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Lahiru Silva, Chief Business Officer at LOLC Unguka Finance, and Amit Chawla, Managing Director of Spiro Rwanda at the signing of the new agreement on Friday, August 14. Courtesy
Featured

Bridging EV gap: LOLC Unguka Finance makes electric vehicle ownership easier

Friday, August 28, 2026
Nooliet Kabanyana, Executive Director of Rwanda NGOs Forum on HIVAIDS and Health Promotion, speaks at a workshop for member organisations in Kigali earlier this year. Courtesy photo
Featured

Rethinking health financing as aid declines

Friday, August 28, 2026
Yusuf Murangwa, the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, said the transaction is part of efforts to diversify the country's financing sources. Photo by Craish Bahizi.
Rwanda

Rwanda secures Rwf139bn in first-ever yen financing

Wednesday, August 26, 2026
(L-R) Former South African President Thabo Mbeki, President Paul Kagame , Ghana’s Vice President Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, former Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, at a presidential panel.
Politics

Africa must break cycle of failed governance, leaders say

Wednesday, August 26, 2026
The New Times

To achieve sustainability, Rwanda should rethink social protection

Tuesday, August 25, 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
Workers on duty at former Pink and Mango garment factory at Kigali Special Economic Zone. Craish BAHIZI
Business

Textile, leather firms eye bigger AfCFTA market

Tuesday, August 25, 2026
I&M Bank Rwanda CEO Benjamin Mutimura said the bank had recorded growth across key areas of its business while maintaining a strong capital and liquidity position. Craish Bahizi
Featured

I&M Bank Rwanda profit jumps 62% in first half of 2026

Tuesday, August 25, 2026
Gao Wenqi, Ambassador of China to Rwanda and Bank of Kigali CEO Diane Karusisi during the event on Friday, August 21. Photos by Craish BAHIZI
Rwanda

BK eyes stronger ties with Chinese business community through new banking services

Monday, August 24, 2026
Cattles in Nyagatare based farm. Officials told participants of a consultative meeting that the district wants to raise its average milk yield from about 2.3 litres per cow per day to 6.3 litres next year and 15 litre
Editorial

Every hectare must count in the fight for food security

Monday, August 24, 2026
Exhibitors display their product at Mulindi. The EIF Country Programme 2026–2031 is strategic plan for using EIF funding and technical assistance to strengthen trade competitiveness over a five-year period. File
Rwanda

Govt approves Rwf5 billion scheme for SME growth

Sunday, August 23, 2026
A view of the solar powered irrigation scheme in Gabiro Agribusiness Hub on Saturday, July 11. Photos by Craish BAHIZI
Rwanda

AfDB plans to invest nearly Rwf590bn in Rwanda’s agriculture

Friday, August 21, 2026