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A client shopping some items for festive season at Kigali Business District in Nyarugenge. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Rwanda

Struggling to manage your finances during festive season? Here's what experts advise

Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Irrigation increased by around 50 per cent from 48,508 hectares in 2017 to 72,912 hectares in 2024.
Agriculture

How Rwanda's 2018-24 strategic agriculture transformation plan fared

Saturday, August 17, 2024
The Minister of Trade and Industry, Jean Chrysostome Ngabitsinze visits rice farmers in Rurambi marshland in Bugesera District in 2023. The newly initiated Rwanda Food Commodity Board aims at purchasing produce directly from farmers and its mission is to ensure national food security by making staple foods available and affordable. Courtesy

Key insights on the proposed 'Rwanda Food Commodity Board'

Thursday, August 08, 2024
Rwanda Food Commodity Board” will be purchasing produce from farmers and also help them afford agro-inputs. File
Editorial

The Rwanda Food Commodity Board is a good initiative, but it must be efficient

Tuesday, August 06, 2024
Farmers sort their rice produce at Bugarama rice farm. Rwanda Food Commodity Board” will be purchasing produce from farmers and also help them afford agro-inputs. File
Agriculture

Rwanda mulls agency to purchase produce from farmers

Sunday, August 04, 2024
James Kagaba, the Managing Director of Inyange Milk Powder Plant, gives Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente insights into operations at the plant as Ildephonse Musafiri, the Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources (left) and Jean-Claude Karayenzi, the Executive Chairman of Crystal Ventures Ltd (Right), look on during a guided tour of Rwanda’s first milk powder factory in Nyagatare District, on Wednesday, July 24. Courtesy
Economy

Eleven things about Rwanda’s first powder milk plant

Saturday, July 27, 2024
Workers on duty at Pink Mango garment factory at Kigali Special Economic Zone. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Economy

What will drive economic growth in 2024?

Thursday, April 04, 2024
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

Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente addresses delegates during the opening session of the 23rd Annual General Assembly of the African Trade and Investment Development Insurance on July 6. PHOTOS: CHRISTIANNE MURENGERANTWARI

Country-level actions crucial to safeguard economic gains, mitigate risks - PM

Thursday, July 06, 2023
Minister of Finance and Economic planning Uzziel Ndagijimana meets a delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission team on Tuesday, April 4. Courtesy
Economy

IMF, Rwanda reach agreement on economic, monetary policy

Wednesday, April 05, 2023
Chilli farmers dry their produce at a collection centre in Gatsibo District. Photo by Emmanuel Nkangura
Agriculture

Plight of Gatsibo chili farmers: Is there light at end of the tunnel?

Saturday, February 11, 2023
Farmers spraying pesticides in a maize plantation. Farmers say that drought took its toll on crop production, estimating that overall, maize produce is expected to drop by 40 per cent as a result.
Agriculture

2022: A year of ‘firefighting’ in agriculture

Sunday, December 25, 2022