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Sellers of vegetables wait for clients at Nyabugogo Market. Photo: Craish Bahizi.

Potential solution to Africa’s food crisis

Tuesday, June 07, 2022
The Chairperson of the EAC Council of Ministers, Betty Maina, presents the EAC budget for the financial year 2022/2023 during the 4th Meeting of the 5th Session of the 4th Assembly at the Chamber of the East African Legislative Assembly in Arusha, Tanzania on June 2,2022. / Courtesy

Declining EAC budget bothers regional Parliament

Thursday, June 02, 2022
Photos: Craish Bahizi
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FEATURED: Smart Kungahara System to boost access to agric loans

Wednesday, June 01, 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
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
Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente consults with Dr Akinwumi A. Adesina, President of the African Development Bank, during the banku2019s annual meeting in Accra, Ghana on Tuesday, May 24. The premier said that the governmentu2019s investments in rural areas were part of the drivers of rapid economic recovery from the Covid-19 effect. / Photo: Courtesy.
Rwanda

Premier: Investments in remote areas paved way for early Covid-19 recovery

Wednesday, May 25, 2022