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 Emmanuel Ntirenganya
Emmanuel Ntirenganya
A teacher helps stduents during a group work Students of Institut Sainte Famille de Nyamasheke  on May 2. File
Education
Inside Rwf32bn plan to boost teachers’ English proficiency  
Members of Parliament on September 15 adopted a resolution condemning the European Parliament’s recent call for the immediate and unconditional release of Victoire Ingabire. Courtesy
Law
Why parliament rejected EU resolution on Ingabire case
The plenary sittings in both chambers of the Rwandan Parliament on Monday, September 15, resolved to review the European Parliament’s September 11 resolution calling for the release of Victoire Ingabire.
Rwanda
Rwandan MPs call out EU parliament over Ingabire resolution
Mark Cyubahiro Bagabe Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources (L) during a guided tour as he officially commissioned the Kibeho Tea Factory on Thursday, September 11. All photos by Emmanuel Dushimimana
Featured
Hope for farmers as Kibeho Tea Factory unveiled to drive Rwanda’s tea sector
Patients and their guardians pay for services at Masaka Hospital in Kicukiro. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Health
Prepayment model for health facilities to launch in October
Artistic impression of some housing units in the upcoming Heza Estate, in Batsinda, Kinyinya Sector of Gasabo District (courtesy)
Housing
RSSB’s middle-class homes 70% booked before completion
Aerial View of Vision City, one of RSSB's investments. RSSB Deputy CEO Louise Kanyonga said that, currently, about 90 per cent of RSSB’s investments are within Rwanda.
Featured
RSSB to boost international exposure, scale down on real estate investments
Rwanda Social Security Board chief executive Regis Rugemanshuro speaks during a news conference in Kigali on Wednesday, September 10. He revealed that RSSB’s assets doubled over the last five fiscal years, reaching Rwf3.1 trillion in 2025, while the annual return on investment hit a record 14.2 per cent, up from an average of 1.4 per cent in 2021. Photo: Dan Gatsinzi.
Rwanda
RSSB assets rise to Rwf3tn: What it means for Rwandans
Traffic Police officers check the authenticity of the drivers' documents at Gishushu road junction. Craish Bahizi
Law
Why Rwanda is revising a 38-year-old road traffic law
Passengers board a RwandAir plane at Kigali International Airport. File
Aviation
Inside nine-point plan to unlock Africa’s aviation integration
Zipline technician, Edison Niyomurinzi, explains to a journalist the process of how drones supply blood to hospitals. Rwanda is keen on securing investments for its proposed drone operations centre to host, among others, drone manufacturing and training. / Photo: Sam Ngendahimana
Technology
Inside Rwanda’s bold bet on drones for transport, defence and innovation
American unmanned aerial logistics firm Zipline’s next-generation autonomous aircraft designed specifically for urban delivery, on display at the Aviation Africa Summit, in Kigali, on September 4, 2025. The device on the table, which holds a package, is fitted into the drone and lowered when it reaches a destination to safely deliver a package (Emmanuel Ntirenganya)
Business
Zipline drones may begin home deliveries in Kigali next year
An artistic impression of the New Kigali International Airport being constructed in Bugesera.
Aviation
Rwanda’s new aviation hub to deliver world-class services – ATL boss
The self-flying electric air taxi takes to the sky during its launch at the Aviation Africa Summit, in Kigali, on September 4, 2025. (Craish Bahizi)
Tourism
Five things to know about ‘pilotless air taxis’ debuting in Rwanda
The Minister of Infrastructure, Jimmy Gasore, speaks at the session held at the Aviation Africa Summit, on September 5, 2025, in Kigali (courtesy)
Aviation
Aviation: African ministers urge adoption of single air transport market
RwandAir said it will open new routes to Mombasa and Zanzibar by the end of 2025. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Aviation
RwandAir to launch Mombasa, Zanzibar routes by end 2025
RwandAir Chief Executive Officer Yvonne Manzi Makolo said that the African continent being the region with the highest charges and taxes, makes airline tickets very expensive.
Aviation
How high taxes, fees stifle Africa’s aviation industry
President Paul Kagame delivers his remarks at the opening of the 2025 Aviation Africa Summit in Kigali on September 4. PHOTOS BY CRAISH BAHIZI
Aviation
Kagame criticises expensive air travel in Africa

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