Kigali City councilors have elected Marie Chantal Rwakazina as new City Mayor to replace Pascal Nyamurinda who resigned on April 10th, 2018 citing personal reasons. Rwakazina 45, got 146 votes…
Oswald Niyonzima
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Rwanda has organized a weeklong celebration of good governance in Africa which will culminate into the African Liberation Day on May 25. Also known as Pan African Week May 21 to May…
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Companies
Cement Crisis Continues Weeks after Cimerwa Announced End to the Problem
by Oswald Niyonzima & Daniel Sabiiti 1:53 pmCement users in Rwanda could have more days to bear hard times, as prices at Cimerwa – Rwanda’s monopoly producer, remain high weeks after they announced they had resumed production.…
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Elderly people have appealed to government to introduce an elderly care option at the faculty of medicine because currently medical practitioners ‘ignore’ their illness. Rwanda Elders Advisory Forum (REAF) gathered…
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The Kigali-Gatuna highway that was restricted to heavy trucks after a landslide at Rwankonjo-Cyumba Sector, last Sunday has been reopened to heavy trucks. “Kigali-Gatuna Road traffic resumes for ALL vehicles.…
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Rwanda may need to intensify campaign on the use of gas as an alternative cooking energy to counter the high demand of wood which keeps increasing, putting pressure on the…
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“Works to restore traffic started on Kigali-Gatuna Road. We expect to have traffic resumed for all vehicles by Monday latest. However, light vehicles and passenger buses are passing,” Jean de…
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National
Technical Schools Lead Education Sector in Budget Implementation
by Oswald Niyonzima 7:45 pmAt a time when institutions are lagging behind in budget implementation, Technical and Vocational Education Schools have presented a promising progress at parliament on Monday. Education officials appeared before Rwanda parliament…
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National
Grief and Horror as Landslide Victims are Buried In Western Rwanda
by Oswald Niyonzima 11:02 amThe evening of May 6 was normal and peaceful. Francois Nzabamwita, a resident of Bucyurabuhoro Village, Rwankuba Sector in Karongi District (Western Rwanda) left home to watch a football game…
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International
We Africans Are Not Poor, Not At All – says Kagame at Tech Summit
by Oswald Niyonzima 3:06 pmPresident Paul Kagame says Africa can easily mobilize fund for their own projects instead of waiting for the third party which in most cases present their offers with stringent conditions.…
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Rwanda Central Bank Rwanda will this month issue a 10-year treasury bond worth Rwf 10 billion to finance infrastructure and Capital Market, according to a tender notice by the Central…
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President Paul Kagame has kept his stand that Africa’s development will only happen if internet infrastructure is affordable for all. Co-chair of the United Nations Brodband Commission (UNBBCom), Kagame hosted…