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 Emmanuel Ntirenganya
Emmanuel Ntirenganya
Workers sort fresh green beans for export at the newly inaugurated Rwanda’s first privately owned packhouse at Kigali Special Economic Zone in Masoro on September 8. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Agriculture
Rwanda's agric exports increase by 44 per cent
Workers load some of the imported food commodities for upcountry trading at Kigali Business District. / File
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Crisis ‘wakes Africa up’ to cut food import reliance
AGR Officials and delegates pose for a group photo at conclusion of the  12th Africa Green Revolution Forum in Kigali on September 9. Dan Nsengiyumva
Africa
AGRF calls for $200bn funding for resilient food systems in Africa
Kagwiria Koome, Manager for Food Initiative at The Rockefeller Foundation. Photo: Courtesy.
Featured
Rwanda, Kenya SMEs secure funding from Rockefeller Foundation to boost nutritious feeding
Workers sort and package French beans at a packhouse. IDH helps horticulture exporters to build infrastructures for proper handling of fresh produce. (Courtesy).
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We support Rwanda to unlock its horticulture potential - IDH official
The 2022 Africa Food Prize winner, Eric Yirenkyi Danquah, being introduced by former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday September 7. / Dan Nsengiyumva
Agriculture
Africa Food Prize winner backs highly productive, resilient crops
Liliane Uwintwari, the CEO of Mahwi Tech,receives Agric award after boosting farmer incomes or something shorter in Kigali on September 7.Courtesy
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Rwandan woman wins agric award for boosting farmer incomes
A view of  Nasho solar powered irrigation project in Eastern Province in Rwanda. Africa needs to up to $257 billion annually to develop its agriculture sector, in order to cushion its food systems from shocks. / File photo
Agriculture
Africa needs $257bn annually for robust agriculture sector – report
Workers sort some insects at  the first commercial plant for insect-based animal feed in Rwanda in Bugesera District on September 5. All photos by Dan Nsengiyumva
Featured
Rwanda to expand use of black soldier flies to boost poultry production
A teller serves a customer at Kacyiru SACCO. According to the Monetary Policy and Financial Stability Statement of March 2022, total contributors to EjoHeza increased by 168%. / Photo: Craish Bahizi
Rwanda
Activists call for strategies to address gaps in EjoHeza saving scheme
Kirambo trading centre in Burera District is one of the areas set to directly benefit from the proposed Base-Kidaho stalled road project connecting Rulindo and Burera districts.
Politics
PAC hearings begin next week
District Administration Security Support Organ officers during a parade. Angelique Mukeshimana, one of the organ officers has to forgo lunch on most days as she struggles to make ends meet with her Rwf73,000 monthly salary. All photos: Courtesy.
Rwanda
Increase cap on taxable income – labour unions
Workers package milk at Inyange Industries in Kigali on December 16, 2021. / Courtesy
Business
Milk shortages, price hikes bite as drought takes its toll
Prof. Omar Munyaneza, Chairperson of the parliamentary Standing Committee on National Budget and Patrimony, speaks during a plenary session. / Photo: Sam Ngendahimana
Finance
How new law could improve public finance management
Classrooms that were damaged by disasters at G.S Kibuye in Karongi on March 9,2022.Rwanda is set to increase the budget allocated to emergencies as stipulated in the new organic law on public finance management. Courtesy
Rwanda to increase emergency budget to respond better to crises
Senator Juvenal Nkusi speaks at Plenary Sitting on Wednesday, August 10. Some senators advocated for pension increase in response to the rising cost of living.
Senators seek increased pension benefits amid rising cost of living
Members of the Senate during a Plenary Sitting  on Wednesday, August 10. Courtesy
Senators seek pension access for former Rwandan workers in Burundi
Minister Jean Marie Vianney Gatabazi speaks at  the Plenary Sitting of the Senate  on Wednesday, August 10./ Courtesy
New law to scrap degree requirement for Rwandan EALA parliamentary aspirants

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