The International Alert on October 9, launched ‘Fractured Lives’, a photographic essay and film highlighting stories of Rwandans who are still working to rebuild their lives and society, 18 years after the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. At the same event held in Kigali, Alert also launched the policy report, ‘Healing fractured lives: reconciliation and […]

Smallholder farmers in Rwanda stand to gain from crop farming following the launch of a low-cost insurance that covers weather vagaries and yield shortfalls. This was preceded by signing of a memorandum of understanding October 11, between Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources (Minagri) and the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture (SFSA), a Swiss non-profit […]

The Minister of Local Government, James Musoni on October 8, 2012 launched the ‘Management for results’ training for local government leaders at La Palisse Hotel in Gashora. The week-long training will see officials in local governments upgrade their management skills to deliver results. The training conducted by Korean experts particularly targeted mayors, directors of planning […]

The National Bank of Rwanda (BNR), launched the construction of its Rusizi branch last Friday in Rusizi Town, Western Province, bordering Bukavu Town of the Democratic Republic of Congo. BNR Vice Governor, Monique Nsanzabaganwa, laid the foundation stone at the site, assisted by the Governor of Western Province and the Vice Mayor of Rusizi District […]

{{As the international climate negotiations are moving at a slow pace, developing countries are creating new policies to deal with climate change; a new report by a coalition of NGOs demonstrates that civil society is critical to policy processes that aim to tackle climate change and protect the poorest and most vulnerable communities from its […]

The world’s poorest countries have issued a bold plan to make the UN climate change talks more likely to reach their goal of having an effective and legally binding agreement ready for governments to adopt by 2015, the latest press release says. The Least Developed Countries (LDCs) group’s formal submission to the UN Framework Convention […]

The Institute of International Education (IIE) will launch African Centers of Excellence (ACE) for Women’s Leadership at Kigali Serena Hotel on May 11, 2012, an initiative worth USD 1 million grant from David and Lucile Packard Foundation. The Akilah Institute of Women in Rwanda will host the event at Serena Hotel. “The Akilah Institute for […]

The Rwanda Development Board (RDB) will on March 26, launch a national Customer Care Campaign “Na Yombi” at Serena Hotel, Kigali to sensitise the public on the importance of good customer care to the country. A communiqué this reporter has seen says the campaign is part of the continued effort to promote and support the […]

To register Business in Rwanda now takes only six Hours. It has previously been 24hours. The registration process and the requirements remain the same. Rwanda Development Board (RDB) last Friday announced the new reform as part of the comprehensive business reform agenda aimed at creating a foundation for making it much easier for the business […]

{The Insolvency Law is a new business reform that the Government of Rwanda introduced recently to boost business transactions between investors in the country as advocated by the World Bank as way of improving the business climate. George Mangula interviewed the Chief Operating Officer of the Rwanda Development Board (RDB), Clare Akamanzi on the significance […]