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Rwanda’s Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources, Telesphore Ndabamenye speaks during the opening of a two-day Eastern Africa Hand-in-Hand Investment Forum in Kigali on Monday, August 24. Photos by Kellya Keza
Rwanda

Eastern Africa taps FAO’s Hand-in-Hand Initiative to drive agrifood investment

Tuesday, August 25, 2026
Youth showcase their products at Mulindi Agri-Show in Kigali. The government is targeting the creation of 30,000 youth jobs in the food innovation economy by 2035. File
Economy

Innovation: New strategy eyes 30,000 jobs for youth in food system by 2035

Friday, August 07, 2026
Female workers picking tea leaves in a plantation. The government, partnering with FAO is working to reassess how agriculture is financed amid global uncertainties.
Agriculture

Govt to reassess agric spending amid global uncertainties

Saturday, June 27, 2026
A farmer sorts her maize at a drying collection centre in Gatsibo District. Photo by Olivier Mugwiza

Africa has the right policies for Agri-Food Systems transformation – the major issue is the capacity to implement them

Wednesday, June 17, 2026
Winners and officials pose for a group photo during the 2023 YouthConnekt Awards ceremony. File
Business

Top funding initiatives available to local startups

Wednesday, June 17, 2026
Amb. Claver Gatete, Executive Secretary of United Nations Economic Commission fo Afria (ECA) addresses delegates during the Africa Development Impact Forum, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on June 11. Courtesy
Rwanda

Amb. Gatete on Africa's potential to create jobs for over 50m youth

Thursday, June 11, 2026
Agrifood entrepreneurs in Rwanda - applications are open for the IGNITE Challenge 4.0. Implemented by @impacthubkigali in partnership with the @worldfoodprogramme, #IgniteChallenge4 is seeking scalable, growth-stage startups, SMEs, and cooperatives working across Rwanda’s agrifood value chain.
Featured

PRESS RELEASE: WFP, Impact Hub Kigali launch IGNITE Challenge 4.0 to support agrifood ventures, drive job creation particularly for young women

Thursday, March 12, 2026
FAO launched the International Year of the Woman Farmer to recognise women’s indispensable contributions to agrifood systems in 2026. Photo: Courtesy

Investing in Rwanda’s women farmers means securing nation’s future

Sunday, March 08, 2026
Telesphore Ndabamenye (left) and Solange Uwituze (right) were appointed by President Paul Kagame to the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources on December 1. Courtesy
Agriculture

What awaits two technocrats at the helm of agriculture ministry

Wednesday, December 03, 2025
The New Times
Agriculture

Africa’s agric programme seeks $100bn as AGRA reaffirms support to states

Monday, November 03, 2025
Ministry of Agriculture Permanent Secretary, Olivier Kamana, addresses delegates at a side event of the 21st  Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme Partnership Platform.
Featured

Experts urge gender-inclusive resilience in Africa’s agri-food systems

Friday, October 31, 2025
Farmers sort their rice produce in Bugarama wetland in Rusizi District. Courtesy

World Food Day 2025: Let us be better together

Thursday, October 16, 2025