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A worker sorts plastic waste at SIBO Engineering Company, one of local companies that deal with plastic waste recycling.
Environment

Six innovative solutions addressing plastic waste in Rwanda

Thursday, June 05, 2025
NCBA Bank Rwanda and Green City Kigali (GCK) have formed a strategic partnership to promote affordable, inclusive, and environmentally friendly homeownership. Craish Bahizi
Featured

ENVIRONMENT DAY: NCBA Bank, Green City Kigali seal landmark partnership to advance sustainable urban living

Thursday, June 05, 2025
Some impounded single use plastics that were collected from different shops in Kigali. File

Rwanda’s push for global plastics treaty to resume in August

Sunday, June 01, 2025
MTN Rwanda awarded 25 women’s saving groups on Friday, April 25, recognising their promising projects through the MTN Connect Women in Business 2025 competition. Courtesy
Women

FEATURED: MTN Rwanda awards top women’s saving groups for driving change

Monday, April 28, 2025
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Health

VIDEO: The evolution of plastic and reconstructive surgery in Rwanda

Sunday, April 06, 2025
A surgical site infection is a post-operative infection that develops at the site of or near the surgical incision or in the tissues or organs manipulated during surgery within 30 to 90 days of the procedure.
Health

Surgical site infections: Addressing a persistent ‘nightmare’ for surgeons, patients

Saturday, April 05, 2025
Rwanda joined the global community in reaffirming its commitment to consumer rights and environmental sustainability as the world marked World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD).
Featured

FEATURED: Rwanda expands Consumer Rights Day into month-long drive for green, clean environment

Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Some imported goods at Dubai Port in Masaka. In February 2025, the Rwandan government announced an environmental levy on imported goods packaged in plastic materials and single-use products. Craish Bahizi
Environment

Imported goods to pay ‘environmental levy’ announced

Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Medics during a neurosurgical operation at Kacyiru District Hospital on January 21, 2020. File
Technology

Rwandan surgeons ready to embrace AI but with caution, responsibility

Friday, February 28, 2025
Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente delivers his remarks at the opening of the inaugural Pan-African Surgical Conference in Kigali on Monday February 24. Photos by Craish Bahizi
Health

Access to surgical care should not be luxury, says Ngirente 

Monday, February 24, 2025
Medics during an operation at King Faisal Hospital. Courtesy

Bringing safe surgical care closer to home, in Africa and beyond

Monday, February 24, 2025
RICA has listed four categories of commodities that will require an import permit before they get into the country.
Business

Competition body announces agric, construction commodities to require import permit

Wednesday, February 19, 2025