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Local ICT thanks to Telecenters

In order to bring ICT closer to the people, the government through its eRwanda project is set to establish a telecenter in all districts. The first one was recently inaugurated in Gicumbi.

January 10th, 2009 | Posted in Technology | Read More »

Minafet launches new e-Government web portal

Rosemary Museminali, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, said that the portal, which was elaborated in conjunction with Rwanda Development Board/Rwanda Information Technology Agency, is in line with the government’s Vision 2020 that intends to turn Rwanda …

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A little criticism never killed anyone

I almost never wrote this column again. In fact if it were not for the little, persistent journalistic voice in me urging me to go on, you wouldn’t be reading a thing I wrote here again. But I sat back, thought of all the reasons I was deciding not to write and realised, what the [...]

January 10th, 2009 | Posted in Opinion | Read More »

A desperate search for housing in Kigali

One story that has never left my mind is about Princess Ann, England Queen Elizabeth’s daughter’s visit to my country Uganda a few years ago. Maybe my colleague exaggerated, or he was trying his hand at humorous journalism.

January 10th, 2009 | Posted in Opinion | Read More »

Political space for FDLR? Think again. Or just think.

In my hometown of Antwerp, Belgium, we still vividly remember “Black Sunday.” It refers to the municipal elections of 1991 when for the first time the extreme right-wing party Vlaams Blok (Flemish Block) became the biggest in the city, with some 33% of the votes. This fascist party had, previous to the elections, published a [...]

January 10th, 2009 | Posted in Opinion | Read More »

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