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ITU recognizes Rwanda’s ICT progress

ITU

After the global WSIS Forum 2013 prize in Media Category, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has also recognized Rwanda efforts in implementing WSIS (World Summit on Information Society) in ICT for Development action plan.

May 16th, 2013 | Posted in Daily News,Other News,Technology | Read More »

Rwanda wins international ICT award

ADMA

Rwanda has won an award at the WSIS Project Prizes 2013 organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) where the Africa Digital Media Academy was voted as the best project in media category.

May 15th, 2013 | Posted in Daily News,Other News,Technology | Read More »

Banque Populaire board appoints new CEO

BPR HQ

The board of directors of Banque Populaire du Rwanda (BPR) has appointed Ephraim Turahirwa as the bank’s new CEO.

May 15th, 2013 | Posted in Business,Daily News,Other News | Read More »

Tigo introduces latest BlackBerry

BB10-tigo

Tigo Rwanda this week introduced the BlackBerry Z10 Smartphone, which is fully supported on its network. It is the first smartphone to launch with re-designed, re-engineered and re-invented BlackBerry 10 platform.

May 13th, 2013 | Posted in Business,Other News | Read More »

600 Teachers trained on research-based practices

teachers training

Teachers from 90 schools have received additional training on research-based pedagogical practices after obtaining print and audio instructional materials and training in March.

May 8th, 2013 | Posted in Daily News,National | Read More »

First international bond is huge success

Gatete Claver (2)

The successful issuance of Rwanda’s first international bond is a sign that the country is on the path to economic maturity, Fi­nance Minister Claver Gatete said last Wednesday.

April 28th, 2013 | Posted in National | Read More »

Usaid to support smallholder dairy farmers

cows

The United States cooperation agency Usaid and the Eastern Region Genetic Improvement Cooperative (Eragic) have announced a public-private partnership to increase the productivity of dairy herds and increase incomes for 2,000 smallholder farmers in Eastern Province.

April 23rd, 2013 | Posted in Daily News,National | Read More »

Genocide commemorated in Chicago

Chicago memorial

The Rwanda community in Chicago has commemorated the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsis at the historic Misseo Dei Church in Chicago’s Wrigleyville neighborhood.

April 19th, 2013 | Posted in Daily News,National | Read More »

10,000th MTN Facebook fan wins BlackBerry

MTN Facebook

Valens Nyangezi, a student at KIST, has been announced as MTN Rwanda’s 10,000th Facebook fan and was rewarded with a number of freebies including a Blackberry phone.

April 19th, 2013 | Posted in Business,Other News | Read More »

Primary teachers learn about math skills for real-life problems

maths camp

Thirty primary school math teachers have recently participated in a Math Camp, the first of its kind in Rwanda, to learn how to support students in developing the critical skills they need for solving real-life problems.

April 12th, 2013 | Posted in Daily News,National | Read More »

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