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Kigali residents during the 16 Days of the campaign on the violence against women in 2022. Courtesy

A call to end violence against women in Rwanda and beyond

Monday, November 25, 2024
The value of trade between East African Community (EAC) member states remained low at 15 per cent in 2023. Courtesy Photo
Business

Intra-EAC trade remains low on non-tariff barriers

Tuesday, November 05, 2024
Bahage Foods Ltd made history as the first Rwandan woman-led business and the fourth ever in Rwanda to export a full container of 22 tonnes of Hass avocadoes.
Featured

FEATURED: Making history: First Rwandan women-led business exports full container of avocadoes

Thursday, October 17, 2024
A cross-border truck transports Goods from Dar-Salam to Kigali. Market of 1.3 billion people, AfCFTA is set to drive the expansion of small businesses, especially those owned by women and young people. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Africa

Customs hurdles block AfCFTA’s SME potential

Friday, October 11, 2024
Twenty-six senators are set to serve in the Upper House for a five-year term.
Politics

PHOTOS: Who are the 26 senators in fourth legislature?

Wednesday, September 25, 2024
The just-concluded UN Summit of the Future 2024 underscores the importance of including Africa in the conversation on global governance reforms. Courtesy

Continentilisation and the evolving global order

Wednesday, September 25, 2024
EAC Secretary General Veronica M. Nduva and the Chairperson of the Summit of the EAC Heads of State and President of the Republic of South Sudan, Salva Kiir Mayardit, meet in State House Juba, on Thursday, September 19. All photos courtesy of the EAC.
Africa

President Kiir, EAC Secretary General discuss ways to promote regional stability

Friday, September 20, 2024
EAC Secretary General Veronica Nduva (3rd right) in a group photo with participants at the two-day roundtable discussion. In the front row are (from left) Prof Njuguna Ndung’u of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, EAC Deputy Secretary General Annette Ssemuwemba, Dr Joy Maria Kategekwa of AfDB, Allen Asiimwe of TradeMark Africa, and Amani M’Bale of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, on Wednesday, September 11. COURTESY OF EAC
Africa

Region’s Central Banks urged to embrace technology, facilitate cross-border trade

Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Officials wash hands at the new water sanitation and hygiene facility during the closing ceremony of the project in Rugerero Sector, Rubavu District, on Tuesday, July 30,
Health

EAC on track to combat zoonotic, water-borne diseases

Wednesday, July 31, 2024
The COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA), which comes into force today, July 25, 2024.
Business

Tripartite Free Trade Area: A case for or against African integration?

Thursday, July 25, 2024
Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente during a guided tour of the newly inaugurated Rwanda’s first milk powder factory in Nyagatare District, on Wednesday, July 24. Courtesy

PHOTOS: Rwanda’s milk powder plant to process 650,000 litres daily

Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Newly appointed head of the East African Community Election Observation Mission to the Rwanda general election 2024, Emeritus David Kenani Maraga delivers his remarks during the event in Kigali.
Elections

EAC deploys 55 observers for Rwanda election

Friday, July 12, 2024