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Packages of rice produce collected during the haverst time in Bugesera District. Paddy rice production in 2023 amounted to 133,628 tonnes, 1,446 tonnes less than the 135,074 tonnes recorded in the previous year. Courtesy
Agriculture

Analysing Rwanda’s key crop yields in 2023

Wednesday, January 03, 2024
(L-R): CEO of OCP Africa, Mohamed Anouar Jamali, Managing Director of Rwanda Fertilizer Company (RFC), Anass Khanchoufi, Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources, Ildephonse Musafiri, Director General of Agriculture Modernisation at MINAGRI, Patrick Karangwa, and Minister of Trade and Industry, Jean-Chrysostome Ngabitsinze observe fertiliser samples during the official launch of the Rwanda Fertilizer Blending Plant in Bugesera District on December 20, 2023.The newly launched factory has an annual capacity to blend 100,000 tonnes of fertilisers.
Agriculture

How Rwanda’s new fertiliser plant could boost agriculture

Thursday, December 21, 2023
Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente meets with Dr. Anouar Jamali, CEO OCP AFRICA in Kigali on Wednesday, December 20. Courtesy
Agriculture

Moroccan fertiliser firm eyes more investments in Rwanda's agric sector

Wednesday, December 20, 2023
Workers at Rwanda Fertilizer Blending Plant, at Bugesera Special Economic Zone, on December 20, 2023. The factory is due for launch on the same date. PHOTOS BY EMMANUEL NTIRENGANYA
Agriculture

Rwanda to unveil multi-billion fertiliser blending plant in Bugesera

Wednesday, December 20, 2023
Cynthia Umutoniwabo, (middle), the chief executive and co-founder of Loopa was awarded Rwf 50 million as the overall winner of Hanga Pitchfest 2023. President Paul Kagame was the chief guest at the event. On the right is Achim Steiner, United Nations Development Programme Administrator. Photo: DAN GATSINZI
Technology

How local start-up is leveraging tech to transform organic waste into fertiliser

Friday, December 15, 2023
President Paul Kagame congratulating and awarding Cynthia Umutoniwabo, the Chief Executive and Founder of Loopa, the overall winner of Rwanda's largest startup competition, who took home a cash prize of Rwf50 million on Friday, December 8. All photos by Dan Gatsinzi
Technology

PHOTOS: Rwandan climate tech startup wins innovator of the year prize

Saturday, December 09, 2023
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Technology

Hanga Pitchfest 2023 top 5 finalists announced

Friday, December 08, 2023
Some participants pose for a group photo at the closure of the African Conference on Agricultural Technologies (ACAT) on November 3, 2023, in Nairobi, Kenya (Emmanuel Ntirenganya).
Agriculture

Continental conference appeals for adequate agri-tech funding

Saturday, November 04, 2023
The First ever Investment Forum, presented the district's projection of achieving her economic growth among them being a logistics hub in the Eastern Province
Business

First-ever business forum unveils opportunities in Kayonza District

Wednesday, November 01, 2023
Noel Nizeyimana explains the process of how pavers are made out of plastics. Courtesy photos
Environment

How waste became a soil scientist’s cash cow

Wednesday, November 01, 2023
Workers sort garbage at Nduba landfill in Gasabo District in Kigali on August 27, 2019 .Over 80 households living around the hazardous Nduba landfill in Gasabo District are seeking over Rwf2 billion as compensation. File
Rwanda

Residents around Nduba landfill seek Rwf2bn to urgently relocate

Monday, October 30, 2023
Rwanda National Police in Eastern Province have foiled major theft operations involving over 1,000 tonnes of seeds and fertilisers. Photo: Courtesy.
Agriculture

Eastern Province: Police foil theft of over 1,000 metric tonnes of seeds and fertilisers

Friday, October 27, 2023