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Officials lay wreaths in honour of the victims at Kigali Genocide Memorial on Tuesday, June 30.
Featured

Mining community honours Genocide victims, urges young miners to safeguard unity

Wednesday, July 01, 2026
Deexon Muhizi, founder of iGiTREE, a genealogy and genetic platform.
Business

Entrepreneurs question SMEs lending models

Friday, June 19, 2026
Kosmotive founder Blandine Umuziranenge (second right) receives the Girls Innovation Award during the YouthConnekt summit in October 2019. Courtesy.
Business

Inside Rwandan enterprises shortlisted for Africa’s Business Heroes

Thursday, June 18, 2026
Winners and officials pose for a group photo during the 2023 YouthConnekt Awards ceremony. File
Business

Top funding initiatives available to local startups

Wednesday, June 17, 2026
CLOCKWISE: Youssef Travaly of EDPU Digital Clinic, Sharon Akanyana of Ishyo Foods, Hinda Ruto of AQS, Blandine Kamugundu of Kosmotive, Marie Ange Mukagahima of ZIMA Healthy Group, and David Kamugundu of eFiche Ltd. Courtesy
Business

What to know about Rwandan firms shortlisted for Africa's Business Heroes

Monday, June 15, 2026
Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Yusuf Murangwa, arrives at the parliament to present the draft finance bill of the 2026-27 fiscal year, to Members of Parliament on Thursday, June 11. Photo by Craish BAHIZI

Where are books in Rwanda's budget?

Monday, June 15, 2026
Amb. Claver Gatete, Executive Secretary of United Nations Economic Commission fo Afria (ECA) speaks to The New Times at the Africa Development Impact Forum, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on June 11. Courtesy
Finance

UNECA's Gatete on debt, Africa's fight for a fairer financial order

Monday, June 15, 2026
Minister of Youth and Arts Abdallah Utumatwishima and YouthConnekt Africa Executive Director Yann Gwet shake hands on Wednesday, June 10, after signing the host country agreement for the eight edition of the YouthConnekt Africa Summit due in November.
Rwanda

YouthConnekt Africa Summit returns to Kigali

Thursday, June 11, 2026
Left to right: BRD Chief Executive Officer Stella Rusine Nteziryayo; the Minister of State at the Ministry of ICT and Innovation, Yves Iradukunda; Kayco co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Kevin G. Kayisire, and the company’s co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Crepin Kayisire, chat as they visit the company’s merchant at Zaria Court Hotel in Kigali, on May 28, 2026 (Dan Gatsinzi).
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BRD-backed startups achieve strong growth, deliver tech-driven impact

Friday, May 29, 2026
A peacock displays its colourful feathers at the restored Nyandungu Eco-Tourism Park. Courtesy

Acting locally, impacting globally: Rwanda’s biodiversity model in action

Friday, May 22, 2026
Delegates attend the opening of AI Everything Kenya X GITEX Kenya at the Sarit Expo Centre in Nairobi on May 19. The summit brought together tech executives, investors and government officials from across Africa. COURTESY
Technology

African nations must create AI, not just consume it, summit hears

Thursday, May 21, 2026
President Paul Kagame, Togolese president Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé and Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu, visit an exhibition at the summit in Kigai on Tuesday, May 19. Dan Gatsinzi
Energy

Why Africa is turning to small modular reactors for its nuclear future

Wednesday, May 20, 2026