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 Emmanuel Ntirenganya
Emmanuel Ntirenganya
Minister of Local Government, Jean Claude Musabyimana.File
Infrastructure
Expropriation: Over Rwf58bn paid in compensations as process continues
MINICOM announced that a kilogramme of maize grain (threshed) must be bought at a minimum Rwf400 from a farmer, while that of maize grains still on cobs must be at least Rwf311. Courtesy
Agriculture
New maize prices excite farmers
A view of a congested Giporoso road junction in Remera. The main highway from Masaka to Giporoso, in the City of Kigali, will be expanded to four lanes – from the current two lanes. Craish Bahizi
Infrastructure
Masaka-Giporoso road to be expanded to four lanes
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Infrastructure
Five things to know about new buses
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Infrastructure
100 new buses start operations in Kigali
Zipline's drone delivering blood at Kabgayi Hospital. Minister Paula Ingabire told delegates that the use of technology can revolutionise healthcare provision for people in need. Courtesy
Technology
ICT Minister on why Zipline, AI matter for Rwanda’s healthcare
Central Bank Governor John Rwangombwa addresses the media during a news briefing on August 17, 2023. Rwangombwa warns of inflation risk due to Red Sea disruption. File
Economy
Central Bank Governor warns of inflation risk due to Red Sea disruption
Access to Finance Rwanda (AFR) CEO Jean Bosco Iyacu, the Head of Development Cooperation at the Embassy of Sweden, Martina Fors Mohlin and I&M Bank CEO Benjamin Mutimura during the event. Courtesy photos.
Featured
I&M Bank, Swedish Embassy sign guarantee agreement to empower Rwanda's MSMEs
Patients wait for services at Masaka Hospital on October 13, 2022. Patients or their caregivers could soon be able to pay bills for health services using money on their phones. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Health
Rwanda to roll out tech for health payment, insurance transparency
Workers packing fresh avocadoes for export at a National Agricultural Export Development Board (NAEB) packhouse in Kigali. File
Agriculture
From simple crop to cash cow: How avocado became profitable
Workers at a factory that produces briquettes in Mageragere Sector in Nyarugenge District. Photo: Willy Mucyo
Energy
Rwanda’s new $300 million clean energy project unveiled
EAC Secretary General Peter Mathuki [L] shakes hands with EAC Heads of State Summit Chairperson, Salva Kiir Mayardit, in Juba, South Sudan. Mathuki briefed Kiir on inter-state relations in the region. Courtesy photo
Africa
EAC to assign envoys for addressing inter-state relations
A worker packs avocadoes of Fuerte variety at Garden Fresh's packhouse at Kigali Special Economic Zone where the third avocado reefer container sea shipment to Dubai was flagged off, on January 12, 2024 (Chelsea Nkubito)
Economy
Rwanda flags off first Fuerte avocado variety shipment by sea
A view of Rwanda-Burundi border in Bugesera District on Friday January 12. Government of Burundi took a unilateral decision, on January 11, to close its borders with Rwanda. Photo by Olivier Mugwiza
Africa
EAC urges Partner States on peaceful co-existence
Miners sort minerals at Nyamyumba mining site in Rubavu District on December 1, 2023. EMMANUEL DUSHIMIMANA
Economy
Rwanda invests Rwf3bn in mineral research
Minister of Health, Dr Sabin Nsanzimana inaugurates the new physiotherapy and occupational therapy laboratory in Remera Campus in 2023
Health
UR to triple medical students’ intake as Rwanda seeks to increase health personnel
Rwanda Mines, Petroleum and Gas Board CEO, Yamina Karitanyi, speaks to members of the Lower House’s Committee on Political Affairs and Gender, as Innocent Safari, the Board’s Chief Finance Officer, looks on, on Wednesday, January 10. Karitanyi was responding to questions on issues highlighted in the Office of the Ombudsman’s report for the fiscal year 2022/2023. Photo: Emmanuel Ntirenganya.
Inadequate financing undermining Rwanda's mining potential: official
Members of Parliament have appealed for proper management of hundreds of pits found in various mining sites across the country. PHOTO BY OLIVIER MUGWIZA
Rwanda
MPs appeal for proper management of mining pits

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