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Rwanda: Govt Joins African Countries Signing Nuclear Deals with Russia
VOA, 28 October 2019
Rwanda is the latest African country to sign a nuclear deal with Russian state atomic company Rosatom. But the deals between Russia and several African countries are raising… Read more »
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Rwanda: Inside Rwanda, Russia Nuclear Deal
New Times, 25 October 2019
Rwanda's ambitions to adopt nuclear technology inched closer to realisation Thursday following the signing of an agreement with Russia for the establishment of a Centre for Nuclear… Read more »
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Rwanda: Rwanda Approves Nuclear Power Deal With Russia
East African, 20 October 2019
The Rwandan Cabinet has approved an agreement with Russia to advance the use of nuclear energy for "peaceful purposes," a move that is expected to bolster relations between the two… Read more »
Nuclear Energy - From Russia to Rwanda With Love
The Rwandan government has concluded a deal with Russia to provide nuclear energy to the country. The trade and political relationship between Rwanda and Russia has steadily grown over the years as the European country seeks to compete with the US, China and Western Europe for trade and political influence in Africa.
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Africa: David Shinn - Russia's Renewed Interest in Africa Due to Desire to Restore Previous Influence
New Dawn, 9 October 2019
In this special Eurasia Review interview, David Shinn, an adjunct professor at the Elliott School of International Affairs, a former U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia and Burkina Faso,… Read more »
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Rwanda: Govt's Solar Energy Ambition Receives U.S.$9 Million Boost
New Times, 4 October 2019
Rwanda's energy ambition received a boost this week following an endorsement of a financial instrument by the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance that will accelerate the… Read more »
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Rwanda: World Bank Pledges Continued Support to Rwanda's Universal Electricity Agenda
New Times, 3 September 2019
The World Bank will continue to work with the Government of Rwanda to support its quest to connect the whole nation to electricity. Read more »
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Rwanda: Rwanda, World Bank Sign U.S.$125 Million Energy Deal
New Times, 2 September 2019
The Government of Rwanda and World Bank have today signed a $125m (approximately Rwf112 billion) credit agreement that will cater for the expansion of electricity services in the… Read more »
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Rwanda: Nuclear Tech - Rwanda Hosts Training on Transportation of Radioactive Materials
New Times, 23 July 2019
Experts in nuclear technology from different parts of Anglophone Africa have gathered in Kigali for a five-day training that will improve their knowledge of how transport of… Read more »
InFocus
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Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance has approved the piloting of solar securitisation in Rwanda, which seeks to improve the financial capacities of developers to enable them ... Read more »
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The ministry of education is working with other ministries, including the infrastructure ministry, to avail electricity and solar energy in areas that are not yet on the ... Read more »
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The United Nations-led initiative is geared toward actions and commitments to positively transform the world's energy systems. Read more »
