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Modernising agriculture and promoting value addition can turn farming into a powerful engine for creating productive, dignified jobs that lift people out of poverty and sustain Rwanda’s inclusive growth.

Jobs first: The sustainable path to prosperity through employment

Friday, October 17, 2025
Farmers sort their rice produce in Bugarama wetland in Rusizi District. Courtesy

World Food Day 2025: Let us be better together

Thursday, October 16, 2025
Residents meet land officials for land title disputes in Musanze District. File
Editorial

When a government listens, people prosper

Thursday, October 16, 2025
Election volunteers during the election of district council members at the City of Kigali Headquarters on September 16, 2024. Courtesy

Decentralization in Rwanda: 25 years of meaningful citizen participation

Thursday, October 16, 2025
Late Marie Immaculée Ingabire (3rd left, second row) poses for a photo with US based students accompanied with Jean Pierre Karegeye, the author, during their visit in Rwanda. Photographed here at the parliament building in Kigali. Photo: Courtesy.

Immaculée Ingabire: A voice of calm, a mind of light, a soul of dignity

Thursday, October 16, 2025
Africa will host a Pan-African festival in Nairobi from October 22 and 23. The festival is dedicated to reparations for slavery and colonial crimes Courtesy

Wakati Wetu: Africa’s time to reclaim its future

Wednesday, October 15, 2025
National Health Study Centre aims to harness real-time data to improve patient outcomes, optimise health financing.
Editorial

Rwanda’s AI leap in healthcare is a continental model

Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Residents undergo a mass screening exercise of Non-Communicable Diseases during Kigali Car Free Zone. Courtesy

Heart attack: Why young adults need to take action now

Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Rwanda offers a useful example through its Capital Market Investment Clinic, which has helped local corporates and SMEs raise capital through the stock market in recent years.file

ASEA 2025: Adapting to global shifts by democratising Africa’s capital markets

Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Workers on duty at Asanti Garment factory in Kigali. Craish BAHIZI

Forgotten culture of purpose: A fact about unemployment in Rwanda

Tuesday, October 14, 2025
A money mule is someone who transfers or moves illegally obtained funds on behalf of others, knowingly or unknowingly.Courtesy
Editorial

The silent threat of money mules to Rwanda’s financial integrity

Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Bank of Kigali customers meet customer support desk staff at the main bank in Kigali. Photo by Craish Bahizi

The legacy mindset: Building a business your children can inherit

Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Rwanda Patriotic Army fighters during the Liberation War in 1990s. File

1993: How RPF's withdrawal from captured territory surprised even its sympathisers

Monday, October 13, 2025
The New Times

Tshisekedi delivers comedic gold in Brussels speech

Monday, October 13, 2025
An artist impression of Sonatubes junction that is expected to be revamped.
Editorial

Kigali must fast-track its road junction transformation

Monday, October 13, 2025
When we break through walls, we create bridges that connect people to markets for the benefit of all.

Bridges, not walls: Why Africa must embrace global trade and innovation

Monday, October 13, 2025
A view of Gatuna border between Rwanda and Uganda in Gicumbi District. File

Panyimur road trip revelations and why Rwanda and Uganda are still one story

Monday, October 13, 2025
A section of the newly inaugurated Rukomo-Nyagatare road. The government inaugurated more than 150 kilometres of newly completed roads last week. Courtesy

Roads to the future: Infrastructure as backbone of Rwanda’s economic transformation

Sunday, October 12, 2025
Medics attend to the patients at Girubuzima health post in Burera. File

Before we serve, we must care: A culture check for Rwanda’s service industry

Sunday, October 12, 2025
Visitors during a guided tour of a farm owned by Allen Umulisa, the Founder of RAI Green Stalks Ltd. courtesy

Supporting young women entrepreneurs builds stronger families, communities, and economies

Sunday, October 12, 2025