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Equity Bank Rwanda Plc Managing Director, Hannington Namara and Claudine Uwera, the Minister of State for the Environment in the Ministry of Environment flag off hybrid and electric cars recently acquired by the bank as part of their commitment to sustainable living, in Kigali on Tuesday, June 4. All photos by Craish Bahizi
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Equity Bank Rwanda launches ‘green loan’ scheme

Tuesday, June 04, 2024
Students of IPRC Kigali retrofitting of fossil fuel motorcycles to electric motorcycles at Rwanda Electric Mobility Ltd in Kicukiro district on June 10, 2021. File
Technology

UR researchers study feasibility of turning Rwanda’s fuel taxi motorcycles into electric

Tuesday, June 04, 2024
The World Environment Day will be marked on June 6 with focus on land restoration, desertification and building resilience against drought.
Editorial

Building resilience against drought one tree at a time

Monday, June 03, 2024
According to the statistics fish production has significantly increased following extensive restoration efforts. Courtesy
Economy

Fish production surges as Rwanda restores two lakes

Monday, June 03, 2024
President of the AfDB Akinwumi Adesina addresses delegates.
Africa

AfDB puts Africa's 2023 economic growth at 3.1%

Thursday, May 30, 2024
The African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat, President of the AfDB Akinwumi Adesina, Kenya President William Ruto, and Prof Njuguna Ndung'u, Cabinet Secretary for Treasury and Planning during the launch of AfDB’s new ten-year strategy (2024-2033), at the African Development Bank Annual Meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, on Thursday, May 30. Courtesy
Africa

Private sector, green growth central to AfDB’s new strategy

Thursday, May 30, 2024
Sylvestre Nzahabwanayo, the Executive Director of IRDP, speaks to journalists at the event. Courtesy

Civil society stresses importance of enhancing transparency in expropriation, compensation

Thursday, May 30, 2024
Central Bank Governor John Rwangombwa, addresses journalists in Kigali on Wednesday, May 29. Rwangombwa said that the Monetary Policy Committee has lowered the benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to 7 per cent. Photo by Emmanuel Dushimimana
Economy

Why Rwanda’s central bank lowered benchmark rate

Thursday, May 30, 2024
A deep and wide ravine that was caused by runoff water from the camp’s infrastructure, posing a safety risk to the environment and infrastructure at Kigeme refugee camp. Photo: Emmanuel Nkangura
Environment

Govt allocates Rwf 9bn to address ravine erosion near refugee camps

Thursday, May 30, 2024
A group of youths during a guided tour of the newly restored Gishwati-Mukura National Park. Courtesy
Environment

Number of chimpanzees on rise in Gishwati- Mukura park

Wednesday, May 29, 2024
President Paul Kagame and AFDB President Akinwumi Adesina made a case for action to reform the global financial architecture, during a Presidential Dialogue on “Africa’s Transformation, the African Development Bank Group, and the Reform of the Global Financial Architecture,” at the AfDB Annual Meeting, in Nairobi, Kenya, on Wednesday, May 29.
Economy

There is room for all to benefit in re-designing global financial architecture – Kagame

Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Amb James Musoni and Pearson Chigiji, Zimbabwe's Chief Director for Political Affairs in the foreign affairs ministry at a two-day mid-term session of the Zimbabwe-Rwanda Joint Permanent Commission on Cooperation.
Africa

Rwanda, Zimbabwe satisfied with cooperation arrangement

Tuesday, May 28, 2024