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 Charles Nyandwi
Charles Nyandwi
A presidential order has set out the electoral colleges that will elect local leaders across Rwanda. Photo by Olivier Mugwiza
Rwanda
New presidential order sets out who votes in local govt. elections
Exhibitors showcase products made from locally grown crops during the Agri-Show in Kigali. The Rwanda Food Innovation Partnership will serve as the implementation vehicle for the Rwanda Food Innovation Ecosystem Strategy.
Agriculture
New food innovation platform to launch with $20m funding ambition
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Health
Inkundamahoro Building closed over sanitation issues
Youth showcase their products at Mulindi Agri-Show in Kigali. The government is targeting the creation of 30,000 youth jobs in the food innovation economy by 2035. File
Economy
Innovation: New strategy eyes 30,000 jobs for youth in food system by 2035
Minister of State for Agriculture and Animal Resources Solange Uwituze speaks during a meeting on July 20. Photo by Craish BAHIZI
Agriculture
Agric minister explains plan to fast-track food innovation drive
Workers process coated steel roofing sheets at the Safintra Rwanda factory in the Kigali Special Economic Zone. The manufacturing sector has been a key driver of Rwanda's industrial growth. Photo by Craish BAHIZI
Economy
June industrial output climbs 6.2% on manufacturing growth
Following the resignation of former MP Venuste Icyitegetse, NEC has opened applications for candidates seeking to fill the parliamentary seat for representing the youth. File
Elections
NEC opens applications to fill youth MP seat
The ongoing project of Nkombo boat valued at more than $3 million that was  expected to be delivered  in 2025-2026. PAC urged MININFRA to speed up the delayed Nkombo boat project. File
Rwanda
PAC urges legal action as audit exposes spending gaps
Students during a lesson at Kimironko II. Parliament has given the Ministry of Education six months to fast-track pending regulations and address persistent implementation gaps in the education law.
Education
Education ministry given six months to fix education law gaps
The Chamber of Deputies on Monday, August 3, approved a draft law ratifying the African Risk Capacity (ARC) Agreement. Photo by Craish BAHIZI
Environment
MPs ratify continental disaster preparedness agreement
An agronomist works in a seeds multiplication centre in Kinigi in Musanze District. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Law
11 things to know about new agriculture law
A view of Bugesera Industrial Zone that is under development. File
Infrastructure
Govt steps up drive to improve industrial parks
Minister of Trade and Industry, Antoine Kajangwe, addresses senators during a Senate plenary session that reviewed industrial parks development, on Monday, August 3. Courtesy
Rwanda
Govt reclaims six industrial plots from investors
A bank teller attends to a client at BK main branch. The parliamentary committee noted that remittances from Rwandans abroad increased from $200 million in 2020 to $669.8 million in 2025. Photo by Craish  Bahizi
Rwanda
Parliament flags seven gaps in labour mobility policy
Global donor government funding for HIV programmes in low- and middle-income countries fell by 25 per cent in 2025. Courtesy
Health
Global HIV funding falls 25%, hitting lowest level since 2007
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Economy
Kigali among areas forecast to hit 32°C in August
 (L-R) Author Jean Marie Vianney Rurangwa, Senator Jean Pierre Dusingizemungu, and Senator Charles Murigande during a knowledge-sharing dialogue. MPs called for age-appropriate teaching of the history of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Photo: Courtesy.
Rwanda
MPs call for age-appropriate teaching of Genocide history
Rwanda's Producer Price Index (PPI), which measures changes in prices received by producers for goods and services, increased by 22.3 per cent in June 2026
Economy
Producer prices up 22.3% in June, says statistics office

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