July 29

• Huye Closes Down Old City Structures, Eyes Overhaul

  New Times

  AUTHORITIES in Huye District have ordered traders to vacate all old buildings in the city centre and instructed landlords to redevelop the area according to the district master... Read more »

July 27

• Opportunities for East Africa to Fake or Fake It [opinion]

  Daily News

  Foremost, that there is more than 300,000 hectares of land planned to be put under irrigated farming in the Southern Agricultural Corridor in Tanzania. Read more »

July 26

• Firms Urged to Embrace Private Equity Financing

  New Times

  Small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) should embrace private equity to ease the financing problems they face today, according to a survey Ernst & Young. Read more »

July 25

• EDPRS II - Economic Transformation - a Must, Not a Necessary Evil

  New Times

  Several may think that if Rwanda concentrates its efforts on economic transformation, the development of the social system may suffer, leaving the poor poorer and the rich richer. Read more »

July 23

• Private Sector Says VAT Bill Should Cushion the Poor

  The Star

  A section of the business leaders yesterday said they welcome the VAT Bill in as far as it simplifies the compliance process. However they maintained the poor should be cushioned... Read more »

• Kisumu Private Developers to Edge Out Encroachers

  The Star

  A SECTION of private developers in Kisumu have asked the county government to evict those who have encroached in their land. Some have since written to the executive secretary for... Read more »

• Call to Sell Sugar Firms

  The Star

  THE Western Development Initiative Association has asked the government to streamline the sugar sector ahead of the expiry of the Comesa safeguard period in March, 2014. Read more »

• Leaders to Position Muhanga Town As a Commercial Hub

  New Times

  Authorities in Muhanga are crafting strategies to turn the district's main town into the second city in the country, Mayor Yvonne Mutakwasuku has said. Read more »

• Haruna Masebu - an Icon of Successful Regulatory Authorities [interview]

  Daily News

  Non-performing parastatal organisations were privatised between 1990 and 1996. Utility and infrastructure parastatals, however, were left out, but in 1996 the government decided to... Read more »

• PSF, Huye Sign Deal to Develop Business Centres

  New Times

  The Private Sector Federation (PSF) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with 14 sectors of Huye District in the Southern Province aimed at speeding up local development. Read more »

July 22

• Private Sector, Universities Urged to Collaborate

  New Times

  The private sector and educational institutions should collaborate to ensure the country's human resources have the right skills required by the market, Professor Musa Nyakora, the... Read more »

July 21

• Industrial Unrests Will Push Up Inflation - FKE

  The Star

  Private sector players are warning that the rising cases of labour unrests in the country's public sector will push up the rate of inflation if not managed. Read more »

July 20

• Govt Tipped On Private Investments in Agriculture

  New Times

  Government should create more incentives to attract private investments in agro-processing to ensure the sustainability of the agriculture sector, experts have advised. Read more »

• 110 Bidders Jostle for 10 NIPP Plants

  Daily Trust

  The Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) Ltd, owners of the National Integrated Power Projects (NIPP) yesterday officially announced the closure of submission of bids for the... Read more »

• 110 Firms Indicate Interest in 10 NIPP Plants

  This Day

  About 110 Expressions of Interests (EoIs) were Friday received from various potential bidders by both the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) and Bureau of Public Enterprises... Read more »

July 19

• Tanzania Urges Rift Valley Countries to Embrace Private Sector in ICT Development

  Daily News

  THE Ministry of Communication, Science and Technology has advised Rift Valley countries to involve the private sector in the development of information and communication technology... Read more »

July 18

• Food Reserve Agency Urges Private Sector's Support

  Daily News

  THE private sector has been encouraged to participate in procurement of cereals from farmers on behalf of the National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA), it was announced in Dar es... Read more »

• State Vows to Work With Private Sector

  Daily News

  THE government has reaffirmed its commitment to continue creating conducive environment for growth of the private sector, which has proved potential to engineer economic growth and... Read more »

July 17

• District Imihigo Evaluations Start

  News of Rwanda

  The nationwide exercise of evaluating Imihigo at the district level has kicked-off .It will take three days. Read more »

July 16

• Private Sector Joins Govt to Increase Fuel Reserves

  New Times

  Shortage of fuel and price instabilities could soon be history following efforts by private dealers to expand storage facilities. Read more »

• Minagri Hands Over Fertiliser Distribution to Private Dealers

  New Times

  Plans to facilitate private companies to import and distribute fertilisers in the country are underway, a top official has said. Read more »

July 15

• Private Sector Should Spearhead ICT Use

  Focus

  When Vision 2020 was conceived in the early 2000s, it was envisaged that Rwanda could become a middle-income, knowledge-based society by the year 2020, with an economy driven by... Read more »

July 12

• ICT Experts Discuss Data Protection Policy

  Focus

  Stakeholders in the ICT sector met in Kigali on Friday to discuss the draft policy on data protection in order to identify which cyber security crimes pose the greatest threat and... Read more »

July 11

• U.S.$3 Billion Liabilities Hamper NITEL Liquidation, Says BPE

  Premium Times

  The Bureau of Public Enterprises on Wednesday said that the planned guided liquidation of the national carrier, the Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL), is being hampered... Read more »

• FG Appoints Senbore As Liquidator for Sale of NITEL, MTEL

  This Day

  The federal government Thursday formally appointed Olutola Senbore & Company as the liquidator for the sale of national telecommunications carrier, NITEL, and its GSM sister... Read more »