UN Joint Executive Board on ten-day visit to the country
The Executive Board of the UN was recently on a tour in the country.
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Kagame urges students to become responsible leaders
“You should not think about yourselves as future leaders only, but as responsible leaders now,” President Kagame told visiting student from Kenyan St Andrew school-Turi during their visit to the country recently.
16th Genocide Commemoration: Battered and bruised, one man holds his head high
How one man who lost his entire family in the Genocide picked up the pieces and rebuilt his life. Only to have everything taken from him again, and being nearly killed, in an attack two years ago. Yet still he refuses to be defeated.
16th Genocide Commemoration: Even without relatives Dukundane Family enjoys togetherness
They might have lost nearly all their relatives, but it is exactly a family spirit that keeps the Dukundane Family going and enables them to be to be there for each other.
Business reforms should have real impact on businesses
After Rwanda’s impressive achievement of becoming the best business environment reformer on the globe after finishing 67th out of a surveyed 182 countries, the Doing Business cluster under Rwanda Development Board (RDB) is set to achieve even a better score this year.
Property managers make home a sweet one
Even though owning property is probably everyone’s dream, dealing with all the practicalities that come with it might sometimes feel like banging your head against a brick wall. Now property managers have come in to make it less stressful. Property manager Isaiah Bonyo Oyunga recommends his clients to furnish their houses. (photo Abraham Rumanzi) Home, sweet [...]
Internship program to give graduates working skills
In order to improve the supply side on the job market, RDB has initiated an internship program to give graduates a chance to gain professional experience. Left to right: PSF chairman Robert Bayigamba, Youth Minister Protais Mitali, director general of labor and employment promotion in Mifotra Anna Mugabo and director of skills development at RDB [...]
BK going strong despite difficult year for sector
In the wake of a tough year for the banking sector as a result of the effects of global financial crisis and the subsequent credit crunch, Bank of Kigali (BK) just like other commercial banks, has managed to emerge from 2009 sure-footed.
Mental health care should receive more attention
The theme of this year’s Genocide commemoration, “Let us all join efforts in fighting trauma,” was wisely chosen. In this time of the year, the entire country mourns and every Rwandan feels sad. Yet for those who have witnessed the most often horrible deaths of relatives and friends during the 1994 massacres, it is especially [...]
We should all Act to help vulnerable children
The performance of Noah, a young Rwandan kid from a poor family, at a fundraising concert in Black Ball stadium in New York two years ago touched the hearts of many people. Yet he is only the best-known beneficiary of a project working with disadvantaged children.
