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Attendees pose for a group photo at the launch of “K’avance,” an innovative overdraft service that allows users to complete essential mobile money transactions even when their wallet balance is low, on December 3. Courtesy
Featured

MoMo Rwanda launches ‘K’avance’ overdraft to keep your transactions moving

Wednesday, December 03, 2025
Entrepreneurs think they need a lot of money to start a business, but the most important capital at the beginning isn’t financial , it’s mindset

Money moves for entrepreneurs: Building a business on a budget

Monday, December 01, 2025
A woman cooks using clean cookstoves. Energy experts at the Africa Investment Forum on November 27 in Rabat, Morocco, noted that rigid lending conditions are raising costs, delaying projects, and causing many promising initiatives to stall ultimately slowing Africa’s energy transition. Net photo
Environment

Costly lending rules stifle Africa’s clean energy push, investors warn

Friday, November 28, 2025
(Top row) Farmers sort coffee beans in Ngoma District in March 2023. (Bottom row) A miner works at the Bashyamba Mining Site in Nyarugenge District on March 6. Rwanda’s exports continued to rise in the third quarter of 2025, even as the country recorded a slight increase in its trade deficit, according to the National Bank of Rwanda. File
Economy

Coffee, minerals boost exports in Q3 2025

Thursday, November 27, 2025
A liquefied gas retail shop in Gihogere, Remera. Photo: Courtesy.
Energy

Can ‘pay-as-you-cook’ model turn the tide on missed targets?

Thursday, November 27, 2025
The Central Bank Governor, Soraya Hakuziyaremye, addresses journalists a press conference on Thursday, November 20. Photo by Willy Mucyo
Editorial

Central Bank’s decision to hold key interest could stabilize inflation

Friday, November 21, 2025
Central Bank Governor, Soraya Hakuziyaremye, addresses journalists during a press conference on Thursday. Photos by Willy Mucyo
Economy

Why Central Bank maintained lending rate at 6.75%

Thursday, November 20, 2025
Thousands of tonnes of grains at Nyanza Strategic Grain Reserve in Nyanza District in South Province.
Agriculture

Farmers back new nationwide grain storage expansion

Thursday, November 20, 2025
Delegates from all over the world meet at the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference in Brazil on November 10. Courtesy

The climate crisis is also a gender crisis

Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Rwanda’s High Commissioner to Singapore, Innocent Muhizi, presents his letters of credence to Tharman Shanmugaratnam, the Singaporean president  on Monday, November 17. Courtesy
International

Tech, trade top Muhizi’s agenda as Rwanda’s envoy to Singapore

Monday, November 17, 2025
Bank of Kigali tellers attend to customers at the bank’s main branch in Kigali in October. Photo by Craish Bahizi.

Money moves: Why having a bank account can change your financial future

Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Ambassador Claver Gatete, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa speaks during the official opening of the 2025 Conference on Land Policy in Africa.
Economy

UNECA calls for fairer global systems to unlock Africa’s land potential

Monday, November 10, 2025