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Workers at Kitabi Tea Factory handle tea leaves. One million Rwandans are actively looking for government jobs. Photo by Craish Bahizi

Idle hands, Rwanda’s future

Thursday, December 04, 2025
Agripreneur Sakina Usengimana, Chairperson of Rwanda Youth in Agribusiness Forum, speaks during the Youth Forward for Agrifood Systems Transformation Forum 2025, on November 25 (courtesy).
Agriculture

New strategy targets over 800,000 youth jobs in agrifood systems

Wednesday, November 26, 2025
A child undergoes eye screening at Girubuzima Health Post in Burera District. Photo by Craish BAHIZI
Health

Govt expands eye, dental care at second-generation health posts

Thursday, October 16, 2025
Members of Parliament have asked the Rwanda Basic Education Board (REB) to distribute over 13,247 textbooks within three months. Photo by Dan Gatsinzi
Education

Education board given three‑month deadline to distribute 13,000 textbooks

Tuesday, August 05, 2025
Workers on duty at Asantii & Pink Mango Garment Factory in Kigali. Rwanda’s unemployment rate dropped to 13.4% in the second quarter of 2025, down from 16.8% during the same period in 2024, according to a Labour Force Survey released by NISR on July 29. File.
Economy

Unemployment rate drops to 13.4% in quarter two

Wednesday, July 30, 2025
A farmer tends to her cow in Kayonza. While Agriculture anchors the district's economy, 38 percent of household farmers still lack livestock in Kayonza, according to EICV7
Rwanda

Kayonza cuts poverty rate by 15% in seven years

Wednesday, May 14, 2025
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Economy

$6.5m project launched to boost youth employment

Friday, April 25, 2025
Cabbage farmers weed their plantations in Musanze District. The National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda released a household-based survey on labour market activities on January 24.Courtesy
Agriculture

Four key findings about Rwanda's agriculture labour force in new survey

Saturday, January 25, 2025
A group of teen mothers at a past event
Health

Why Rwandan adolescent mothers don’t seek psychosocial support

Saturday, November 16, 2024
Gaspard Musonera, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Public Service and Labour. COURTESY
Rwanda

Rwanda’s plan to address unemployment, labour underutilisation

Wednesday, October 23, 2024
A view of Kigali City in Nyarugenge District. The City of Kigali has urged landowners to begin building and utilizing their land to avoid the risk of ownership termination. Sam Ngendahimana
Rwanda

What you need to know about termination of land ownership contracts

Wednesday, September 18, 2024
The New Times

The far-reaching impact of obesity

Tuesday, February 06, 2024