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King Kong Organics has invested $10 million (approximately Rwf12.8 billion) to kick-start the cannabis industry in Rwanda. All photos: Courtesy.
Economy

KKOG’s investment plan in lucrative cannabis

Thursday, March 21, 2024
The New Times
Featured

FEATURED: KKOG becomes first company to secure cannabis export license

Monday, March 18, 2024
Trucks carrying low-quality rice that was confiscated by the Rwanda Revenue Authority park at Dubai Ports World Rwanda in Kigali.
Rwanda

720 tonnes of rice imports seized over quality

Friday, March 15, 2024
EALA Speaker Joseph Ntakirutimana (R), receives the petition on public services in the East African Community partner states, from Allana Kembabazi, programme manager at Initiative for Social and Economic Rights (L), in Nairobi, Kenya, as EALA MP Gerald Blacks Siranda Gerald looks on, on March 12, 2024. PHOTOS BY EMMANUEL NTIRENGANYA
Health

Regional parliament petitioned over inadequate healthcare in EAC

Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Shakira Butoya (L) and Jennifer Bukuru during an interview with The New Times. The duo make up J-Sha. Photos by Willy Mucyo.

Meet J-Sha, the singing twins

Tuesday, March 12, 2024
The New Times

Africans can solve the disease that haunts us — here’s how

Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Fast food is often nutritionally poor and high in calories. File

Fast food culture may be convenient, but it’s affecting public health

Thursday, March 07, 2024
Inside Inyange Industries with glass bottles that are mainly used in conferences in Kigali. According to the Ministry of Trade and Industry, demand for glass bottles increased from 19,530 tonnes in 2022, to 21,816 tonnes in 2023. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Business

Rwanda’s glass bottle demand ramps up amid plastic phase-out

Thursday, March 07, 2024
Miners at Rulindo based mining site. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Environment

A look at ecological potential of Rwanda’s mining industry

Wednesday, March 06, 2024
Gospel singer Israel Mbonyi is set to perform in Belgium during his Europe tour in this year. Photo by Dan Gatsinzi
Showbiz

Showbiz recap: Mbonyi to perform in Brussels, ‘Jugumila’ returns to streaming, and more

Monday, March 04, 2024
Kagame with other dignitaries during the launch of Africa's first mRNA technology vaccine manufacturing plant – BioNTech in Kigali. OLIVIER MUGWIZA
Editorial

As Rwanda's pharma industry takes off, training should respond to reality

Friday, March 01, 2024
Paddy rice production in 2023 amounted to 133,628 tonnes, 1,446 tonnes less than the 135,074 tonnes recorded in the previous year, in Rwanda. On February 21, 2024, the country enacted legislation governing biosafety, aimed at ensuring the safe handling, transfer, and use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) food in the country.
Agriculture

Six things to know as Rwanda promulgates GMO law

Wednesday, February 28, 2024