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Workers on duty at a construction site in Kanombe. The City of Kigali is working to reduce building permit processing from 21 days to between 7 and 14 days. Courtesy
Housing

Kigali: Issuance of building permits to be reduced to 14 days

Thursday, October 08, 2026
AFC-M23 officials meet the Joint Mission of the African Union Facilitators' Panel, in Goma, on October 5. Courtesy

After Goma, the AU and African Leaders must deliver peace in the Great Lakes

Thursday, October 08, 2026
A section of a newly constructed residential site in Bumbogo Sector in Gasabo District on November 15, 2025. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Housing

Kubaka system allows new land buyers retain approved building permits

Thursday, October 08, 2026
The cooperative has taken 56 tonnes of chilli to market and earns about Rwf32 million per season.
Featured

How CDAT is boosting yields, linking farmers to markets and improving farming practices

Wednesday, October 07, 2026
The event marks the conclusion of Ecobank’s 40th anniversary celebrations and the three-year “Transforming Africa Through Education” campaign
Featured

Ecobank donates digital devices to 40 SMEs in partnership with Vanguard Economics

Monday, October 05, 2026
Visitors during a guided tour of a coffee plantation in Kirehe District. File
Agriculture

Coffee day: A look at Rwanda’s evolving coffee farming

Thursday, October 01, 2026
An aerial view of Munini model village in Nyaruguru District. File
Housing

Nearly one million households set to move into planned settlements

Thursday, October 01, 2026
Officials and best performers pose for a photo at the event on Friday, September 25. Photos by Elvis Ndateba
Featured

ICPAR honours financial reporting excellence as awards entries rise 33%

Tuesday, September 29, 2026
Workers dry coffee beans at a collection centre in Kirehe District in 2024.File
Agriculture

Govt eyes organic export markets, but certification costs remain a hurdle

Tuesday, September 29, 2026
Farmers irrigate their crops in Bugesera District during the summer. The country needs at least 693.7 million cubic metres of water storage capacity by 2034 to meet projected irrigation demand. File
Agriculture

What it will take to decentralise small-scale irrigation

Monday, September 28, 2026
(L-R) Jamaica Chief Justice Bryan Sykes, Rwanda’s Chief Justice Domitilla Mukantaganzwa meet during the CMJA Conference in Kingston, Jamaica, as the two judiciaries seek to strengthen cooperation. Courtesy
Law

Mukantaganzwa stresses need to strengthen environmental justice

Friday, September 25, 2026
Production of paddy rice and Irish potatoes increased by 10.1 per cent and 5.7 per cent respectively in the agricultural season B of 2026 . File
Agriculture

Rice production rises 10%, potatoes 5.7%

Thursday, September 24, 2026