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 Alice Kagina
Alice Kagina
One of the pilots with Charis test-flies, one of the drones deployed in the spraying of larvicide that will target mosquito-prone areas across the country to curtail malaria spread.
Technology
FEATURED: Rwanda first African country to fully integrate drone technology in fighting malaria
Capital Market Authority (CMA) on March 24 launched the 10th edition of the Capital Market University Challenge (CMUC) with hundreds of students in attendance at Davis College, in Kigali.
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CMA launches 10th edition of university challenge
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Economy
Local firm to invest Rwf30bn in mineral production
Yolanda Fernandes, Vice Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce of Mozambique.
Economy
Rwandan, Mozambican businesses leaders explore ways to boost investment 
Dr Diane Karusisi, Bank of Kigali CEO (1st Right), after receiving the prestigious GSMA Chairman Award, during which the macye macye program was recognized. Courtesy
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FEATURED: BK's macye macye attracts 14,000 loans for smartphone financing
President Kagame arrives in Doha for a working visit, during which he will meet His Highness the Amir Sheikh 
Tamim bin Hamad for a discussion on ongoing areas of bilateral partnerships.
International
President Kagame in Qatar on working visit
Zipline's drone delivers blood in Rwanda. Kagame said that the partnership between Rwanda and Zipline can be used as a case point of transformation of economic prosperity that changes people’s lives for the better. File
Economy
Rwanda, Zipline partnership a blueprint of economic transformation – Kagame
Inside CIMERWA warehouse in Rusizi District
Business
Govt likely to take over South African firm's shares in CIMERWA
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
Economy
Rwanda’s economy grew by 8.2% in 2022
KCB Group PLC recorded $313.6 million (KShs.40.8 billion) in profit after tax in 2022 on higher funded and non-funded income streams, a 19.5 percent increase from KShs.34.2 billion reported in 2021.
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FEATURED: KCB Group recorded $313.6 million profit in 2022
MTN Rwanda Plc has awarded five women-led lending and saving groups involved in different income-generating activities including agriculture, livestock farming, handcrafts, innovative and technology projects.
Women
MTN awards five women-led savings groups
Umubano Hotel in Kacyiru in Kigali. According to the owners renovation works of the Hotel into Mövenpick Hotel are expected to start mid this year, Sam Ngendahimana
Housing
Renovation of Umubano Hotel to kick off mid-year 
Delegates pose for a photo after the signing ceremony of the $10 billion Adjustment Fund aimed at supporting all initiatives geared towards the implementation of the AfCFTA on March 10. Photo by Dan Gatsinzi
Economy
Trade in services to begin under AfCFTA Guided Trade Initiative
The Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Ghebreyesus, has congratulated Rwanda on the shipment of containers of the first BioNTainer- facilities .File
Health
WHO boss congratulates Rwanda on progress towards vaccine manufacturing
(L-R) Wamkele Mene, Secretary General of the AfCFTA ,Foreign Affairs Minister, Vincent Biruta and Kanayo Awani, Executive Vice President of the Intra-African Trade Bank, Afreximbank after signing the MoU. Courtesy
Economy
Explainer: What the new AfCFTA Adjustment Fund is all about
(L-R) Wamkele Mene, Secretary General of the AfCFTA ,Foreign Affairs Minister, Vincent Biruta and Kanayo Awani, Executive Vice President of the Intra-African Trade Bank, Afreximbank after signing the MoU. Courtesy
Economy
Rwanda to host continental facility to boost intra-African trade
JICA new Chief Representative, Shiotsuka Minako during an interview. Courtesy
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FEATURED: New JICA Country Representative outlines key areas of cooperation in Rwanda
Tracey McNeill, Director for Primary Healthcare Global Development at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, with a delegation and members of Babyl Rwanda visited the centre. Craish BAHIZI
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FEATURED: Babyl, Bill Gates Foundation celebrate brains behind Nyamirambo Women's Center

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