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The team created an organic pesticide fertiliser to replace chemical products. Photo: Courtesy.

Rwandan varsity students emerge winners in global contest for circular economy solutions

Tuesday, May 31, 2022
Karama Integrated Development Model Village in Nyarugenge District. Over 100 youth in Karama village are set to get job creation hands-on skills that will help them become entrepreneurs. Photo: File.
Business

What does it take to address unemployment among youth in model villages?

Tuesday, May 31, 2022
Representative of COTRAF Eric Nzabandora and the DG in MIFOTRA, Faustin Mwabali during a panel discussion in the event. All photos by Craish Bahizi
Business

Will labour initiative change perception of decent work?

Tuesday, May 31, 2022
Three of five members of Green promoters, a team of young Rwandan innovators who won the Wege Prize 2022. Photo: Courtesy.
Business

Rwandan students win innovation prize, to set up firm to produce pesticide, fertilizer

Tuesday, May 31, 2022
Students during a practical class at Don Bosco Gatenga TVET Centre in Kicukiro District on June 14 2021. A $81 million TVET project that was expected to be completed by the end of next year has not yet started five years after the loan agreement was signed between Rwanda and the financier. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana

Loan conditions derail Rwf82bn TVET project

Monday, May 30, 2022
A new modern maize milling and animal feed factory was handed over to IAKIB Cooperative. The plant was financed with support from Heifer International.
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FEATURED: New maize milling and animal feeds factory supported by Heifer International launched in Gicumbi District

Sunday, May 29, 2022
Maize farmers at a collection site of their crops in Kamonyi District.Africa faces challenges in food security due to a number of reasons.

Call for sustainable measures to tackle food security

Saturday, May 28, 2022
Women in a cooperative weed their potato plantation in Muko Sector ,Musanze District.The over Rwf153 billion proposed budget for the agriculture sector in the next fiscal year, will focus on increasing food production. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana

Agric budget to focus on containing fertiliser costs, food security

Friday, May 27, 2022
(L-R) Dr. Nkiru Balonwu, Founder Of The Africa Soft Power Project, Gayheart Mensah, Board Member of Africa Prosperity Network and Hannah Akuwu, Executive Secretary of Africa Prosperity Network during a news conference in Kigali on May 27
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FEATURED; Kwahu Summit to discuss Africa’s prosperity, intra-Africa trade

Friday, May 27, 2022
Governments and partners must go back to basics: that African economies and livelihoods are built on agriculture. Courtesy photo

Inadequacy and fragility of food systems: Where do we go from here?

Friday, May 27, 2022
A decent burial of 9,181 bodies of the victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi at Nyanza Genocide Memorial in Kicukiro District on Thursday, May 26. Photo: Courtesy.

Over 9,000 Genocide victims get decent burial

Friday, May 27, 2022
USAID-Hingaweze project staff showcase drycard devices that will be distributed across the country. Farmers are being trained to use the drycards to help them fight Aflatoxin so as to reduce post-harvest losses. Photo: Courtesy.
Rwanda

Could DryCards be the solution to aflatoxins in grains?

Thursday, May 26, 2022