Rwanda: PM Lays Out Plan for Export Trade

The government is set to establish an electronic commerce (e-commerce) policy and its implementation strategies to boost technology use in business. Read more »

Rwanda: Outstanding Filmmakers Awarded as Mashariki African Film Festival Closes

It was pomp and glamour as outstanding filmmakers with the best works showcased at the just-concluded eighth edition of Mashariki African Film Festival returned home with some… Read more »

Rwanda: New WB Report Says Remittances to Rwanda on Steady Rise

Rwandans living and working abroad have sent remittances worth $469 million to the country, representing a 3.9 per cent share of Gross Domestic Product in 2022. Read more »

Rwanda: Remittances to Rwanda Hit U.S.$469 Million in 2022 - Report

Rwandans living and working abroad have sent remittances worth $469 million to the country, representing a 3.9 per cent share of Gross Domestic Product in 2022. Read more »

Rwanda: Cycling - Ferwacy Announces Three Races Before Year End

The Rwanda Cycling Federation has released the schedule of three races in December, to wrap up the cycling year. Read more »

Rwanda: RGB Deputy Chief Executive Trial Starts Next Week

Nyarugenge Intermediate Court will on Tuesday, December 6 start the substantive hearing trial of Emmanuel Nibishaka, the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Rwanda Governance Board… Read more »

Rwanda: Govt Highlights Strategies to Boost e-Commerce, Global Trade

The government is set to establish an electronic commerce (e-commerce) policy and its implementation strategies to boost technology use in business. Read more »

Rwanda: How Smartphones Are Boosting Healthcare in Kayonza

Athanase Karemangingo, a community health care worker in Kayonza district, says he monitors 105 households in his village of Karama, Nyamirama sector. Read more »

Rwanda: In Understanding the DRC Security Crisis, Distance Is a Factor

The reemergence of the M23 group in eastern Democratic Republic of Cong after a decade of inaction has, once more, raised heated debate about Congo's security fiasco in the region.… Read more »

Rwanda: Why Sports Bodies Need Anti-Sexual Harassment Policies

As Rwanda's sports sector grows, there is need for sports organisations to develop anti-sexual harassment policies, officials say. Read more »

Rwanda: Civil Society Seek More Citizen Participation in Setting Tax

Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have called on the Government to consider more participation of citizens in the process to set taxes so that they are based on their capacity to… Read more »

East Africa: DR Congo Crisis - Nairobi Peace Talks Get Underway

The third round of peace talks between the DR Congo government and multiple armed groups are finally taking place today in Nairobi after being postponed two times. Read more »

Rwanda: City of Kigali to Restore Drainage to Cope With Floods

The City of Kigali is set to rehabilitate two drainages every year to reduce the effects of floods, The New Times has established. Read more »

Rwanda: Businesses Call for Smooth Transition to End Plastic Pollution

The business sector has called for the development of a comprehensive and coordinated policy framework to enable more conducive conditions for investments in infrastructure,… Read more »

Rwanda: Over Rwf11 Billion Saved Through Mediation Mechanisms - Judiciary

Reports from the judiciary indicate that the monetary value of cases that were successfully resolved through mediation rather than litigation amounted to over Rwf11billlion. Read more »

Rwanda: Kalibata Feted By Prince Albert II of Monaco

The president of Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) Agnes Kalibata has been recognised by Prince Albert II of Monaco for leading efforts towards Africa's food… Read more »

Rwanda: Rwanda, UNESCO to Revive Talks On Heritage Sites

Rwanda will soon revive discussions with United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)'s on listing memorial sites of the Genocide against the Tutsi on… Read more »

Africa: Burundi's Marvella Niteka Wins Africa's Next Supermodel

Burundi's beauty queen and the country's representative in the ongoing Miss University Africa Burundi 2022, Queen Niteka Marvella, has been announced the winner of Africa's Next… Read more »

Rwanda: Focus On Climate Change Fight As Congo Celebrates Proclamation

In line with the celebration of the 64th anniversary of the Republic of Congo Proclamation, the country joined Rwanda's drive to plant trees with the aim to tackle climate change… Read more »

Rwanda: Rwanda Inks Four Major Energy Deals With Eni

Rwanda and Eni, an Italian energy company, have signed four cooperation agreements to develop innovative joint initiatives in agriculture, protection of unique forest ecosystems,… Read more »

Rwanda: Why Do Some Rwandans Have Only One Name?

For years, the naming culture in Rwanda has consisted of at least two names; a family name and a given name. However, you find a number of people with only one name, defying the… Read more »

Rwanda: Kagame in Niger for AU Summit

President Paul Kagame on Thursday arrived in Niamey, Niger for the African Union Extraordinary Summit on Industrialization and Economic Diversification, according to the… Read more »

Rwanda: City of Kigali Kicks Off Construction of 70km Roads

The City of Kigali has kicked off the construction of 10 roads in different parts of the capital. Read more »

Rwanda: NCDs Account for 44% Annual Mortality in Rwanda - Minister Mpunga

The Minister of State in Charge of Primary Health Care, Dr Tharcisse Mpunga has said that non-communicable diseases (NCDs) account for 44 per cent of all deaths in Rwanda but a big… Read more »

Rwanda: Researchers Release Books on How Genocide Unfolded in Kigali

Local researchers have released three new books on how the Genocide against the Tutsi was prepared and committed in former Prefectures of Kigali (Kigali Ngari), Kibuye and the City… Read more »