KIGALI – Planting a tree is often treated as the defining act of environmental conservation. But what happens to the seedling after the planting ceremony, when the people who put it in the ground have moved on? A group of young Rwandan journalists is taking environmental reporting beyond newspaper pages and digital platforms, bringing conversations […]
How Rwanda’s new national lottery plans to turn rwf55 billion into public benefits
KIGALI – Rwanda is looking to turn a national lottery into a new source of development financing, projecting that it will generate US$37.6 million (RWF55 billion) over five years for public-benefit initiatives in sports, health and culture. The government-owned lottery, InteGo, launched in Kigali on October 27, is designed to mobilize domestic resources for national […]
Rwanda targets domestic savings as a bigger engine of economic growth
KIGALI – Rwanda is looking to domestic savings as a bigger source of capital for investment, business expansion and job creation, as the government seeks to make the financial sector a bolster of the country’s economic growth. Prime Minister Dr. Justin Nsengiyumva told Parliament on Friday that domestic savings had risen from 14.7% of GDP […]
Egypt’s Anas Badr wins African eSports championship in Kigali
KIGALI – Egypt’s Anas Badr needed only two games to turn his first appearance at the SportsBiz Africa Esports Cup into a continental title. He outplayed compatriot Toxic Joe 5-3, 6-3 at BK Arena on Sunday, to win the EA Sports FC 2026 championship, walking away with the $10,000 prize reserved for the winner of […]
African farmers demand a bigger voice in shaping the continent’s food future
KIGALI – Africa’s farmers are demanding a bigger say in decisions about how the continent produces, processes and consumes food, arguing that no meaningful transformation of food systems can happen while those who feed communities remain on the margins of policymaking. The call was made by the Network of Peasant and Agricultural Producer Organizations of […]
The truck drivers who could help Rwanda cut 34,000 tonnes of CO₂
KIGALI – Every month, more than 7,000 trucks move along the Northern Corridor, carrying goods between the port of Mombasa and Rwanda and onward to other markets in the region. Most run on diesel, consuming large amounts of fuel over journeys that can stretch for nearly 1,600 kilometres. Now, authorities are looking at an often-overlooked […]
Thirty years of innovation as PABRA reaches over 46 million farmers in Africa
KIGALI – Beans may appear an ordinary crop, but across Africa they are among the continent’s major food supply. They are grown largely by smallholder farmers, provide an important source of protein and income and are deeply embedded in household diets. Yet farmers who depend on them must contend with changing climate, pests, low productivity […]
PLO Lumumba’s Paul and Corinthians lesson for an Africa waiting for answers
KIGALI – Celebrated Kenyan scholar and distinguished lawyer PLO Lumumba has spent years writing letters to African presidents on issues he considers critical to the continent. Some respond. Others do not. So when he was asked what he thinks when most of them don’t reply, the Kenyan professor did not complain about the silence. Instead, […]
Rwanda’s Esports champions emerge as gamers push for a bigger future
KIGALI – Olivier Hugue Munezero and Praise Stevens Nyamwasa emerged as winners of the SportsBiz Africa – Esports pre-selection tournament held at BK Arena. Munezero will represent Rwanda at the eFootball segment of the continental SBA Esports Cup, which will feature a total of eight including Kenya, South Africa, Madagascar, Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Morocco […]
FDLR: The Long Survival of a “Defeated” Rebel Movement
KIGALI – The FDLR has survived over three decades of military pressure, losing commanders, fighters and territory along the way. Yet the group has never completely disappeared from the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Born from the aftermath of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, its conventional military strength has declined sharply, […]