Kagame and Sassou-N’guesso commend ICGLR decisions on DRC crisis

Presidents Paul Kagame and Denis Sassou-N’guesso of Congo-Brazzaville on Saturday commended the decisions taken by the heads of state of the just concluded ICGLR summit in Kampala.

Presidents Paul Kagame and Denis Sassou-N’guesso of Congo-Brazzaville on Saturday commended the decisions taken by the heads of state of the just concluded ICGLR summit in Kampala.

The first generation of Tigo Sales School graduates received their honors on Friday at Tigo Muhima headquarters.

Scholastique Mukasonga, a Rwandan author living in France, has won this year’s Prix Renaudot, a prestigious French literary award, for her novel Notre-Dame du Nil.

In an effort to improve regional peace and security mechanisms, the East African Community is beefing up its Early Warning unit and mediation capacity.

Bharti Airtel a leading telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, including Rwanda yesterday celebrated its 60 millionth customer in Africa. Airtel, which recently moved up one notch in global rankings to become the fourth largest mobile operator in the world in terms of subscribers, added 10 million customers across its operations in 17 African countries in less than 12 months of having crossed 50 million subscribers.

Thirty Teacher Training College (TTC) students read their own original stories to neighboring primary school students at Academie de la Salle in Byumba on Friday afternoon. They also encouraged the primary students to read and write their own stories.

Supported by the African Development Bank and funding from Japan, the Rwanda Development Board and the Private Sector Federation are conducting a training in franchising in Rwanda.

Finance Minister John Rwangombwa has won the 2012 Emerging Markets Finance Minister of the Year Award for Sub-Saharan Africa.

Parents have been advised to give their children more time to read.

Fifteen members of KCB Urugo Rwawe Developers Club, a prestigious association of investors in real estate, are on a business trip to Singapore and Malaysia.