Gicumbi to Host Liberation Museum
[New Times]PRESIDENT Paul Kagame yesterday laid the foundation stone for the proposed Liberation Museum in Kaniga Cell (previously called Mulindi) with a call to Rwandans to ensure that the seeds of...
View ArticleTough Punishments to Reduce Drugs Abuse
[Focus]Rwanda has held a number of campaigns against drugs but with little success. This is because drug abuse is still an issue even after the ministry of youth and ICT (MYICT) in partnership with the...
View ArticleIs Revealing Skin Still Fashionable?
[Focus]To all appearances from the picture shown here, Jennifer Lopez was in a hurry and didn't have time to dress, so she just took a curtain from her living room and draped it loosely around her,...
View ArticleEntrepreneurship Award Is Jewel in Businesswoman's Crown
[Focus]Starting a small business while still at school, and winning an entrepreneurship award four years later, there are few people who can boast of that. But 28-year-old Teta Isibo, owner of jewelry...
View ArticleYouth Employment Crucial for the Future of the Country
[Focus]During last week's National Dialogue, the focus was on self-reliance, and one of the ways in which individuals can achieve that, which is employment. In addition, President Kagame met with youth...
View ArticleWanted - Jobs for Youth
[Focus]In a bid to fight the high unemployment rate in the country, especially among the youth, the government launched numerous campaigns such as Hang'umurimo and Akazi Kanoze. But so far they have...
View ArticleBusy Bee Creates 650 Jobs
[Focus]In the midst of some aid cuts to which Rwanda has been subjected, the country is looking for sustainable ways to achieve self-reliance. And it is the young generation, which comprises almost...
View ArticleFrom Umurenge Saccos, Vibrant Village Banks Can Be Built
[Focus]One of the most difficult things to achieve, any economist in the developing world will tell you, is building a financial system that brings on board rural players in the informal sector -...
View ArticleEspoir Still Have a Lot to Learn
[Focus]In the build up to this year's FIBA Africa Club Championship in Equatorial Guinea's capital Malabo, Espoir's head coach Jean Bahufite sounded very upbeat: "winning the tournament is too much to...
View ArticleWhat Happens On Facebook Doesn't Stay On Facebook
[Focus]Despite the example set by some of its leaders, when it comes to the use of social media Rwandans are still lagging behind. For instance, Facebook currently has 184,560 active users in Rwanda,...
View ArticleNew Investor Unveils Cimerwa Turnaround Plan
[Focus]Cimerwa's vision has been to be a leading supplier of cement in East Africa but, after thirty years in business, Rwanda's only cement maker is not even able to satisfy the local market.
View ArticleNational Liberation Museum Launched At Mulindi
[Rwanda Govt]Kigali, 17 December 2012 Today at Mulindi, President Kagame and First Lady Jeannette Kagame launched the construction of the National Liberation Struggle Museum. Set at the site of the...
View ArticleRwanda Could Be Investment Hub - Experts
[Independent]As the world already knows, Rwanda is once again the easiest place to do business in the East Africa trade block. What has not been recognised is what it stands to gain if it tackles the...
View ArticlePresident Lays Foundation Stone For Party Headquarters
[New Times]President Paul Kagame today laid a foundation stone for the construction of the Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) headquarters in Nyagahinga Cell, Rusororo Sector in Gasabo District.
View ArticleGovernment Determined to Win Race Against Darkness By 2017
[Focus]While most nights Kigali city is a 'sea of light', many parts of Rwanda, especially remote locations, remain dark. But the government is determined to end this in five years time with a plan to...
View ArticlePassengers Stranded As Bus Companies Go On Strike
[New Times]SCORES of travellers were yesterday stranded after drivers of Ugandan based bus companies went on strike to protest 'excessive bribes demanded by the traffic officers'.
View ArticleRwanda Protests Privileged Treatment of Genocide Convicts
[New Times]RWANDAN prosecution has complained to the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) over the privileges some countries are according several Genocide convicts serving sentences.
View ArticleM23-Kinshasa Talks Get $500,000 Financial Boost
[News of Rwanda]The Howard G. Buffett Foundation, linked to American billionaire Warren Buffett, has pledged US$500,000 to facilitate ongoing negotiations between the DRC government and M23 rebels in...
View ArticleGovt to Back South Sudan Application
[EA Business]Kigali -Rwanda's Minister in charge of East African Affairs Monique Mukaruliza has said South Sudan's admission into the community will have wide reaching benefits for the region.
View ArticleDR Congo, Aid to Dominate Annual Talks
[EA Business]Kigali -Rwanda's annual National public dialogue commonly known as the (Umushyikirano) was expected to take place last week with the DRC crisis and the resultant aid cuts expected to form...
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