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Dr Jerome Kim, Director General of the International Vaccine Institute (IVI), speaks with The New Times journalist during an interview in Kigali on November 14. Photos by Craish Bahizi.
Health

What it takes to build vaccine manufacturing capacity in emerging markets

Saturday, November 15, 2025
The European Union (EU) through Team Europe announced an €95 million (approximatelyRwf160bn) funding commitment to Rwanda. Courtesy
Health

BioNTech secures up to Rwf160bn for vaccine production in Rwanda

Monday, October 13, 2025
President Kagame speaks at the Global Gateway Forum in Brussels, Belgium, on Thursday, October 9. Photo by Urugwiro Village.
International

Kagame to world leaders: Partnership with Africa must share risk and reward

Thursday, October 09, 2025
A Zipline drone delivers blood at Kabgayi Hospital. Scientists in cooling systems have proposed the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), known as drones, in vaccine delivery. File
Health

How drones could transform vaccine delivery in Rwanda

Wednesday, October 08, 2025
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IVI Africa’s Ndembi on Rwanda’s role in vaccine innovation and health security

Monday, July 21, 2025
Akagera Medicines said it has completed early-stages of its preclinical trials of AKG-100, a new antibiotic drug in the oxazolidinone class, designed to treat pulmonary TB.
Health

Akagera Medicines’ TB drug shows ‘promising’ results in preclinical trials

Tuesday, April 01, 2025
Director-General of WHO Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and other officials during the a guided tour the ongoing construction activities of BioNTech’s mRNA vaccine plant in Kigali on October 18. Courtesy
Health

BioNTech vaccine plant in Kigali to be powered by 5.1 MW solar plant

Thursday, October 24, 2024
UVU Bio, a renowned biotech incubator that runs the recently inaugurated Bioeconomy Hub in Kigali, welcomed its first cohort for a one-month intensive training on biotechnology and laboratory skills in September. Photo by UVU Bio

To shape Africa’s pharma future, empower a youthful workforce to lead the way

Thursday, October 17, 2024
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Health

Kagame, Africa CDC discuss strategies to enhance disease prevention on continent

Friday, October 11, 2024
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was jointly awarded to two American scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun their work on microRNA.
Science

Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to mRNA researchers

Monday, October 07, 2024
President Paul Kagame and other dignitaries officially inaugurate BioNTech commercial facility in Kigali on December 18, 2023. Photo by Dan Gatsinzi
Health

A closer look at Rwanda’s new Bioeconomy hub

Tuesday, September 24, 2024
The BioNTech facility in Rwanda will be equipped to manufacture a range of mRNA-based vaccines targeted to the needs of the African Union member states. Courtesy photo

For Africa to achieve pharma sovereignty, everyone has a role to play

Monday, July 08, 2024