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Workers melt Tin at LuNa Smelter in Kigali. The firm is the sole producer and exporter of tin in both Eastern and Central Africa. / Photo: Sam Ngendahimana.
Rwanda

Mining reforms, investments scaled up despite the pandemic

Tuesday, January 05, 2021
Former Gikondo industrial park in Kicukiro District .6500 Illegal activities, including industries in wetlands were evicted. / Photo: Dan Nsengiyumva.
Rwanda

Ten environmental stories that made headlines in 2020

Tuesday, January 05, 2021
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Rwanda

CAR's Touadéra re-elected President

Tuesday, January 05, 2021
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Business

Economic impact of disasters in 2020

Monday, January 04, 2021
Inside Pink Mango, the garment factory at the special economic zone in Kigali. The government is set to commence the implementation of the u2018Manufacture and Build to Recover Programme. / Photo: Sam Ngendahimana.
Business

Top sectors to look out for in 2021

Monday, January 04, 2021
Dubbed ViFoStock, the platform was created by 28-year old Jean Pierre Mazimpaka, a photojournalist and videographer who is the owner of VIFO Ltd. / Photo: Courtesy.
Business

Photographers, videographers get new platform to access market

Monday, January 04, 2021
The CMNF method focuses on the concepts of regenerative agriculture. / Net photo.
Business

How East Africa can gain from India’s low-cost sustainable agriculture technique

Monday, January 04, 2021
Students from Fawe Girls School use tech-enabled learning systems on February 11, 2020. Connectivity is the first step in establishing advanced infrastructure for remote education. / Photo: File.
Business

Extreme poverty on the rise for the first time in 23 years; technology isthe only long-term solution

Monday, January 04, 2021
African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), was signed by African leaders on March 21, 2018, in Kigali. If embraced, it can lead to becoming an important catalyst for future growth. / Photo: Courtesy.
Business

Priorities for a new year

Monday, January 04, 2021
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Africa

China-Africa cooperation prospers against Covid-19

Monday, January 04, 2021
Prime cementu2019s $40-million factory was inaugurated in Musanze District on September 1, 2020. The new player in the market is expected to help cut the shortage of cement in the country and possibly reduce prices. / Dan Nsengiyumva
Rwanda

2020: The year in pictures

Monday, January 04, 2021
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International

South Korea records more deaths than births in 2020

Monday, January 04, 2021
Islamic extremists staged attacks on two villages in Niger near its border with Mali, killing at least 100 people. Net
Africa

Death toll from Niger attack rises to 100

Monday, January 04, 2021
A passenger pays a taxi moto operator through mobile money. More Rwandans are now embracing digital platforms to carry out their financial transactions.

How Covid-19 pandemic triggered surge in cashless payments

Monday, January 04, 2021
The outgoing University of Rwanda Vice Chancellor, Scottish Prof. Philip Cotton, takes oath marking his acquisition of Rwandan citizenship at Nyarugenge District headquarters last year.

Why Rwanda amended law on nationality

Sunday, January 03, 2021
A health worker tests a Kigali resident for Covid19 recently.

Govt mulls inclusion of Covid-19 tests into health insurance schemes

Sunday, January 03, 2021
A handling facility in Gahara Sector where 30 tones of maize can be dried.

Farmers urged on post-harvest activities during Jan and Feb rains

Sunday, January 03, 2021
Marie-Nou00eblle Koyara, the CAR's Minister of National Defence and Army Reconstruction.

Rwanda acted exemplary, says CAR defence minister

Sunday, January 03, 2021
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Inside the Rwandan special forces' operation in CAR

Saturday, January 02, 2021
The New Times

Former Italian honorary consul in Rwanda dies at 81

Saturday, January 02, 2021