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Giles Oldroyd, President of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, and Rwandan scientist Athanase Nduwumuremyi.
Agriculture

Rwandan, US scientists working to develop disease-resistant cassava

Saturday, November 14, 2026
Patients at Butaro Hospital in Burera District. File

Global Fund's Mark Dybul, health sovereignty, and Rwanda

Wednesday, November 11, 2026
Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources is exploring an unconventional potato-breeding technology that uses botanical seeds instead of traditional seed tubers. Courtesy
Agriculture

New tech could reduce potato seeds from two tonnes to just 50 grams per hectare

Tuesday, November 03, 2026
Athanase Nduwumuremyi, Coordinator of OFAB Rwanda Chapter (R) explaining about the performance of biotech cassava to AATF officials in Rubona, Huye District, on June 18. Courtesy
Agriculture

New cassava, potato varieties await final approval before distribution

Tuesday, October 13, 2026
A pharmacist inside a pharmacy at Remera. Photo by Craish BAHIZI

Building Africa’s pharmaceutical future starts with regulation

Wednesday, August 26, 2026
Ngezahayo’s Cassava
Agriculture

Cassava farmers praise organic method that produces 100kg per tree

Wednesday, August 05, 2026
American philanthropist and billionaire Bill Gates visits TKMD Syringes Manufacturing in Rwamagana on Monday, July 20. Courtesy
Rwanda

What major projects are funded by Bill Gates in Rwanda?

Thursday, July 23, 2026
Athanase Nduwumuremyi, Coordinator of OFAB Rwanda Chapter (R) explaining about the performance of biotech cassava to Sylvia Kyeyune in Rubona, Huye District, on June 18. Courtesy
Agriculture

Rwanda nears release of first biotech crops

Wednesday, June 24, 2026
A section of Kigali Central Business District at Imbuga City Walk in Nyarugenge District, on Monday, May 11. Photo by Craish Bahizi

Rwanda’s emerging role in global cancer innovation

Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Agronomists work in a potato seed multiplication centre in Kinigi in Musanze District. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Agriculture

Kinigi potato set for biotech development

Sunday, May 10, 2026
In fields where expertise is rare, competition is global and the margin for error is slim, technology can accelerate the process, yet it cannot manufacture experience. COURTESY.

The failure of the ‘usual suspects’ approach to life science recruitment

Friday, May 08, 2026
A medic administers a Covid-19 vaccine at BK Arena in Kigali on March 6, 2021. File

Why does the world refuse to fund the best security strategy?

Tuesday, April 14, 2026