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Having a manicure should not be a nail-biting experience

Visiting a nail salon tends to be on many a lady’s weekly schedule. However, you ought to be careful about what kind of a salon you visit for such services. Even though many salons follow particular rules and regulations for safe and hygienic manicures, some are less scrupulous. This failure to observe standard hygienic procedures [...]

August 28th, 2009 | Posted in Features,Woman | Read More »

In the casino, expect to lose money

As the gambling business is taking root in Rwanda, the manager of Casino Kigali warns that you should see it as a form of entertainment, not a way of making money.

August 28th, 2009 | Posted in Entertainment | Read More »

Being cool by being yourself

A gospel singer and dancer talks about the difficulties of not straying from the right path, and how being yourself is the coolest thing you can do. Musali Joseph, best known as Sali, is a member and the trainer of Passionate Ambassadors, a gospel dancing and singing group at Healing Center Church in Remera. At [...]

August 28th, 2009 | Posted in Entertainment | Read More »

ART treatment saves lives but many patients are still excluded

After six years of free HIV/AIDS treatment for Rwandans, an official with the organization that administers the antiretroviral therapy (ART) says the program has created a new sense of hope for HIV-infected patients. However, the treatment that has provided life to tens of thousands of sick people is still not reaching all those who need [...]

August 28th, 2009 | Posted in Health | Read More »

Better health care by using ICT in medicine

Great strides are being made to improve health care services through the use of ICT.

August 28th, 2009 | Posted in Health | Read More »

Time to shake up Minecofin Directory of the Treasury

Suppliers of goods and services to the Government have a serious complaint against the office of the Director of the Treasury in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, which is the office of one Francois Nkurikiyinfura. The allegation is that this office has a chronic failure to clear payments timely and efficiently.

August 28th, 2009 | Posted in Editorial | Read More »

Exporters struggle to meet criteria for AGOA products

During the recently concluded AGOA Forum in Kenya, it was pointed out that Africa still takes too little advantage of the trade facility. That is also the case in Rwanda.   Handicrafts are one of the few products Rwanda exports under the AGOA agreement. (file photo) Under the AGOA initiative, some 6,400 products can be [...]

August 28th, 2009 | Posted in Business | Read More »

Increasing export revenue through value-addition and diversification

Although export revenue is increasing, the trade balance deficit is still getting bigger. Therefore, a strategy is being implemented to diversify exports products and add value to them.

August 28th, 2009 | Posted in Business | Read More »

Taxi-motor drivers now sell Rwandatel airtime

Rwandatel last week launched a partnership with Assetamorwa, an association of taxi-motor drivers, in Kigali.

August 28th, 2009 | Posted in Business | Read More »

‘EATING ROADS’

The activities of the National Tender Board (now Rwanda Public Procurement Board) in awarding road contracts to BCE Contractors could have been motivated by corruption – Ombudsman’s report. A report of the ombudsman’s office The Rwanda Focus has just gotten hold of recommends that the Criminal Investigation Department question Augustus Seminega and Damien Mugabo and [...]

August 28th, 2009 | Posted in National | Read More »

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