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 Emmanuel Ntirenganya
Emmanuel Ntirenganya
Layers at Gikomera Farm in Gasabo District. Poultry farmers said animal feed is too expensive and continues to be a major constraint on poultry productivity. Photo: Sam Ngendahimana.
Rwanda
Poultry farmers decry soaring cost of feed
Delegates in a group photo during Rwanda Seed System Stakeholders socialisation meeting on SeedSAT, on September 30. / All photos: Craish Bahizi
Featured
AGRA’s SeedSAT seeks to strengthen Africa’s seed systems
Workers packaging fresh green beans for export at Garden Fresh  Packhouse at Kigali Special Economic Zone. Rwandans exporting products to European countries are incurring losses as a result of the declining value of the euro and the British pound. / Photo: Craish Bahizi
Rwandan exporters incur losses as euro, pound dip
Women in Tuzamurane Cooperative work in their potato plantation in Musanze District. Targeted project beneficiaries are farmers, farmers’ cooperatives and micro small and medium sized agri-enterprises. / Photo: Sam Ngendahimana
Agriculture
Farmers to access cheap loans under $300m agric project
Students during lunch time at Groupe Scolaire Ayabaraya in Kicukiro District on February 28. Educationists have expressed concern that the funding towards students’ meals is too small after the parents’ contribution was slashed to just Rwf975 per term despite the rise in commodity prices. Photo: Craish Bahizi.
Education
Educationists express concern over new school feeding programme
Doctors conduct an operation at Kacyiru Hospital. Rwanda is in negotiations with Finland to finance the construction of an ‘ultramodern hospital’ block in an effort to expand Kacyiru Hospital. / File
Health
Rwanda in negotiations with Finland to fund Kacyiru hospital expansion
RRA Commissioner General, Pascal Bizimana Ruganintwali addresses an event last year. While appearing before PAC on September 23, the Commissioner General said that Consumers could start getting a share of the 18 per cent value-added tax levied on taxable goods and services. File
Economy
Rwanda proposes VAT tax incentive for consumers
A view of the newly upgraded King Faisal Hospital. The government needs new strategies to save King Faisal Hospital from losses and make its medical business profitability  / File
Health
Govt outlines plans to increase King Faisal Hospital's profitability
Workers sort dry pineapples at one of small enterprises financed by BDF in Eastern Province. The Fund  is moving out of quasi equity investments into small, and medium enterprises  as this form of financing was not performing well. File
Rwanda
BDF to stop equity investment scheme for SMEs
A past training session on how to run a tech startup in Kigali. / File
Technology
Rwanda Innovation Fund starts financing ICT startups
Inter-Parliamentary Union meeting in Russia in 2017. The Parliament of Rwanda will host the 145th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and its related meetings in Kigali from October 11 to 15. / Internet photo
Rwanda
Global parliamentary assembly to convene in Rwanda in October
A view of Burera Beach Resort in Burera District. The resort is awaiting Cabinet approval, in a bid to hand over the two facilities to the private sector. Photo: Eric Bright.
Rwanda
Sale of Burera College of Trades, Beach Resort nears completion
A partial view of the eight-in-one house block in Muhanga District (courtesy)
Housing
Muhanga: 'Model apartments' to be given to vulnerable residents after failing to get buyers
PAC Chairperson, MP Valens Muhakwa asks clarifications as Kirehe District officials appear before the Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee . Craish Bahizi
Rwanda
Public institutions on the spot for defaulting on pension contributions
Kabarore Guest House in Gatsibo District.Gatsibo District officials have said they are considering selling Kabarore Guest House as its maintenance cost continues to increase. File
Housing
Gatsibo district moves to sell ‘struggling’ business entity
Some of the maize flour produced by Nyagatare maize processing plant . Courtesy photos.
Agriculture
Rwf1.3bn Nyagatare maize flour plant begins production
Cattle breeding at Gako meat project that covering 6,000 hectares in Bugesera District. / File
Business
Gako meat project on course to profitability – MPs told
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