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Reduced tariffs, new price plans at MTN

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MTN Rwanda has announced a reduction on existing tariffs and new price plans which include a 22% tariff reduction on MTN to MTN prepaid calls and 15% drop for calls on postpaid.

June 14th, 2013 | Posted in Business,Other News,Uncategorized | Read More »

Electronic Billing Machines: a boon, not a burden

Recently, Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA) introduced the Electronic Billing Machine (EBM), a mechanism that benefits both the tax payer and collector.

June 10th, 2013 | Posted in Uncategorized | Read More »

Be a responsible consumer by demanding for an electronic receipt

A responsible and patriotic generation of consumers can help achieving RRA’s efficiency in the collection of VAT by always demanding an electronically generated receipt after every purchase.

May 20th, 2013 | Posted in Uncategorized | Read More »

Supplement:
More than a bank

While BRD is mostly known as a bank which gives out loans to private projects that add value to products and to the economy in general, it should not be forgotten that its core mission is to function as the government’s investment arm that finances the nation’s development objectives with a focus on the priority [...]

August 8th, 2011 | Posted in Uncategorized | Read More »

Supplement:
Business Development Fund: Helping SMEs grow

Getting access to funding for setting up or expanding a business has always been a vexed issue for Rwandan entrepreneurs. Even though commercial banks have evolved tremendously and many offer business-oriented packages, there is always the thorny question of collateral in order to get a loan. The Business Development Fund (BDF) has been created by [...]

August 8th, 2011 | Posted in Uncategorized | Read More »

Supplement:
For BRD, only the sky seems to be the limit

The Rwanda Development Bank (known by its French initials BRD), through an increasing number of operations, is fully using its clout to drive the country’s development.  In the few months since the merger of the former Housing Bank of Rwanda with BRD, the bank has realized a profit of about 1.7 billion francs. At a [...]

August 8th, 2011 | Posted in Uncategorized | Read More »

Health experts meet on TB infection control

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National and regional health experts from 9 countries are meeting in Kigali for a 5-day training on tuberculosis (TB) infection control in the East African region.

June 20th, 2011 | Posted in Health,Other News,Uncategorized,Weekly Highlights | Read More »

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