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The Government is considering raising the legal age for buying and consuming alcohol from 18 to 21 years.Photo by Dan Kwizera (2)
Education

Schools react to proposed changes in drinking age

Friday, November 18, 2022
Women who sell fresh sardines on the shores of Lake Kivu in Rusizi District. During the operations to crack down on all illegal fishing activities in Lake Kivu, over 30,000 illegal fishing nets and about 3,000 boats have been confiscated over the past three years. Photo: Sam Ngendahimana.
Rwanda

Over 30,000 illegal fishing nets confiscated – report

Friday, November 18, 2022
The New Times

If you can be cleanest in Africa, why not the whole world?

Thursday, November 17, 2022
Officials from the government of Rwanda, Smart Africa and other partners pose for a photo during the launch of SADA national digital academy in Rwanda on March 22, 2022. Photos: Courtesy.
Featured

Unpacking the impact: SADA National Academy in Rwanda – Closing the digital gap through capacity building

Thursday, November 17, 2022
Clients at a BPR Bank Rwanda branch at Nyabugogo in Kigali. The National Bank of Rwanda on Tuesday, November 15, increased its lending rate from 6 per cent to 6.5 per cent as part of efforts to help tame inflation. Photo: File.
Economy

Economists weigh in on new BNR lending rate increase

Thursday, November 17, 2022
The New Times
Editorial

There is much to do to achieve gender equality

Thursday, November 17, 2022
Workers on duty at Pink Mango, the garment factory in Kigali. Rwanda’s exports rose by 39.9 percent in the third quarter of 2022.File
Economy

Five key highlights in Central Bank’s economic performance report

Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Minister of Trade and Industry Jean-Chrysostome Ngabitsinze speaks during the presentation of the report in Kigali on November 15. The new report entitled ' Fostering Rwanda’s competitiveness, resilience, and making the most of regional integration under AfCFTA in the post Covid-era', recommends the country to address the present skills gap in various sectors in order to explore its full potential. Courtesy
Economy

Rwanda should address skills gap to strengthen service delivery—WB

Wednesday, November 16, 2022
A bank teller counts money while serving customers at Bank of Kigali head office. Dan Nsengiyumva
Economy

Central bank increases lending rate to 6.5% to tame inflation

Tuesday, November 15, 2022
Staff on duty at Rwanda Revenue Authority headquarters in Kigali. File
Business

Is it the right time to tax digital services?

Monday, November 14, 2022
A flooded wetland at Masaka in Kicukiro District in April. According to the State of Soil Erosion Control in Rwanda May 2022, more than 745,000 hectares of agricultural land in Rwanda are potentially eroded every year

Identifying climate-smart pathways for Rwanda to achieve shared social and economic prosperity

Monday, November 14, 2022
The New Times

COP27: Put enforceable rider to hedge against well-intentioned but empty promises

Sunday, November 13, 2022