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President Paul Kagame addresses a joint press conference with his Tanzanian counterpart, Samia Suluhu Hassan, in Dar es Salaam on Sunday, May 3. Photo by Village Urugwiro
Economy

Railway link with Tanzania would cut costs, ease trade — traders

Friday, May 08, 2026
Participants celebrate women's impact through a powerful lens Her Voice, Her Future, showcasing how women’s leadership strengthens communities and transforms lives.
Featured

PRESS RELEASE: Her Voice, Her Future: Sustainable Growers unlocking women potential to lead through giving to gain

Friday, March 27, 2026
Officials and members of Dukunde Kawa Musasa Cooperative cut a cake to celebrate the 25th anniversary on Wednesday, March 25. Photos by Craish BAHIZI
Featured

25 years of impact: Dukunde Kawa Musasa marks its rise in Rwanda’s coffee sector

Friday, March 27, 2026
Rwanda Development Board Chief Executive Jean-Guy Afrika speaks during a panel discussion at the 17th Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) Congress in Kigali on December 19.
Economy

What must change to unlock double-digit economic growth

Sunday, December 21, 2025
A view of Kavimvira border between DR Congo and Burundi. Courtesy

Burundi economy on brink as borders close

Saturday, December 13, 2025
A railway worker at work. Tanzania and Rwanda recently announced plans to strengthen railway and air connectivity, a strategic step toward boosting regional integration and economic development.
Editorial

Why Rwanda-Tanzania rail and air links matter

Monday, July 28, 2025
Tanzania's Minister of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation, Mahmoud Thabit Kombo (L), chats with Rwanda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Olivier Nduhungirehe, at the ministerial session of the 16th Joint Permanent Commission between Rwanda and Tanzania, on Saturday, July 26, in Kigali (courtesy).
International

Tanzania eyes boost in railway, air links with Rwanda

Sunday, July 27, 2025
Chinese investments in economic and social programmes have driven modernization efforts in the Horn of Africa.
Economy

Cooperation with China promotes peace, stability in Horn of Africa: experts

Friday, June 20, 2025
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Africa

Tanzania receives 264 Chinese-made cargo wagons for SGR electric trains

Wednesday, December 25, 2024
Officials announced that at least one million passengers have travelled aboard the standard gauge railway (SGR) electric trains. Courtesy
Africa

Tanzania's new electric train ferries 1 mln passengers in four months

Thursday, November 21, 2024
Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport, Davis Chirchir, and EAC Partner States Ministers sign the report of the 19th Sectoral Council on Transport, Communications and Meteorology in Mombasa, Kenya. Also in the photos are the EAC Deputy Secretary General in charge of Infrastructure, Productive, Social and Political Sectors, Andrea Aguer Ariik and Partner States’ Permanent/Principal Secretaries.
Africa

EAC countries urged to eliminate barriers to transportation

Saturday, October 26, 2024
Workers laying tracks for the Standard Gauge Railway Phase 2A at Suswa section in Narok, Kenya 6 stations on August 1, 2018
Africa

Uganda, Turkish firm Yapi Merkezi ink deal to build standard gauge railway

Monday, October 14, 2024