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Anup Jagwani, Global Director for Farming and Agribusiness at the World Bank Group, and Sara Mbago-Bhunu is the Director of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) East and Southern Africa Division during a side event dubbed “AgriConnect: The Road to 300 Million.” Courtesy
Agriculture

Global drive to finance 300 million farmers could expand to Rwanda

Friday, September 04, 2026
A section of a tomato farm at Murindi agri-show in Kigali. Rwanda’s Climate-Smart Agriculture Investment Plan identifies $335.4 million in private investment opportunities by 2030. Courtesy
Editorial

Rwanda must make agriculture bankable

Friday, September 04, 2026
Telesphore Ndabamenya, the Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources, the Africa Food Systems Forum 2026 in Kigali. Photo by Kellya Keza
Agriculture

Inside Rwanda’s major agric initiatives seeking Rwf20tn in financing

Thursday, September 03, 2026
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan pose for a group photo with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and his wife Entissar El-Sisi in Cairo, Egypt, Sept. 2, 2026. Xi held talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in Cairo on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu)
International

Xi calls for deepening China-Egypt cooperation, raises Mideast proposal

Thursday, September 03, 2026
The New Times

Africa’s food systems: Twenty-three years after Maputo, what has changed?

Wednesday, September 02, 2026
Minister of ICT and Innovation Paula Ingabire speaks on the sidelines of the Africa Food Systems Forum at Kigali Convention Centre on September 1. Photos by Kellya Keza
Rwanda

AI use in agriculture could raise farm yields by 20%, early tests show

Wednesday, September 02, 2026
A Zipline drone delivers blood at Kabgayi Hospital. Rwanda became the first country in the world to operate a national medical drone delivery service in 2016. The drones transport blood, vaccines, and medicines.

How Rwanda turned drones into a development tool

Wednesday, September 02, 2026
Rwanda Social Security Board Chief Executive Officer Regis Rugemanshuro addresses media in Kigali on December 2, 2024. BK General Insurance Ltd has been acquired by Rwanda Social Security Board for Rwf31.7 billion. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Business

RSSB acquires BK General Insurance for Rwf32bn

Tuesday, September 01, 2026
Namers of baby gorillas pose for a group photo at Kwita Izina event in Kinigi, Musanze District. Photo by Olivier Mugwiza
Rwanda

Beyond the naming: Why Africa must own its biodiversity economy

Monday, August 31, 2026
King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, the Omukama of Tooro Kingdom in Uganda, has died at the age of 34.Courtesy

Who was King Oyo, the late monarch of Uganda's Tooro Kingdom

Friday, August 28, 2026
Worshippers at Rwanda Shima Imana Festival that was more than a Christian gathering as thousands of people from different denominations worship together at Amahoro Stadium. Igihe

Beyond Thanksgiving: A remarkable challenge to my Generation

Friday, August 28, 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