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Kosmotive founder Blandine Umuziranenge (second right) receives the Girls Innovation Award during the YouthConnekt summit in October 2019. Courtesy.
Business

Inside Rwandan enterprises shortlisted for Africa’s Business Heroes

Thursday, June 18, 2026
A farmer sorts her maize at a drying collection centre in Gatsibo District. Photo by Olivier Mugwiza

Africa has the right policies for Agri-Food Systems transformation – the major issue is the capacity to implement them

Wednesday, June 17, 2026
Winners and officials pose for a group photo during the 2023 YouthConnekt Awards ceremony. File
Business

Top funding initiatives available to local startups

Wednesday, June 17, 2026
A farmer works in her avocado plantation in Nyamagabe District on April 29, 2022. Although avocados are grown nationwide, production is concentrated in districts such as Gisagara, Huye, Nyagatare, Nyanza and Rusizi. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Agriculture

Why Gisagara district is pushing for an avocado processing plant

Wednesday, June 10, 2026
A vendor navigates a busy open-air market balancing a large wicker basket overhead, loaded with a mixed assortment of fresh produce including tomatoes, carrots, citrus fruits, and green mangoes. This image illustrates several critical cold chain failures at the first-mile transportation stage. Photo By: Calorine Namara
Featured

PHOTOS: Saving the harvest: How ACES is helping farmers close Rwanda’s cold-chain gap

Friday, May 29, 2026
Students have lunch under the school feeding programme at a school in Masaka, Kicukiro District, in 2023. Photo by Craish Bahizi.
Education

Schools turn to iron-rich beans to cut feeding costs

Thursday, May 28, 2026
Beyond the harvest, the real work begins beneath the surface. Leaving crop residues allows the farmers to return essential nutrients to the land, mimicking the natural protection of cover crops to build organic matter, keep soil moisture and combat erosion (Photo courtesy: RICA).

Naked soil, vanishing harvests: The hidden disaster beneath uncovered fields

Wednesday, May 27, 2026
Workers during a maize plantation where solar powered irrigation is installed. The district has also partnered with the Rwanda Environment Management Authority to expand solar-powered irrigation systems.
Agriculture

Technology boosts Kirehe’s food security drive

Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Wamkele Mene, Secretary-General of the AfCFTA Secretariat, delivers a keynote address at the 62nd African Liberation Day International Conference in Kigali, Rwanda on Sunday, May 24. Courtesy
Economy

Economic freedom remains Africa’s unfinished struggle: AfCFTA boss

Sunday, May 24, 2026
Equity Bank Rwanda Managing Director, Hannington Namara (second L), and Equity Group Managing Director and CEO, Dr. James Mwangi (third L), along with other officials as the Group announce results for the 2026 first quarter financial performance on May 19 (courtesy).
Featured

Equity Bank Rwanda posts 36% profit surge in Q1 2026 as Group expands regional digital-led growth

Thursday, May 21, 2026
Equity Group and International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of World Bank Group sign a major partnership agreement in Kigali on Wednesday, May 13. Photos by Craish Bahizi
Featured

New Equity Group, IFC deal to drive jobs in agriculture, creative economy

Thursday, May 14, 2026
President Paul Kagame meets with Álvaro Lario, the President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development on the sidelines of the Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi, Kenya on May 12. Photo by Village Urugwiro
Agriculture

Kagame, IFAD chief discuss expanding agric partnership

Wednesday, May 13, 2026