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President Paul Kagame yesterday arrived in Arusha, Tanzania for the 11th Summit of Heads of State of the East African Community (EAC) but it was not clear who would take over from him as Chairman of the regional bloc.
Hardly a year since Tigo Rwanda was issued a licence to run as a third mobile operator, the telecom company has announced that it's launching its services to the Rwandan people on Monday next week.
President Paul Kagame yesterday met and held talks with a group of investors who are in the country on a two-day visit aimed at identifying different investment opportunities.
The African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) that was launched on Wednesday in Kampala has called for a platform to promote and facilitate mutual cooperation among African tax administrations.
Worried by the recent attacks on Nigerians in the Bakassi Peninsula by Cameroonian gendarmes, the House of Representatives Thursday advised the federal government to formally report to the United Nations Organization (UN), the African Union (AU) and other relevant bodies in a bid to compel Cameroon to abide by the Green Tree Agreement (GTA).
The Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, James Musoni, is back from a three-day visit in Washington DC where he held discussions aimed at increasing American investments in Rwanda with various officials.
Rwanda's third telecom national operator Tigo, yesterday unveiled operations on the market, promising to commercially launch by Monday next week.
East African Community's neighbours, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and Sudan have shown interest in joining the five-nation grouping.
The World Bank supported Lake Victoria Environment Management Programme (LVEMP), launched in the mid-1990s, will now be extended to Burundi and Rwanda.
Dinesh Mahtani, the coordinator of the UN Eminent Group of Experts report on militia groups' activities in DRC has told the BBC that almost 40 tonnes of gold is smuggled out of the country annually.
Rwanda and her development partners have said that the country is not mulling upon a shift in the budget calendar after successfully aligning to the East African Community (EAC) financial year, in contrast to media reports that EAC states are set to align their financial year calendars with major donors'.
Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA), flanked by leaders from World Vision, the Enough Project, Global Witness, and the Information Technology Industry Council, unveiled legislation he will introduce in the U.S. House of Representatives today to help stop trade in conflict minerals that is sustaining a brutal war of unfathomable atrocities, especially against women, in the Congo. Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) ...
THE Uganda National Bureau of Standards does not have enough staff to monitor goods entering the country on the Sudan and the Democratic Republic Congo borders.
Tax payers should comply with tax laws in order to minimize incurring heavy tax penalties, according to Herbert Gatsinzi Director of Tax Advisory Services at Ernest & Young.
The Capital Markets Advisory Council (CMAC), an institution that regulates capital markets activities in Rwanda wants investors on the Rwanda stock exchange to be given more protection through the establishment of the Investors' Compensation Fund.
The School of Finance and Banking (SFB), an institution of higher learning established with an intention of becoming 'Africa's Harvard School of Business' has blamed poor infrastructure for the failure to live to its promises.
Bank of Kigali (BK) has laid-off 55 employees in its ongoing restructuring.
The National Bank of Rwanda (BNR) in partnership with the Private Sector Federation (PSF) are organising the first ever East African Financial Service Exhibition from December 2-6, 2009.
If all African countries were to catch up with the best infrastructure, per capita growth rate could increase by 2.2 percent, according the latest World Bank report.
Rwanda will join the rest of the East African Community member states this Friday, to celebrate 10 years after the revival of the community.
President Paul Kagame yesterday received a delegation of German investors who are on a fact finding mission aimed at identifying investment opportunities in the country.
Rwanda has won the Best Stand Personnel at the World Travel Market (WTM) Exhibition in London, as award beating other 600 selected exhibitors.
The donor community has expressed its satisfaction with the progress made by the government in implementing the objectives in the 2009/2010 budget.
Rwanda has won the Best Stand Personnel at the World Travel Market (WTM) Exhibition in London, as award beating other 600 selected exhibitors.
Two occasions transpired recently in Kigali. One was the meeting that sought to sensitise Rwandan hoteliers on the need to classify the country's hospitality facilities under the East African Community standards.
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