Rwanda has received seven million Euros (Rwf5.5b) from the German government to finance rural development and create employment opportunities. Finance minister, Claver Gatete says the funds, which are in form…
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The First Lady of Rwanda Jeannette Kagame told a continental summit that just as Rwanda has eliminated it, Africa can also kick out the child-crippling disease Polio – one of…
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For years, Gloria Muteteri, a Rwandan college student, endured long queues at the Western Money agent, to receive her tuition fees from a relative living in canada. She lined up…
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The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde says regional integration could work miracles in diversifying Rwanda’s exports and end the country’s trade imbalances. “While export diversification hinges…
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Louis Antoine Muhire, a Rwandan refugee living in Canada, visited Rwanda for the first time in 20 years after fleeing the country in 1994. For over 20 years, Muhire had…
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Rwanda’s total exports in 2014 increased by 5% despite experiencing a trade imbalance due to more imports. Trade Minister Francois Kanimba explained to KTPress that Rwanda’s Exports are gradually picking…
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Rwanda is waiting for an approval from its Justice Ministry to drag to court Netprotect a Danish firm for supplying substandard mosquito bednets. In 2013, Netprotect supplied over 3 million…
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At his home in Kanombe, a suburb of Kigali city, Damien Rwabarinda panics as Shema, his 7-months old baby tests positive to Malaria. A community health worker confirms after carrying…
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Rwanda’s central bank maintains its key repo rate at 6.5% and promises to tie inflation between 2% and 2.5% from now until end of March 2015. Central Bank Governor John…
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Ignace Munyaneza was seven during the 1994 genocide against ethnic Tutsi that claimed a million lives. At such a tender age, Munyaneza witnessed interahamwe brutally murdering his parents and four…
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Rwanda has received €27.8m from the European Union. The funds, signed for on Christmas Eve, are meant to upgrade projects in the agriculture sector, as well as the revamping and…
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President Paul Kagame has directed the minister of justice to ensure that genocide victims be compensated as soon as possible. Kagame said those with the ability to pay, should not…