The economic imperative of gender equality

The concept of ‘economy’ by its nature is complex: in brief, ‘economy’ includes aspects such as production, distribution (of those products and resources), consumption, as well as the institutions that work to enhance production and consumption,...

Equity Bank, Toyota Rwanda team up to ease vehicle ownership

If I were king: Turning around South Africa’s economy - Terence Corrigan

This is especially the case when South Africa is ranked alongside any number of other emerging markets. As a US-based trade and investment analyst whom we interviewed for the study put it: “In isolation, [each of its problems] could be overcome,...

Odinga and Nyerere: The economics of defiance

DAR ES SALAAM: RAILA Odinga’s demise marks more than the death of a political figure; it closes a generational loop linking two moral economies and that is Kenya’s democratic reformism and Tanzania’s nation building idealism. In East Africa’s...

Faye and Kagame Advance Bilateral Cooperation in Kigali

- Advertisement - Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye concluded a three-day state visit to Kigali this weekend, strengthening the growing friendship between Senegal and Rwanda. Held from 17th to 19th October at the invitation of President...

Tanzania’s top bank to expand regionally

Tanzania’s biggest bank by assets and loans, CRDB, is actively exploring new markets in its landlocked neighbors and beyond the continent as it seeks to establish itself as a regional leader, its chair told Semafor. The four-decade old banking...

Five countries flagged for holding up Comesa-EAC-SADC mega trade bloc

Five members of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) are holding back the full rollout of a mega free-trade area (FTA) stretching across 26 African countries from Cape Town to Cairo, it has been revealed. The mega trade bloc...

Rwandan businesses eye service export markets

Rwanda's Stock Market Rises Amidst Shifting Investor Sentiments

Rwanda's stock market concluded this week on an optimistic note, with significant movements in its key indices. The Rwanda Share Index (RSI) surged by 0.8 percent, closing the trading session at 137.27 points, while the Rwanda All Share Index...

Fact-checking Trump's '60 Minutes' interview on nuclear weapons, Mamdani, ICE

In his first "60 Minutes" interview in five years, President Donald Trump misled about his administration’s deportation strategy and his record on grocery prices. The nearly 90-minute interview came a year after he successfully sued CBS’ parent...

Why Government Must Invest More in RwandAir To Reach More Destinations

1 Earlier this month, RwandAir CEO, Yvonne Makolo and members of management joined flight WB108 to Johannesburg to celebrate the people who make every journey special, its passengers. For air travellers going for the upcoming festive season,...

Climate financing boosting water access for millions in developing nations

Courtesy of Mortenson Center In northern Kenya, Newton Kiriungi of the Mortenson Center, demonstrates a water quality sensor used to detect E. coli contamination in real time. Last year, researchers from water research institute Eawag, with...

What is the significance of Singapore’s carbon trading pacts on firms and the economy?

SINGAPORE - Singapore’s efforts to source for carbon credits from all over the world are paying off, with 10 such deals inked since end-2023. As at early October, the Republic has signed implementation agreements with Ghana, Papua New Guinea,...

Rwanda Marks International Day of the Girl with Call to End HIV and Teenage Pregnancy

4 Huye, — Rwanda joined the rest of the world in marking the International Day of the Girl Child (IDGC) with a call to strengthen protection and health services for adolescent girls, who continue to face heightened risks of HIV infection, teenage...

Slidell North Lions link up with East African school

Longtime Slidell Noon Lions Club member Dan Ferrari visited a school for the visually impaired in East Africa earlier this year, donating $6,600 from the Lions back home, while Ferrari's friends also donated sound-emitting soccer balls and Braille...

Opinion – Will NATO Collapse? Gamers Rejoice

World War III is underway and the liberal world order is officially over. NATO members have defected from America’s national security sphere in favor of outsourcing their warfighting to the mysterious “Pax Armata” (“Armed Peace”). This is not our...

Sudan Crisis: Sudanese Envoy Urges President Kagame to Lead African Mediation Efforts

1 Amb. Khalid Musa Dafalla Musa addressing a press briefing at the embassy in Kigali, (Photo: Daniel Sabiiti) The Sudanese Ambassador to Rwanda, Khalid Musa Dafalla Musa, has called on President Paul Kagame to intervene and lead an African effort...

AUHF seeks stronger govt role in blended finance to bridge housing gap

To tackle Africa’s growing housing deficit, the Chairman of the African Union for Housing Finance (AUHF), Mr Kehinde Ogundimu, has urged stronger government leadership and the adoption of innovative financing mechanisms, particularly through...

Why registering a company in Rwanda now takes less than one workday

Why Government Must Invest More in RwandAir To Reach More Destinations

31 Earlier this month, RwandAir CEO, Yvonne Makolo and members of management joined flight WB108 to Johannesburg to celebrate the people who make every journey special, its passengers. For air travellers going for the upcoming festive season,...