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Cows drink water from a trough supplied by one of solar-powered boreholes constructed under the initial Rwanda Dairy Development Project (RDDP), in Eastern Province, in 2020 (Photo courtesy of IFAD).
Agriculture

What $100 million project means to Rwanda’s dairy industry

Monday, February 19, 2024
The new project seeks to deal with climate change and variabilities that influence feed and water availability for cattle. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Rwanda

Inside Rwanda’s new $100 million dairy project

Thursday, February 15, 2024
EALA lawmakers and other participants at a session meant for assessing policies and laws on GMOs within the East African Community (EAC) Partner States, on February 8, 2024, in Kigali, Rwanda (Photo by Emmanuel Ntirenganya)
Agriculture

Rwanda ready to harness GMOs tech, official tells EAC lawmakers

Friday, February 09, 2024
Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Uzziel Ndagijimana (R), and Heidy Rombouts, Director General of Development Cooperation at the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Development Cooperation, sign a cooperation agreement in Kigali on Tuesday, January 30. All photos by Craish Bahizi
Economy

PHOTOS: Rwanda, Belgium sign Rwf130 billion cooperation deal

Tuesday, January 30, 2024
One of different houses that are in high risk zones in Nyabihu District. According to officials fourteen districts with households in need of urgent relocation from high-risk zones have been identified. PHOTO BY SAMUEL NGENDAHIMANA
Environment

Districts with households in high-risk zones to be resettled identified

Sunday, January 21, 2024
Xavier Niyonsenga, a beneficiary of the Vision Umurenge Programme (VUP), feeds his cow in a cowshed at his home in Gikomero Sector, Gasabo District, on March 3,2022. Rwanda targets to lift 315,000 households out of poverty and extreme poverty within two years. File
Rwanda

Govt plans to lift 300,000 families out of poverty in two years

Wednesday, January 17, 2024
Workers during tea processing activities at Kitabi Tea Company in Nyamagabe District on December 17, 2023. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Economy

Explainer: Key sectors likely to drive Rwanda's economic growth in 2024

Friday, January 12, 2024
A panel discussion during the October 2023 Mobile World Congress (MWC) Kigali, Africa’s largest and most influential connectivity event. The 2024 edition will take place at Kigali Convention Centre in October 29. Photo: Craish Bahizi.
Technology

Major tech conferences coming to Rwanda in 2024

Thursday, January 11, 2024
One of tree nurseries that were established by the government in Eastern province. Residents were urged to plant different tree species including those serving as food for bees. Courtesy
Agriculture

Rwanda reviving 15 bee-forage tree species to fix honey scarcity

Thursday, December 14, 2023
Minister of Infrastructure Jimmy Gasore opens the seventh Water and Development Congress of the International Water Asssociattion, in Kigali on Sunday, December 10.
Environment

FEATURED: Climate change takes centre stage at water congress in Kigali

Monday, December 11, 2023
A view of Nasho solar-powered irrigation project in Eastern Province in Rwanda. RAB revealed that more 1,050 hectares will be added to the small-scale irrigation scheme using solar power next year. File
Environment

Rwanda: Phasing out fossil fuel in irrigation amid COP28 climate talks

Friday, December 08, 2023
Minister of Environment, Jeanne d’Arc Mujawamariya during a presentation in a session during the ongoing 28th UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai. COURTESY
Environment

COP28: Women bear the brunt of climate change in Rwanda

Wednesday, December 06, 2023