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Alice Kagina

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A cross-border truck transports Goods from Dar-Salam to Kigali. Market of 1.3 billion people, AfCFTA is set to drive the expansion of small businesses, especially those owned by women and young people. Photo by Craish Bahizi

Customs hurdles block AfCFTA’s SME potential

Friday, October 11, 2024

President Paul Kagame delivers his remarks at the official opening of Biashara Afrika 2024 in Kigali on Wednesday, October 9. Photo by Village Urugwiro

PHOTOS: Focus on supporting SMEs – Kagame tells African leaders

Wednesday, October 09, 2024

Trade and Industry Minister, Prudence Sebahizi and Wamkele Mene, Secretary General of AfCFTA brief journalists ahead of the second edition of Biashara Afrika –AfCFTA’s flagship business forum on October 8. Courtesy

Boosting domestic industrial output key to AfCFTA realisation –Trade Minister

Tuesday, October 08, 2024

Minister of Finance, Yusuf Murangwa (2nd left), officiates the event as the BRD lists its second tranche of a Sustainability-Linked Bond, worth Rwf 30 billion, on the Rwanda Stock Exchange on Monday, October 7

BRD lists second Sustainability-linked bond on Rwanda bourse

Monday, October 07, 2024

Andrew Kulayige, Chairperson of Rwanda Association of Insurers (ASSAR) and Kampeta Sayinzoga, CEO of the Development Bank of Rwanda (BRD) during Insurance Strategy Forum in Kigali on October 2.

Can innovation in Rwanda's insurance sector boost uptake?

Monday, October 07, 2024

John Rwangombwa, Governor of the National Bank of Rwanda delivers his remarks during Insurance Strategy Forum on Wednesday.

Insurance industry seeks solutions to low penetration in Rwanda

Friday, October 04, 2024

Thapelo Tsheole, Chief Executive Officer of the Rwanda Capital Market Authority delivers remarks during an event in June. Courtesy

Are unit trust funds taking off in Rwanda?

Thursday, October 03, 2024

Officials and beneficiaries pose for a photo during the launch of Kataza Programme on World Tourism Day on September 27.

FEATURED: I&M Bank, partners launch Rwf130m finance facility for youth, women in tourism

Saturday, September 28, 2024

Farmers try to salvage their rice produce from a flooded plantation in the aftermath of heavy rains in Rwangingo Marshland in Nyagatare District on May 6, 2020. Photo: Courtesy.

Agriculture insurance scheme struggles with uptake

Friday, September 27, 2024

John Rwangombwa, Governor of the central bank presents the Monetary Policy and Financial Stability Statement on Wednesday, September 25. Photo by Craish Bahizi

Rwandan banks rake in Rwf132bn in half-year profits

Thursday, September 26, 2024

Central Bank Governor John Rwangombwa presenting the Monetary Policy and Financial Stability Statement (MPFSS), on Wednesday, September 25. Photos by Craish Bahizi

Rwanda’s economy will grow higher than earlier projected - Rwangombwa

Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Mountain gorillas from Susa group at Kalisimbi mount in the Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda. Photo by Samuel Ngendahimana

World Gorilla Day: celebrating humans’ closest 'cousins' in Rwanda

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Amb. Claver Gatete, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ECA (UNECA), addresses the United Nations General Assembly on Monday, September 23. Courtesy

Why Africa needs its own credit rating agency

Monday, September 23, 2024

A group of students during a plumbing exercise at Musanze Polytechnique. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana

Five key hindrances to skills, labour market match in Rwanda

Monday, September 23, 2024

Claudette Irere, State Minister for Education and Sahr Kpundeh, World Bank Country Manager, during the presentation of of the World Bank’s Rwanda Economic Update titled ‘Accelerating Skills Development to Foster Private Sector Growth in Rwanda’ on September 17.

Experts on need to bridge education output, labour market gap

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Workers sort fresh green beans for export at pack house at Kigali Special Economic Zone in Masoro. Craish BAHIZI

Rwanda’s crop, mineral exports declined in second quarter 2024

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Workers inside a coffee store for export at Kigali Special Economic Zone. Rwanda’s economy grew by 9.8 per cent in the second quarter of 2024. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana

Rwanda economy grows by 9.8 percent in second quarter of 2024

Monday, September 16, 2024

President Paul Kagame addresses delegates at the Thanksgiving Prayer Breakfast held at Kigali Convention Centre on Sunday, September 15. Kagame urged church leaders to eradicate scammers in the name of religion, to better work for people and produce good results. Photo by Dan Gatsinzi

PHOTOS: Prayer breakfast: Kagame cautions against religious extremism

Sunday, September 15, 2024