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Miners on duty inside a tunnel in Rulindo District. Over 90 per cent of miners are still unaware of their legal rights, leaving many vulnerable to unsafe working environments. Craish Bahizi
Economy

What is needed to make mining safe for workers

Sunday, November 16, 2025
A medic conducts EBOLA vaccination exercise in Rubavu on December 8, 2019. File
Featured

Africa’s vaccine revolution: Why cold-chain innovation matters more than ever

Sunday, November 16, 2025
World leaders during the COP30 in Belém, Brazil, from 10 to 21 November. Courtesy
Environment

COP30: What makes UN climate change summits important

Sunday, November 16, 2025
Regional lawyers during a previous summit that took place in 2024.
Law

Cyberlaw reforms, data justice high on agenda as regional lawyers meet

Saturday, November 15, 2025
A beneficiary of the this clean cooking initiative after receiving stove. BPR Bank Rwanda Plc has concluded a financing facility to DelAgua Health Rwanda to support the financing of a landmark clean cooking initiative.
Featured

PRESS RELEASE: BPR Bank Rwanda strengthens Green Financing leadership to support clean cooking for 200,000 rural households

Friday, November 14, 2025
MPs who are members of the Network of Rwandan Parliamentarians on Population and Development (RPRPD) and the Rwanda Women Parliamentary Forum (FFRP) during the outreach.
Featured

MPs urge youth to shape their future amid teen pregnancy crackdown

Friday, November 14, 2025
I&M Bank Rwanda Chief Executive Officer Benjamin Mutimura speaks during a panel discussion at a past event. Commenting on the results, he emphasised the importance of strategic clarity and stakeholder trust. Courtesy
Featured

I&M Bank surpasses Rwf 1 trillion in total assets, reports 46% profit surge

Friday, November 14, 2025
UNIDO Director General Gerd Müller(R) and Rwanda’s Permanent Representative to UNIDO, Ambassador Urujeni Bakuramutsa, and Poland’s Ambassador Marek Szczygieł(L) at the signing event.
International

Rwanda, Poland partner with UN to boost industrial safety

Thursday, November 13, 2025
Carine Umutoni, Managing Director of Ecobank Rwanda and other panelists engage in a discussion during the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) Compliance Forum (ACF) in Kigali on Wednesday, November 12. PHOTOS BY Kellya Keza
Technology

Banks, regulators back AI for smooth African trade

Thursday, November 13, 2025
Aissa Toure Sarr, the African Development Bank’s Country Manager in Rwanda, speaks at the opening of the 2025 Country Portfolio Performance Review workshop in Kigali on Wednesday, November 12. Courtesy
Agriculture

AfDB to invest over Rwf430bn in Rwanda’s agriculture

Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Officials, trainers and participants pose for a photo after the opening session of the workshop in Kigali. Photos by Craish BAHIZI
Featured

UNILAK-China project offers training on hazard monitoring

Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Some housing units at Riverside estate in Kigali. Rwanda's affordable housing policy determines that an affordable house should not exceed Rwf40–50 million, with payment spread over 15 to 20 years, on a mortgage.
Housing

A three-pronged plan to scale up affordable housing

Wednesday, November 12, 2025