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The European Union (EU) Ambassador to Rwanda, Belen Calvo Uyarra, speaks at Youth Connekt Summit in Kigali in 2024. The EU supports youth development through various initiatives like Aguka. (courtesy).

Rwanda’s youth are not a liability—they are a 54x return on investment

Saturday, May 09, 2026
Rwanda’s premier fashion showcase, Kigali Fashion Week, is set to return on May 30 at The Pinnacle Kigali. File
Fashion

Missed Kigali Fashion Week? The hiatus is coming to an end

Friday, May 08, 2026
The New Times

Digital economy under VAT: What the new rules change

Friday, May 08, 2026
Montfort Mlachila, the IMF advisor at the African Department, speaks during a panel discussion during the national launch of the April 2026 Regional Economic Outlook on May 6. Photos by Dan Gatsinzi
International

Economic shocks could push 20 million Africans into hunger, IMF warns

Wednesday, May 06, 2026
Visitors during a tour of Chobe National Park in Botswana. President Paul Kagame is expected in Gaborone from May 6 to 7 for a state visit aimed at deepening ties between Rwanda and Botswana. Courtesy
International

Things to know about Botswana as Kagame visits Gaborone

Wednesday, May 06, 2026
Ronald Niwenshuti, the Commissioner General of the Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA), holds EBM receipt after fueling his car at Gishushu Petrol Station. Courtesy
Featured

FEATURED: When asking for a VAT receipt became an act of fiscal sovereignty

Monday, May 04, 2026
President Paul Kagame and his Tanzanian counterpart, Samia Suluhu Hassan, during his one-day working visit to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on Sunday, May 3. Photos by Village Urugwiro
Rwanda

Kagame’s Tanzania visit underscores strategic weight of bilateral ties

Monday, May 04, 2026
This photo taken on April 15, 2026 shows containers at the Nairobi station of the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in Nairobi, Kenya. (Photo by Nelson Asienwa/Xinhua)
Economy

Zero-tariff policy boosts China-Africa modernization drive

Saturday, May 02, 2026
A TVET student attending a practical class. One of the targets of the new initiative is to improve the employability of TVET graduates.
Economy

Govt targets 500,000 jobs for out-of-school, unemployed youth

Saturday, May 02, 2026
Minister of Public Service and Labour, Christine Nkurikiyinka, delivers her remarks during the celebration of Labour Day 2026. Courtesy
Economy

Labour minister explains key priorities for jobs, skills, productivity

Friday, May 01, 2026
Women in Rwanda continue to spend more time than men on unpaid care and household work. Courtesy
Women

What's being done to ease unpaid care burden on women

Thursday, April 30, 2026
Rwanda’s tourism sector sustained its upward trajectory in 2025, generating $685 million (approx. Rwf1 trillion) in revenues, a 6 per cent increase from 2024. Courtesy
Tourism

Rwanda’s tourism revenues hit Rwf1tn in 2025 - report

Tuesday, April 28, 2026