committee has lowered the benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to 7 per cent. Photo by Emmanuel Dushimimana
Economy

Why Rwanda’s central bank lowered benchmark rate

Thursday, May 30, 2024
President Paul Kagame and AFDB President Akinwumi Adesina made a case for action to reform the global financial architecture, during a Presidential Dialogue on “Africa’s Transformation, the African Development Bank Group, and the Reform of the Global Financial Architecture,” at the AfDB Annual Meeting, in Nairobi, Kenya, on Wednesday, May 29.
Economy

There is room for all to benefit in re-designing global financial architecture – Kagame

Wednesday, May 29, 2024
President William Ruto speaking on Wednesday, May 29, at the opening of the African Development Bank’s annual meeting themed ‘Africa’s Transformation, African Development Bank Group, and Reform of the Global Financial Architecture’ in Nairobi, Kenya
Africa

President Ruto seeks to reduce Pan-African Parliament seats

Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Akinwumi Adesina, the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) addresses delegates during a media briefing,at the start of the five-day AfDB Annual Meeting, in Nairobi, Kenya on May 27. Courtesy
Africa

Industrial manufacturing must be at the core of AfCFTA –AfDB’s Adesina

Tuesday, May 28, 2024
Bank of Kigali (BK) staff during a special Umuganda in line with the “Nanjye ni BK” initiative on Saturday, May 25. Courtesy
Featured

Bank of Kigali drives community development, financial inclusion through Umuganda

Sunday, May 26, 2024
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (Front) speaks at a Security Council meeting at the UN headquarters in New York, on May 23, 2024. Guterres said Thursday that there is a need to embed African participation and leadership across the global peace and security architecture. (Manuel Elias/UN Photo/Handout via Xinhua)
Africa

UN chief calls for African role in global peace and security architecture

Friday, May 24, 2024
A group of suspects who ran a fraudulent scheme to steal money from people through mobile money. They were paraded at RIB headquarters. File
Crime

Are mobile phone, online scammers getting more sophisticated?

Friday, May 24, 2024