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Ignorance about EAC remains »

There are more advantages to the EAC than just free movement of persons and goods. (file photo)

12:29 am | Jean Harelimana, a fourth-year student in management at the National University of Rwanda, has obviously heard of the East African Community, but he is at loss to explain how he thinks he might…

May 14 2012 / No Comment / Read More »
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Egyptian doctors conclude working visit »

Egyptian medics

01:09 am | “Africans have the solutions for Africa.” This was emphasized by the Health Minister Dr. Agnes Binagwaho and a team…

May 18 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

African Development Bank chief to meet G8 leaders »

Donald Kaberuka

01:01 am | AfDB president Donald Kaberuka will take part in an extraordinary meeting of the G8 to discuss the critical issue…

May 18 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Mafisango dies in car accident »

Patrick Mafisango_feat

09:12 am | Former Amavubi Stars captain Patrick Mafisango has died in a car accident. The Simba midfielder was involved in a…

May 17 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Fourth Network of Reformers conference opens in Kigali »

NoR conference

01:12 am | Delegates from several African countries are meeting in Kigali for the fourth Network of Reformers (NoR) conference.…

May 17 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

MTN and KCB to facilitate BlackBerry purchase »

MTN BB_feat

01:01 am | MTN Rwanda has entered into a partnership with KCB Rwanda to offer a facility that can allow their customers…

May 17 2012 / No Comment / Read More »
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Women power emerges from Africa »

12:38 am | There has been a long-held belief in our societies that power and leadership belongs to men. In recent years though, there has been a shift in thinking, with men being more than willing to rally behind more qualified and deserving women vying for leadership positions. Evidence of this new phenomenon is the rise of women…

Apr 23 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Egyptian doctors conclude working visit »

01:09 am | “Africans have the solutions for Africa.” This was emphasized by the Health Minister Dr. Agnes Binagwaho and a team of doctors from Egypt who have been in Rwanda since last Sunday, in a press conference which took place on Thursday.…

May 18 2012 / No Comment / Read More »
Egyptian medics

MTN and KCB to facilitate BlackBerry purchase »

01:01 am | MTN Rwanda has entered into a partnership with KCB Rwanda to offer a facility that can allow their customers to own a BlackBerry smart phone on loan.…

May 17 2012 / No Comment / Read More »
MTN BB_feat

Talk of modern farming is futile without water »

12:05 am | East Africa is currently experiencing plenty of rainfall (floods in some areas) after about five months of extremely dry weather.…

May 14 2012 / No Comment / Read More »
Edward Ojulu.

Only jobs will guarantee social order and economic growth »

12:01 am | African leaders have been warned that despite rapid economic growth, rising levels of unemployment and hunger across the continent could bread social and political unrest that can undermine recent economic gains.…

May 14 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

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Egyptian medics

Egyptian doctors conclude working visit »

01:09 am | “Africans have the solutions for Africa.” This was emphasized by the Health Minister Dr. Agnes Binagwaho and a team of doctors from Egypt who have been in Rwanda since last…

May 18 2012 / No Comment / Read More »
NoR conference

Fourth Network of Reformers conference opens in Kigali »

01:12 am | Delegates from several African countries are meeting in Kigali for the fourth Network of Reformers (NoR) conference.…

May 17 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

USAID/Irex Youth for Change Program closes after two years »

Imanzi GBV

08:13 am | The USAID/IREX Youth for Change (Y4C), a program that has been empowering youths from diverse backgrounds, since 2010, to help build peace…

May 16 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Turkish Airlines launches flights to Kigali »

Turkish Airlines1

01:07 am | On Tuesday at around 9 am, a first Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800 plane landed at Kigali International Airport, marking the start of…

May 16 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Congolese refugees to be relocated »

Nkamira transit center (HCR)

01:01 am | Recent refugees from the DRC are to be relocated from Nkamira Transit Center to a better equipped camp in Nyamagabe district.…

May 16 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Police burn drugs in Nyanza district »

Some of the drugs seized in Nyanza. (photo Jean-Christophe Nsanzimana)

01:01 am | On Monday, the police in collaboration with Nyanza district leaders burned drugs that had been recently seized in the district. Among them…

May 15 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Ignorance about EAC remains »

There are more advantages to the EAC than just free movement of persons and goods. (file photo)

12:29 am | Jean Harelimana, a fourth-year student in management at the National University of Rwanda, has obviously heard of the East African Community, but…

May 14 2012 / No Comment / Read More »
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RwandAir to acquire Bombardier planes »

L-R: Bombardier Aerospace sales director Sameer Adam,  RwandAir board chairman Girma Wake, board member Isabella Kalihangabo and CEO John Mirenge before the Bombardier Q400 nextGen. (photo Bruno Birakwate)

01:06 am | RwandAir plans to acquire more aircrafts to reinforce its current fleet and has already sealed a deal with Canadian firm Bombardier-Aerospace to…

May 15 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Rwandan companies prepare for Ugandan market »

Trade development expert Robert Moodie. (photo Jean-Christophe Nsanzimana)

12:17 am | In the context of boosting local companies’ trade within the East African Community, the Rwanda Development Board last week organized a training…

May 14 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

IRST restructured to boost industrial development »

Dr Jean Baptiste Nduwayezu, the director general of IRST. (photo Eric Didier Karinganire)

12:15 am | For many years, domestic research and industrial production have mostly ran independent courses. This was due to the structure of some scientific…

May 14 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Talk of modern farming is futile without water »

Edward Ojulu.

12:05 am | East Africa is currently experiencing plenty of rainfall (floods in some areas) after about five months of extremely dry weather.…

May 14 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Rumors of Rwanda as heaven »

Dave Jenkins.

12:03 am | I once lived in Kampala, the city of seven daily rumors. During a season without a free press Radio Katwe ruled the…

May 14 2012 / 1 Comment / Read More »
Bralirwa earns Frw 14.7 billion profit » Airtel customers to earn 100% bonus » Study finds Rwanda HIV fight a boost to entire health sector »
Donald Kaberuka

African Development Bank chief to meet G8 leaders »

01:01 am | AfDB president Donald Kaberuka will take part in an extraordinary meeting of the G8 to discuss the critical issue of food security in Africa.…

May 18 2012 / No Comment / Read More »
MTN BB_feat

MTN and KCB to facilitate BlackBerry purchase »

01:01 am | MTN Rwanda has entered into a partnership with KCB Rwanda to offer a facility that can allow their customers to own a BlackBerry smart phone on loan.…

May 17 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

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