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A Zipline drone delivers blood at Kabgayi Hospital. Rwanda became the first country in the world to operate a national medical drone delivery service in 2016. The drones transport blood, vaccines, and medicines.

How Rwanda turned drones into a development tool

Wednesday, September 02, 2026
Namers of baby gorillas pose for a group photo at Kwita Izina event in Kinigi, Musanze District. Photo by Olivier Mugwiza
Rwanda

Beyond the naming: Why Africa must own its biodiversity economy

Monday, August 31, 2026
Farmers salvage rice crops washed away by flooding in Nyagatare District in 2020. File photo.
Agriculture

Looming El Niño rains trigger call for conservation agriculture

Monday, August 31, 2026
A view of Uruhimbi in National museum in Huye. For centuries, Rwandans have shared a common culture and history, rich with unique relics and cultural imprints closely connected to their natural surroundings

Underground legacy: Integrating heritage into Rwandan development

Monday, August 31, 2026
A worker goes through coffee beans on a drier at a collection centre in Kirehe District. Reliance on the Arabica variety limits Rwanda's coffee competitiveness on the global market.File
Agriculture

Coffee sector seeks new varieties to raise yields

Monday, August 31, 2026
Participants urged EALA to ensure that the bill is consistent with the EAC Treaty, the EAC Common Market Protocol. courtesy
Rwanda

Key issues Rwandans want addressed in EAC seed, plants bill

Sunday, August 30, 2026
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), smallholders working up to 10 hectares manage roughly 80 percent of the farmland in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Courtesy

Until farmers can sell what they grow, Africa’s Food System will not transform

Friday, August 28, 2026
APR FC face Garde Républicaine FC at Kigali Pele Stadium during the CECAFA Kagame Cup .Photo by Olivier
Football

Research probes why Rwandan teams struggle late in matches

Friday, August 28, 2026
AFCM23 political coordinator Corneille Nangaa has condemned the Congolese government’s suspension of public universities.
Africa

Nangaa says universities in Goma, Bukavu to remain open despite Kinshasa’s suspension

Friday, August 28, 2026
Participants at the 2026 International Conference of the African Association of Deans of Students Affairs in Tertiary Institutions (AADSATI), hosted by the University of Kigali from August 24 to 28. Courtesy
Rwanda

University of Kigali hosts African student affairs leaders for 2026 AADSATI conference

Thursday, August 27, 2026
Doris Uwicyeza Picard, CEO of the Rwanda Governance Board, speaks at the Africa Mindset Reset Forum on Rwanda’s Home-Grown Solutions in the country’s transformational journey. Courtesy
Rwanda

How does Africa rethink its path to development?

Thursday, August 27, 2026
Dolly Parton, the American singer, songwriter, actress and philanthropist. Internet
Music

Who was late country music icon Dolly Parton?

Wednesday, August 26, 2026