Roads are part of the infrastructure backbone needed to support free movement of people and goods and to be able to conduct trade across its borders. This is all the more important in a landlocked country like Rwanda. For this reason, the government has embarked on a comprehensive plan to improve the quality of national and district roads.

Prime Minister Bernard Makuza last week appeared before Parliament to explain what the government has done to recover close to Frw 6 billion which the auditor general indicated could not be accounted for in 2007.

In a bid to woo the business world with its services, telecommunications company Tigo Rwanda on Friday held a corporate party to mark its official entry into the local market.