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A new Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the AfCFTA Secretariat and Corporate Council on Africa. Courtesy
Economy

New deal for African, US companies to partner under AfCFTA

Saturday, November 04, 2023
A worker during seeds multiplication exercise in Musanze. Rwanda will host the second edition of African Conference on Agricultural Technologies (ACAT) in its capital Kigali, in May 2025. Sam Ngendahimana
Agriculture

Rwanda to host next Africa agricultural tech conference

Saturday, November 04, 2023
President Paul Kagame with other delegates at the official opening of World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) 2023. Photo by Village Urugwiro
Editorial

African countries must either liberalise air travel or perish

Friday, November 03, 2023
Frank Gisha Mugisha, Rwanda Chamber of Tourism Managing Director and Tojosoa Razafimahalefa, CTM’s Vice Chairman after signing the agreement in Kigali on October 31. PHOTOS. DAN GATSINZI
Tourism

Tourism: Rwandan, Madagascan private sectors ink cooperation deal

Wednesday, November 01, 2023
Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Uzziel Ndagijimana and Ambassador of Japan to Rwanda, Isao Fukushima during the signing ceremony of the agreement in Kigali on Thusday,October 5. Courtesy
Technology

Rwanda adopts new transport system to control traffic congestion in Kigali

Thursday, October 05, 2023
Briggette Harrington, the owner of Igire Coffee , a Rwandan coffee exporting company that exports its products under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Guided Trade Initiative. Courtesy
Business

A year of trading under AfCFTA – a Rwandan businesswoman’s story

Thursday, October 05, 2023
Rwanda's Minister of Trade and Industry Jean-Chrysostome Ngabitsinze (right) speaks during a session of the Intergovernmental Committee of Senior Officials and Experts as his Burundian counterpart Marie Chantal Nijimbere (centre) and ECA's ECA Deputy Executive Secretary Hanan Morsy look on. The meeting held in Bujumbura from September 26-29 urged African governments to leverage the continent free trade market in order to tackle food security issues. Courtsey
Africa

African govts urged to leverage AfCFTA to tackle food insecurity

Wednesday, October 04, 2023
(L-R) Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr Vincent Biruta, Monique Nsanzabaganwa, the Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Comoros Dhoihir Dhoulkamal during the opening session.
Africa

Time is now to realise the Africa we want - AU officials in Kigali

Monday, October 02, 2023
Officials pose for a photo during the first meeting of the Board of the AfCFTA Adjustment Fund on September 29 in Kigali. Courtesy
Economy

AfCFTA $10 billion Adjustment fund to roll out mid-2024

Saturday, September 30, 2023
Burundi's Prime Minister Gervais Ndirakobuca (right) and ECA Deputy Executive Secretary Hanan Morsy.
Economy

Experts discuss East, Central African manufacturing, food security

Wednesday, September 27, 2023
The New Times

The brilliant rise of startups in Africa

Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Delegates at the World Trade Organisation Forum in Geneva, Switzerland. Internet

Time to take globalization seriously

Thursday, September 14, 2023