Bugesera International Airport, Rwanda’s biggest venture ever, is under construction in Eastern Province and contractors have promised they will not disappoint when it comes to meeting the deadline. Eleven months…
June 6, 2018
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If the Germany automaker, Volkswagen walks the talk, Rwanda will have the first car – VW assembled in Kigali within 24 days. In December 2016, the Government of Rwanda and…
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Ambitious ProjectsCompanies
Cement Scarcity Sabotages Completion of New Inland Port
by Jean de la Croix Tabaro 10:09 pmRwanda is awaiting for a new inland port which is scheduled to boost the 48-year old Magasins Generaux du Rwanda (MAGERWA). In January 2016, the government signed a 25-year concession…
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Ambitious ProjectsNational
New Drone Port as Rwanda Seeks to Supply Blood to More Hospitals
by Daniel Sabiiti 10:08 pmZipline Rwanda, a robotics firm operating unmanned aircrafts-drones that deliver blood to Rwandan hospitals has announced new plans to rollout a national blood delivery program as soon as its new…
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Rwanda is not yet done with the most ambitious project; the extraction of methane gas in Lake Kivu which, some people had called, ‘a time bomb project’ but was successful.…
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Ambitious Projects
Isaka–Kigali Standard Gauge Railway (SGR): No Budget Yet
by Dan Ngabonziza 10:04 pmThe official launch of the first phase of a 521km Isaka – Kigali Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) between Rwanda and Tanzania may not start as soon as expected. In January…
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Rwanda has not yet laid the foundation stone for construction of its first ever tantalum plant, but officials are still optimistic they will have launched it within the next six…
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International
€100Bn Up for Grabs as African Innovation Summit Opens in Kigali
by Daniel Sabiiti 9:57 pmThe second Africa Innovation Summit (AIS II) 2018 today kicked off in Kigali with over €100 billion up for grabs from the European Commission (EC) for individual and government innovators…
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National
Shock in Rwanda as Genocide Convict Ngeze Hassan Seeks Early Release
by Jean de la Croix Tabaro 2:05 pmRwanda has received with shock news of an attempt of the Arusha based International criminal tribunal residual mechanism for Rwanda to release Hassan Ngeze, the notorious Genocide convict who used…