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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
A worker packs avocadoes of Fuerte variety at Garden Fresh's packhouse at Kigali Special Economic Zone where the third avocado reefer container sea shipment to Dubai was flagged off, on January 12, 2024 (Chelsea Nkubito)
Economy

Rwanda flags off first Fuerte avocado variety shipment by sea

Saturday, January 13, 2024
Some of RwandAir's airplanes at Kigali International Airport. RwandAir expects to double its fleet to 25 planes over the next five years. PHOTO BY OLIVIER MUGWIZA
Aviation

RwandAir looks to double fleet in five-year plan

Tuesday, November 07, 2023
Workers packing fresh avocados for export at NAEB warehouse in Kicukiro District. Avocado exporters are upbeat about the prospects of increased capacity and improved quality of avocado exports to the European market. PHOTOS BY EMMANUEL DUSHIMIMANA
Agriculture

Avocado: Rwanda mulls tapping into European market via sea

Friday, October 27, 2023
The New Times

Farming for wealth: Deepening Rwanda’s agricultural value chains

Friday, October 20, 2023
A traditionally tea-drinking country, China has shown a fast-growing appetite for coffee. Net photo
International

China tea drinkers embrace African coffee, thanks to millennials

Thursday, June 29, 2023
Youth Minister, Abdallah Utumatwishima addresses delegates during the CorpsAfrica event held at Kigali Conference and Exhibition Center (KCEV)on June 16. courtesy
Rwanda

Youth encouraged to be positive change-makers through volunteer work

Friday, June 16, 2023
Workers packaging fresh green beans for export at Garden Fresh Packhouse at Kigali Special Economic Zone. Craish Bahizi
Agriculture

EAC rolls out campaign to boost agri-exports

Thursday, June 15, 2023
At the Avocado Sea Freight Trial Workshop, Jean-Marie Vianney Munyaneza, export services division manager at NAEB, said sea route could be a cheaper alternative shipment means to aircargo (Emmanuel Dushimimana)
Featured

FEATURED: Rwanda to extend avocado export by sea after successful initial shipment

Thursday, June 08, 2023
A RwandAir cargo plane during loading at Kigali International Airport earlier this year.
Economy

Exporters hope for lower rates as air cargo operations surge

Thursday, May 11, 2023
Bonnette Ishimwe at her farm in Kirehe.
Agriculture

'I never thought I'd be a farmer': University graduate on venturing into ‘green gold’ business

Monday, May 01, 2023
The New Times
Agriculture

Inside Rwanda’s plan to make avocado a major export crop

Thursday, April 20, 2023