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Workers at Kitabi Tea Factory handle tea leaves. One million Rwandans are actively looking for government jobs. Photo by Craish Bahizi

Idle hands, Rwanda’s future

Thursday, December 04, 2025
BRALIRWA Plc and Empower Rwanda officials pose for a group photo with the beneficiary during the launch on Thursday, September 18. Photos by Craish Bahizi
Featured

Press release: BRALIRWA supports 100 women with business start-up kits for economic opportunities

Saturday, September 20, 2025
Workers on duty at Asantii & Pink Mango Garment Factory in Kigali. Rwanda’s unemployment rate dropped to 13.4% in the second quarter of 2025, down from 16.8% during the same period in 2024, according to a Labour Force Survey released by NISR on July 29. File.
Economy

Unemployment rate drops to 13.4% in quarter two

Wednesday, July 30, 2025
Workers pack fresh avocados for export at NAEB warehouse in Kicukiro. According to the latest Labour Force Survey by the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR)  published on April 28, findings show that 43.7 percent of the employed population worked in the agriculture sector in the first quarter of 2025. File
Agriculture

Agriculture dominated Rwanda’s job market in quarter one of 2025

Monday, April 28, 2025
A waiter serves a customer at a hotel in Kigali. The services sector had the majority of the employed population in 2024, according to the Labour Force Survey 2024. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Rwanda

Rwanda's services sector leads in job creation — survey

Sunday, March 30, 2025
Officials from the Rwanda Stock Exchange, Ministry of Gender and Family Promotion, Ministry of Sports, UN Women Rwanda and students from Gashora Girls Academy respond to the 'Ring the Bell' movement on March 7 in recognition of International women's day that falls on March 8. Photos by Craish Bahizi
Finance

Rwanda Stock Exchange rallies for inclusivity in financial blocks

Friday, March 07, 2025
Officials at the launch the Financial Sector Skills Survey by the Kigali International Finance Centre (KIFC), in Kigali on Tuesday, December 10. Courtesy
Finance

Rwanda must address skills gap in financial sector – report

Thursday, December 12, 2024
Officials pose for a group photo at the Connected Africa Summit 2024 in Nairobi. Internet

Africa’s time: delivering transformation through innovation

Tuesday, December 10, 2024
I&M Bank tellers attend to clients at the headquarters branch in Kigali City. Craish Bahizi
Editorial

Financial inclusion among youth shows progress, but challenges persist

Friday, October 25, 2024
Gaspard Musonera, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Public Service and Labour. COURTESY
Rwanda

Rwanda’s plan to address unemployment, labour underutilisation

Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Director of Rwanda National Association of Deaf Women (RNADW), and partners during the launch of a training to help deaf women. Courtesy
Women

Five things Rwanda has done to promote deaf women’s rights

Saturday, September 28, 2024
A nurse takes a care of a baby at Kirehe Hospital. National Strategy for Transformation (NST2), confirms access to quality healthcare by quadrupling the number of certified health workers.

The fight against unemployment in Africa: Part 2

Monday, September 23, 2024