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More than 7,400 Rwandan students participated in the 2025 PISA assessment. FILE
Education

Results of first PISA assessment for Rwandan learners due Tuesday

Monday, September 07, 2026
A solar-powered irrigation system waters crops at the Gabiro Agribusiness Hub in the Eastern Province, July 11. PHOTO/CRAISH BAHIZI
Agriculture

AGRA: Rwanda must boost farm productivity to unlock bigger markets

Monday, September 07, 2026
Anup Jagwani, Global Director for Farming and Agribusiness at the World Bank Group, and Sara Mbago-Bhunu is the Director of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) East and Southern Africa Division during a side event dubbed “AgriConnect: The Road to 300 Million.” Courtesy
Agriculture

Global drive to finance 300 million farmers could expand to Rwanda

Friday, September 04, 2026
The New Times

Africa’s food systems: Twenty-three years after Maputo, what has changed?

Wednesday, September 02, 2026
Rwanda Defence Force medical personel treat a patient in Tanzania. The week-long activities ran from August 26 to September 1. COURTESY
Rwanda

EAC armed forces conclude civil-military activities in Tanzania

Wednesday, September 02, 2026
The Nasho solar-powered irrigation project is one of Rwanda’s leading irrigation facilities. The country needs at least 693.7 million cubic metres of water storage capacity by 2034 to meet projected
Environment

700m cubic metres annually needed for irrigation water storage by 2034

Tuesday, September 01, 2026
A view of Zimbabwe's capital city Harare.

What if we got Zimbabwe wrong?

Monday, August 31, 2026
A worker goes through coffee beans on a drier at a collection centre in Kirehe District. Reliance on the Arabica variety limits Rwanda's coffee competitiveness on the global market.File
Agriculture

Coffee sector seeks new varieties to raise yields

Monday, August 31, 2026
Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) contingent of 20 medical personnel participated in the 6th EAC Armed Forces Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMIC) Week. Courtesy
Health

PHOTOS: RDF medical contingent takes part in EAC armed forces CIMIC week

Thursday, August 27, 2026
Doris Uwicyeza Picard, CEO of the Rwanda Governance Board, speaks at the Africa Mindset Reset Forum on Rwanda’s Home-Grown Solutions in the country’s transformational journey. Courtesy
Rwanda

How does Africa rethink its path to development?

Thursday, August 27, 2026
Rwanda’s Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources, Telesphore Ndabamenye speaks during the opening of a two-day Eastern Africa Hand-in-Hand Investment Forum in Kigali on Monday, August 24. Photos by Kellya Keza
Rwanda

Eastern Africa taps FAO’s Hand-in-Hand Initiative to drive agrifood investment

Tuesday, August 25, 2026
Beneficiaries of KoraLink programme that is a collaborative partnership between the Mastercard Foundation, The Commons Project Foundation (TCP), Africa, Society for Family Health (SFH) Rwanda and the ICT Chamber. Bahizi
Featured

How ‘KoraLink’ is helping young Rwandans turn small earnings into thriving businesses

Friday, August 21, 2026