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Illustration highlighting the role of biodiversity as a foundation for business, competitiveness, and economic resilience. Courtesy of UNDP (AI Image)

Nature is business: how biodiversity standards can secure Rwanda’s economic future

Tuesday, March 31, 2026
A busy business centre near Kiziba Refugee Camp. Photo by Germain Nsanzimana
Business

Karongi: Small businesses offer hope to Congolese refugees

Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Sudanese refugee Nidhal Mudharahadiya Mohammed Khalifa speaks during the interview with The New Times in Kigali on Monday, March 9. Photo by Keza Kellya
Rwanda

Displaced by war, Sudanese refugee rebuilds life in Rwanda

Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Agrifood entrepreneurs in Rwanda - applications are open for the IGNITE Challenge 4.0. Implemented by @impacthubkigali in partnership with the @worldfoodprogramme, #IgniteChallenge4 is seeking scalable, growth-stage startups, SMEs, and cooperatives working across Rwanda’s agrifood value chain.
Featured

PRESS RELEASE: WFP, Impact Hub Kigali launch IGNITE Challenge 4.0 to support agrifood ventures, drive job creation particularly for young women

Thursday, March 12, 2026
Workers sort seedlings in a nursery in Gatsibo. According to official the project of forest restoration has given jobs to residents in greening degraded land. File
Environment

Farmers join fight to restore forests in Eastern province

Monday, March 09, 2026
Hadja Lahbib, European Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management, and AFC-M23 Coordinator Corneille Nangaa in Goma on February 20. Photo courtesy of AFC-M23
Africa

What next after AFC/M23-EU talks?

Wednesday, February 25, 2026
India Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses delegates at at the AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi. Courtesy

Shaping a human-centric future for AI – AI impact Summit 2026

Monday, February 23, 2026
(L-R) Andrea Bagnoli, WFP’s Representative and Country Director in Rwanda, Japan's Ambassador to Rwanda, Kazuya Nakajo; Ngoga Aristarque, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry in charge of Emergency Management during the hand over ceremony in Kigali. Courtesy
Health

Japan provides Rwf 1bn to WFP for refugee food aid

Wednesday, February 18, 2026
Amb. Claver Gatete, the Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa, speaks during the High-Level Side Event on Africa’s Health Sovereignty held on the margins of the African Union’s 39th Ordinary Summit in Addis Ababa on Sunday, February 15.
Economy

Amb. Gatete: Africa must rethink health financing amid shrinking foreign aid

Sunday, February 15, 2026
Rwanda is often celebrated as a continental leader in financial inclusion, with 92% of adults holding a bank account or mobile wallet.

The untold recipe for empowering women and youth entrepreneurs

Monday, February 09, 2026
The New Times

When theory meets the village: How Rwanda turned ‘The End of Poverty’ into practice

Wednesday, February 04, 2026
Medics perform a surgical operation at Masaka Hospital in Kigali. Photo by Craish Bahizi.
Health

Compassion or con? Inside Kigali’s fake hospital appeals

Tuesday, February 03, 2026