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A citizen receives a cow under Girinka, the one cow per poor family programme. Despite some challenges, which were identified and fixed, Girinka played a major role in alleviating poverty and improving nutrition for poor rural families. (Sam Ngendahimana)
Rwanda

Top 16 pro-people initiatives that transformed Rwanda

Friday, July 05, 2024
Mechanician Aloisea Benimana did not have a chance to get formal education, or any vocation training at an early age
Women

Getting bolder: More Rwandan women are taking on male-dominated jobs but gaps remain

Monday, June 17, 2024
RwandAir's plane taking off at Kigali International Airport. According the prediction, the aviation industry is set to achieve record revenues in 2024, nearing the $1 trillion mark. Sam Ngendahimana
Aviation

Aviation industry set to achieve record revenues in 2024

Monday, June 03, 2024
Workers on duty at Pink Mango garment factory at Kigali Special Economic Zone. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Economy

What will drive economic growth in 2024?

Thursday, April 04, 2024
Women in Tuzamurane Cooperative work in their potato plantation in Musanze District. PHOTO: SAM NGENDAHIMANA
Women

Loans for women farmers decrease by 78%

Friday, March 15, 2024
Bond trading at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) has hit a record high, boosted by foreign investors seeking to cash in as yields on the securities rise.
Africa

Foreign investors push Kenya's bond market trading to historic high

Saturday, February 24, 2024
Cows drink water from a trough supplied by one of solar-powered boreholes constructed under the initial Rwanda Dairy Development Project (RDDP), in Eastern Province, in 2020 (Photo courtesy of IFAD).
Agriculture

What $100 million project means to Rwanda’s dairy industry

Monday, February 19, 2024
The New Times
Agriculture

Regional lawmakers assess GMO legislation in EAC partner states

Thursday, February 08, 2024
Packages of rice produce collected during the haverst time in Bugesera District. Paddy rice production in 2023 amounted to 133,628 tonnes, 1,446 tonnes less than the 135,074 tonnes recorded in the previous year. Courtesy
Agriculture

Analysing Rwanda’s key crop yields in 2023

Wednesday, January 03, 2024
(L-R): CEO of OCP Africa, Mohamed Anouar Jamali, Managing Director of Rwanda Fertilizer Company (RFC), Anass Khanchoufi, Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources, Ildephonse Musafiri, Director General of Agriculture Modernisation at MINAGRI, Patrick Karangwa, and Minister of Trade and Industry, Jean-Chrysostome Ngabitsinze observe fertiliser samples during the official launch of the Rwanda Fertilizer Blending Plant in Bugesera District on December 20, 2023.The newly launched factory has an annual capacity to blend 100,000 tonnes of fertilisers.
Agriculture

How Rwanda’s new fertiliser plant could boost agriculture

Thursday, December 21, 2023
Workers at Rwanda Fertilizer Blending Plant, at Bugesera Special Economic Zone, on December 20, 2023. The factory is due for launch on the same date. PHOTOS BY EMMANUEL NTIRENGANYA
Agriculture

Rwanda to unveil multi-billion fertiliser blending plant in Bugesera

Wednesday, December 20, 2023
A tea farmer receives her cows as Rwanda Mountain Tea Ltd (RMT) observes Farmers' Day by acknowledging tea farmers across its eight factories for their role in the nation's progress. Courtesy
Featured

Rwanda Mountain Tea Ltd honours tea farmers across 8 factories

Wednesday, December 20, 2023