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CLOCKWISE: Clare Akamanzi, CEO Rwanda Development Board; Dr Emmanuel Rudakemwa, Chief Consultant, Radiologist Rwanda Military Hospital; Eric Kabera, founder of the Rwanda Film Festival; Joselyne Umutoniwase, founder of Rwanda Clothing; Louis-Antoine Muhire, Board Member, Rwanda Information Society Authority; Patience Mutesi Gatera, Country Director, TradeMark East Africa; Remmygeous Lubega, Head, RG Consult Inc.; and Sifa Sangwa Florence, Agripreneur. / Courtesy photos
People

2023: Influential figures share aspirations and expectations

Thursday, January 05, 2023
Tito Rutaremera, a veteran politician, who is also the chairperson of Rwanda Elders Advisory Forum. Courtesy
Rwanda

Rutaremara on how RPF members contributed to liberation struggle

Wednesday, January 04, 2023
Workers sort insects at the commercial plant for insect-based animal feed in Bugesera District on September 5, 2022. According to Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board, black soldier flies have 70 per cent of proteins needed in the feed for chickens, pigs and fish. Photo: Dan Nsengiyumva.
Agriculture

Black soldier flies ‘prove to lower cost of livestock feed’

Tuesday, January 03, 2023
Farmers sort silk cocoons. Production dropped as a result of low prices and a lack of investor to develop the sector. (courtesy)
Business

Silk production drops following Korean investor’s exit

Tuesday, January 03, 2023
Food stuff vendors interact with clients at Nyarugenge Market in Kigali. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Agriculture

Rice prices soar as commodity supply is disrupted

Sunday, January 01, 2023
The revamped ferry transporting a vehicle in Lake Mugesera. Residents of Mugesera and Zaza are optimistic of future markets as stranded ferry resumes operations along Mugesera Lake. Photo by Emmanuel Nkangura

Ngoma: Revamped ferry improves transport across Lake Mugesera, cuts pineapple post harvest losses

Sunday, January 01, 2023
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Business

Kayonza: Why over 55,000 litres of milk not recorded daily

Friday, December 30, 2022
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
Rwanda Social Security Board says the small amounts of money, like Rwf2,000 or Rwf5,000 a month, that parents save for their children in Ejo Heza long-term savings scheme could make them ‘millionaires’ during their old age.Bahizi
Rwanda

Ejo Heza savings: Your child can retire as a ‘millionaire’ – RSSB

Thursday, December 22, 2022
Girihirwe pitching Mulika Farm's solution during Hanga PitchFest on December 10.
Technology

26-year-old innovator on platform that sells produce directly to markets

Thursday, December 22, 2022
Doreen Karehe sorts her strawberry plants in one of the greenhouses in which juicy strawberries are growing in hydroponics Mayange Sector, Bugesera district. Photos by Olivier Mugwiza
Women

How one woman dumped legal robes to focus on growing strawberries

Wednesday, December 21, 2022
Charles Perry during an interview with The New Times. Photo/ Willy Mucyo
Cinema

American filmmaker urges Africans to tell their own stories

Tuesday, December 20, 2022