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 Michel Nkurunziza
Michel Nkurunziza
Telesphore Ndabamenya, the Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources, the Africa Food Systems Forum 2026 in Kigali. Photo by Kellya Keza
Agriculture
Inside Rwanda’s major agric initiatives seeking Rwf20tn in financing
Dr. Patrick Karangwa, Director General of Agriculture Modernisation at the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources, speaks as Eric Pohlman, Chief Executive Officer of One Acre Fund looks on. Photos by Kellya Keza
Featured
AFS Forum 2026: How bundled services support smallholder farmers prosper in Rwanda
A view of one of the newly constructed residential areas in Zindiro in Bumbogo Sector in Gasabo District. Photo by  Sam Ngendahimana
Rwanda
New land reference prices await Cabinet approval
Rocketfeller foundation supported Solid Africa in producing nutrious food for vulnerable and schools in Rwanda. Courtesy
Rwanda
How Rwanda stands to benefit from $100m school meals drive
L-R .Innocent Okuku, Director General of AFIDA, Øystein Botillen, Director of Strategic Partnerships at Yara International, Simone Sala, Executive Director of the Varda Foundation during an Africa Food Systems Forum.
Rwanda
Rwanda commended for fertiliser use scheme
Rwandan Agnes Kalibata, a board member of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
Agriculture
New research seeks to make maize safer from aflatoxin
The Nasho solar-powered irrigation project is one of Rwanda’s leading irrigation facilities. The country needs at least 693.7 million cubic metres of water storage capacity by 2034 to meet projected
Environment
700m cubic metres annually needed for irrigation water storage by 2034
Teen girls follow a trainer on reproductive health at GS Mugombwa in Gisagara District on March 12, 2019. Sam Ngendahimana
Education
Curriculum review targets gaps in sexuality education
Police has announced the alternative routes to be used by motorists and passengers  as expansion works begin on the Prince House–Cyamitsingi road section.File
Rwanda
Alternative routes as Prince House-Giporoso-Masaka gets disrupted
Farmers salvage rice crops washed away by flooding in Nyagatare District in 2020. File photo.
Agriculture
Looming El Niño rains trigger call for conservation agriculture
Prince House-Giporoso-Masaka road expansion works commenced on Sunday, August 30. Photo by Craish BAHIZI
Infrastructure
Expansion works on Prince House-Giporoso-Masaka road commence
An artist impession of  new rehousing project in Kabuhunde village, Kagugu Cell, Kinyinya Sector of Gasabo District. Courtesy
Rwanda
PHOTOS: How new Kagugu housing project will look like
Bank tellers attend to customers at  Bank of Kigali main branch in Nyarugenge. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Finance
How 8.75% central bank interest rate will influence household, business decisions
Prime Minister Justin Nsengiyumva and officials during a guided tour of Muvumba Multi-Purpose Water Resource Development Programme in Nyagatare District. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Infrastructure
Over Rwf330 bn needed to expand Muvumba irrigation scheme
A view of one of the newly constructed residential areas in Bumbogo Sector in Gasabo District. Photo by  Sam Ngendahimana
Society
New property valuation fees: Homeowners to pay from Rwf90, 000
A view of Mpazi Rehousing Project that  is set for a major expansion, with plans to provide more than 4,100 housing units in Nyarugenge District
Rwanda
Mpazi housing project expansion targets 4,000 units
Ange Imanishimwe  embarked on a lifelong journey in biodiversity conservation.
Environment
Meet Ange Imanishimwe, tackling the pressure on Nyungwe’s buffer zone
Workers on duty at former Pink and Mango garment factory at Kigali Special Economic Zone. Craish BAHIZI
Business
Textile, leather firms eye bigger AfCFTA market

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