September 30, 2022
Rwanda: Minister of Education, Singaporean Tech University Sign Academic Exchange Deal
Starting next year, Rwandan students will be given opportunities to attend Singapore's Nanyang Technological University, as part of a new partnership signed Friday, September 30. Read more »
October 03, 2022
Rwanda: Rwandan Players Abroad - York Shines as Ishimwe and Others Get Playing Time
It was a fine weekend for Rwandan players abroad as the likes of Rafael York, Gilbert Ishimwe, Emmanuel Imainishwe and Joel Mugisha put in good performances for their respective… Read more »
September 28, 2022
Rwanda: Amavubi Has Learnt Lessons From St Eloi Lupopo Loss, Says Coach
The national football team head coach, Carlos Alos Ferrer, was not pleased with his team's lack of concentration in Tuesday's friendly against DR Congolese club Saint Eloi Lupopo… Read more »
September 24, 2022
Rwanda: Over Rwf60 Billion Needed to Reinforce Rwanda's Epidemic Preparedness
A total of Rwf66 billion is needed to implement a strategic epidemic preparedness, detection and response plan in Rwanda, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH). Read more »
September 21, 2022
Rwanda: Prosecution Seeks Seven Years for Housing Authority Boss in Graft Case
Prosecutors have requested judges at Nyarugenge Intermediate Court to hand a seven-year prison sentence to Felix Nshimyumuremyi, the Director General of Rwanda Housing Authority… Read more »
September 30, 2022
Rwanda: SC Kiyovu President Backtracks On Resignation Decision
Kiyovu Sports have announced that Juvenal Mvukiyehe will continue leading the club just 24 hours after announcing his resignation. Read more »
September 28, 2022
Rwanda: Education Ministry Explains Rationale Behind New Grading System
For each examinable subject, six (6) is set to be the highest grade point and zero (0) as the lowest, according to a new grading system which was for the first time used in the… Read more »
September 19, 2022
Rwanda: 500ha Kigali Wetlands Set Aside for Recreational Business #AfricaClimateCrisis
More than 7,000 activities encroaching on wetlands in Kigali were removed to pave way for rehabilitation and set up of suitable environment friendly recreational business, city… Read more »
September 26, 2022
Rwanda: Gorilla Tourism Revenues Up By 25%
Rwanda Development Board (RDB) says that revenues from gorilla tourism have increased by 25 per cent from US$131 million in 2020 to US$164 million in 2021. Read more »
September 27, 2022
Rwanda: Improved Internet, Innovation Could Boost Rwanda's Service Trade - World Bank
With more investment in internet infrastructure and technological innovation, Rwanda could benefit more from increased trade in services, asserts the World Bank. Read more »
September 24, 2022
Rwanda: Govt Outlines Plans to Increase King Faisal Hospital's Profitability
The Government has said it is working on strategies to save King Faisal Hospital from losses and make its medical business profitable. Read more »
September 28, 2022
Rwanda: University of Kigali Appoints Professor Felix Maringe as Deputy Vice Chancellor-Academic
The Board of Promoters of University of Kigali (UoK) is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Felix Maringe as Deputy Vice Chancellor (DVC) - Academic effective October… Read more »
October 01, 2022
Rwanda: International Translation Day - Local Translators Seek Regulatory Body
Local translators are seeking a regulatory body as a means to attain proper directives overseeing their services. Read more »
September 26, 2022
Rwanda: Genocide - Félicien Kabuga Trial to Begin on September 29
The Hague-based UN court will on Thursday September 29 commence the hearing of Genocide suspect Félicien Kabuga who faces different charges related to the 1994 Genocide… Read more »
September 28, 2022
Rwanda: World Tourism Day - Over 80 % of Local Tourism Businesses Recovered
Over 80 per cent of businesses in the tourism sector have recovered following the ease of the Covid-19 pandemic, said Ariella Kageruka, Head of Tourism and Conservation at Rwanda… Read more »
September 29, 2022
Rwanda: Prosecutors Pin Kabuga on Key Role in Genocide as Trial Begins
The Hague-based UN court, on Thursday September 29, commenced hearing the case of Félicien Kabuga, a key suspect of the Genocide against the Tutsi. Read more »
September 27, 2022
Rwanda: Kigali-Based Schools Upstaged in National Exams
Nine out of the top ten best performers in the Ordinary Level (O'level) and Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) in national examinations are from upcountry schools, according to… Read more »
September 29, 2022
Rwanda: Educationists Express Concern Over New School Feeding Programme
The Government's school feeding program that was announced mid this month, means that a pupil in nursery and primary school will get Rwf150 for a meal per day, which actors in the… Read more »
September 30, 2022
Rwanda: Kagame Holds Talks With Singaporean President, PM
President Paul Kagame on Friday, September 30, met with Singapore's top government officials including President Halima Yacob and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and discussed with… Read more »
September 29, 2022
Rwanda: Shisha Kibondo Porridge - How Fortified Flour Is 'Driving Down' Stunting Levels
In May 2017, two months after getting pregnant, Valentine Umuhoza, a resident of Nyaruguru District, started receiving Shisha Kibondo, a fortified grain flour offered for free to… Read more »
September 28, 2022
Rwanda: Ebola Virus Is Nearby. Time to Step Up Vigilance
The Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday, September 27, declared the end of an Ebola outbreak that had re-emerged six weeks earlier in the country's North Kivu Province. Read more »
September 26, 2022
Africa: Calls Grow to Eliminate Malaria, Other Vector Borne Diseases
borne diseases pose a serious public health and economic burden to humanity and particularly to the African Region, officials said on Monday September 26, as a regional conference… Read more »
Rwanda: Gishwati Forest - Why Illegal Activities Persist Despite Conservation Efforts
Recent statistics indicate that about 150 people were arrested between August 2020 and September 2022 for illegal activities threatening Gishwati-Mukura National Park. Read more »
Rwanda: Bank of Kigali Donates Rwf30m for Construction of Menstrual Hygiene Room in Bugesera
Bank of Kigali (BK) has sponsored a youth-led organisation, Our Past Initiative, with over Rwf 30 million to construct and equip a menstrual hygiene room at Ngeruka Primary School,… Read more »
September 17, 2022
Rwanda: First Lady Kagame Renews Call to End Cervical Cancer
First Lady Jeannette Kagame has called for political will and commitment of medical professionals in the fight to end cervical cancer while in Sweden on September 16. Read more »