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Gertrude Majyambere, Strategic Partnerships Manager at I&M Bank Plc, speaks during the women entrepreneur-focused training in Huye District, on October 23, 2026. All photos by Jean d'Amour Mbonyishuti.
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Rural women eye business growth through I&M Bank’s single-digit interest loans

Monday, October 26, 2026
Minister of State for Education Claudette Irere (third right) presents a certificate to a beneficiary during the commissioning of 72 top-performing secondary school graduates into the sixth cohort of the Equity Leaders Programme in Kigali on October 23, 2026. All photos/Courtesy.
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Equity commissions 72 students into 6th cohort of leadership programme

Saturday, October 24, 2026
Komada: A Whisky Family, a 2023 film directed by Yoshihara Masayuki was the first to screen at the second edition of Japanese Film Festival on Wednesday. COURTESY PHOTOS
Cinema

Kigali hosts second Japanese Film Festival

Friday, October 23, 2026
Officials and participants pose for a photo at the launch of RUMBUKA Project. Courtesy
Featured

FEATURED: HEINEKEN Africa Foundation, Ripple Effect Rwanda launch RUMBUKA Project to strengthen climate resilience, rural livelihoods

Thursday, October 22, 2026
Professor Filip Reyntjens, who describes himself as a ‘researcher-activist’, was scheduled to present his book, Modern Rwanda A Political History.

Filip Reyntjens: “researcher-actor” in the Great Lakes Region

Thursday, October 22, 2026
Rwanda’s Ambassador to the United States Mathilde Mukantabana has been named among Silke Endress International’s 25 Influential Women of 2026. Courtesy
Women

Amb. Mukantabana named among 25 influential women

Thursday, October 15, 2026
Rwandan young people harvest vegetables from a hydroponic vertical farm at FAO Rwanda’s building in Kigali, illustrating how innovation can help transform food production. Courtesy photo.

World Food Day: Innovation from investment to impact

Friday, October 16, 2026
A woman prepares food using a clean cookstove distributed under the Tubeho Neza cookstove distribution programme. Courtesy photo.
Energy

How a clean cookstove initiative mobilised $50m through carbon finance

Friday, October 16, 2026
President Paul Kagame delivers his remarks during the event to announce a 10-year agreement for Rwanda to host a Formula One Grand Prix in Kigali on October 13. Photo by Olivier Mugwiza
Rwanda

Kagame: Formula One fits into Rwanda’s bigger ambitions

Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Amb. Martin Ngoga speaks during UN General Assembly debate on causes of conflict, the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa on Monday, October 12.
Rwanda

Rwanda urges international efforts to combat genocide denial, hate speech

Tuesday, October 13, 2026
Former education minister and physicist Romain Murenzi has been elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS).
Education

Africa not just a consumer but a contributor to global science, says Prof Murenzi

Sunday, October 11, 2026
Based on a live Spotify check, these are the five Rwandan acts with the highest monthly listener figures. Meddy, Starving Yet Full, Israel Mbonyi, Bruce Melodie and Element. COURTESY
Music

Who’s listening? Rwanda’s top 5 Spotify artistes mapped

Thursday, October 08, 2026