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Airline ushers in new economic relations between Rwanda and TurkeyCommenting on the growing business ties between the two countries, Mushikiwabo said that a Turkish investor interested in generating electricity from peat has been in the country and negotiations are at an advanced stage.
Topix.net | 18-May-2012 12:13
Rwanda: Mafisango Dies in Car Accident
[Focus] Former Amavubi Stars captain Patrick Mafisango has died in a car accident. The Simba midfielder was involved in a fatal car accident this morning while traveling from Tazara to Dar es Salaam.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2012 10:05
MTN and KCB to Facilitate Blackberry Purchase
[Focus] MTN Rwanda has entered into a partnership with KCB Rwanda to offer a facility that can allow their customers to own a BlackBerry smart phone on loan. The partnership allows MTN customers and KCB eligible account holders to purchase a BlackBerry handset including one year subscription and pay in 12 installments.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2012 10:05
Rwanda: Gakenke - Rema Urges Leaders to Protect Environment
[News of Rwanda] The local leaders have been asked to protect the environment by putting in consideration the government's program so as to reduce effects of climate changes that has caused many kinds of disasters in different places.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2012 09:35
Rwanda: Camp in Nyamagabe to Be Redesigned
[New Times] The UNHCR has hired a specialised architect to redesign a new camp in Nyamagabe District, Southern Province, that is designated to accommodate Congolese refugees fleeing the war-stricken eastern region of the DRC.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2012 09:02
Africa: Leadership Key to Eliminating Hunger in Continent
[New Times] For too long, Africa has been looked at with disdain, or referred to as the 'hopeless continent'. Drought, famine, repression, civil war and tribal conflict have been rife. However, developments in the recent past show that the tide is turning.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2012 09:02
MTN to Lose E-Soko Monopoly
[New Times] Plans are underway to connect all mobile telecommunication companies operating in the country to the e-Soko application, the Ministry of Agriculture has said.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2012 09:02
Rwanda: Police Arrest Two Doctors Over Botched Up Operation
[New Times] Police have arrested a medical doctor and a senior nurse in connection with the case of a woman reported to have lived with several surgical tools in her body.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2012 09:02
Rwanda: Leadership Not About Personal Gain, Says Don
[New Times] Leadership should not be considered a personal achievement but an opportunity to deliver services for the common good of the people, Dr George Njenga, the Founding Dean of Strathmore Business School, said yesterday.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2012 09:02
Rwanda: Mafisango's Death Shocks Football Fraternity
[New Times] Mafisango in his first season with APR. The New Times/File.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2012 09:02
Nyanza Hosts Inaugural Int'l Art Exhibition
[New Times] The first ever international arts exhibition in the country opens today at the Institute of National Museums of Rwanda (INMR) in the Southern Province.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2012 09:02
Kigali-Gatuna Highway Construction Costs Revised
[New Times] The refurbishment and expansion of the Kigali-Gatuna highway will cost more than the initially projected budget of Rwf32 billion but it will have a longer lifespan, it has emerged.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2012 09:02
New Partnership to Boost Cultural Tourism
[New Times] The Institute of National Museums of Rwanda (INMR) has signed a pact with the Rwanda Agriculture Board (RAB) that will see the multiplication and exhibition of a traditional breed of cattle.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2012 09:02
Body Launches Service Delivery Campaign
[New Times] The Rwanda Natural Resource Authority (RNRA) on Tuesday launched a campaign to build employees' capacity to improve service delivery.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2012 09:02
The Death of Inflation Targeting
[New Times] IT is with regret that we announce the death of inflation targeting. The monetary-policy regime, known as IT to friends, evidently passed away in September 2008.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2012 09:02
'The Fit' Triumphing Over 'Survival of the Fittest'
[New Times] In a surprise turn in the normal course of seasons, the rains are pounding the land of a thousand hills with increasingly heightened intensity this late in May. It has not happened in recent history and no one knows what to make of it.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2012 09:00
Maiden Real Estate Expo Due This Month
[New Times] The Real Estate Association of Rwanda (REAR) has announced plans to host the first ever National Property Expo that brings together local and foreign players in the property development sector.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2012 09:00
Rwanda: U.S. Contributes $50,000 Towards Refugee Welfare
[New Times] The United States government has provided a $50,000 donation to refugee relief efforts after more than 8,000 Congolese crossed into Rwanda over the last few weeks.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2012 09:00
Rwanda: Devise New Ways to Combat Graft - PM
[New Times] New strategies are required to fight corruption, Prime Minister, Dr Pierre Damien Habumuremyi, said yesterday at the opening of a one-day meeting on the role of parliament and their partners in fighting the graft.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2012 09:00
AFDB, G8 Discuss Food Security
[New Times] The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Donald Kaberuka, will participate in an extraordinary meeting of the world's richest nations to discuss the critical issue of food security in Africa.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2012 09:00
Rwanda: Oil Firm Seeks 400 Hectares of Land
[New Times] A local oil processing firm, Ikirezi Oil Processors, has asked the government to avail 400 hectares of land to enable it to grow raw materials for its business.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2012 09:00
Rwanda: How They Celebrated Mother's Day
[New Times] On the second Sunday of May Mothers are celebrated. On Mother's Day people spend time with their loving and caring mothers as they express love and gratitude to the women who nurtured them.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2012 09:00
Rwanda: Effectiveness and Efficiency in Service Delivery
[New Times] Effective and efficient are common words in business cycles that they have become clichés. Something is effective if it is adequate to accomplish a purpose; producing the intended or expected result.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2012 09:00
MTN Donates Computer Lab to Rusizi School
[New Times] RUSIZI-GS Gihundwe School in Gihundwe, Rusizi District in Western Province, yesterday, got a boost of a fully equipped computer laboratory under the MTN Foundation's 'ICT School Connect Project'. The project is aimed at promoting the usage and understanding of information and communication technology in schools.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2012 09:00
RRA Crash Out
[New Times] Rwanda Revenue Authority's march in the African women volleyball tournament came to a cruel end on Wednesday after losing to Kenyan side Prisons 3-0 in the quarter finals.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2012 09:00
BNR Endorses Nigerian As Sonarwa Boss
[New Times] The National Bank of Rwanda (BNR) has approved Macdonald James Obi as the Managing Director of Sonarwa, one of the country's largest insurance companies.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2012 09:00
Rwanda: U.S$100 Million Project to Bridge Trade Deficit
[New Times] The World Bank and the Government of Rwanda yesterday approved a $100m project that seeks to raise the country's export revenues from regional markets.
AllAfrica | 18-May-2012 09:00
Rwanda | Gatsibo: A Local Cooperative to begin pineapple factory
After winning the "Hanga Umurimo" , Members of cooperative Intambwe have decided to put up a pineapple factory capable of processing 1000 tonnes of pineapples.
Topix.net | 18-May-2012 07:59
Rwanda | Gatsibo: Tiles factory to be built soon
While Gatsibo is known to be among the poor districts with poor infrastructure, residents have vowed to work hard and change the district development.
Topix.net | 18-May-2012 03:44
Rwanda : English language emphasized in Kayonza District schools
With Rwanda's education system shifting from French language as medium of instruction to English language, several strides have been made to facilitate efficiency in such change.
Topix.net | 17-May-2012 23:30
Rwanda: Doctor Arrested Over Surgical Instruments Found Inside Woman
Police have arrested a medical doctor in connection with the case of a woman whose life was saved by medics in January this year after they removed several surgical tools, including three gloves, a syringe and cotton, from her uterus.
Topix.net | 17-May-2012 19:15
Business Owners Express Gratitude Over EAC's Progress
[News of Rwanda] Five years down the road, since Rwanda joined the East African Community a lot of progress in policy implementations, market union and other sectors of integration have been done.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 17:31
Paul Kagame - Inspires Young Generation
[News of Rwanda] The personality of Rwanda's President Paul Kagame is considered one of a kind among the youths of Rwanda Today, as commonly referred to as 'Mzee wacu' literary meaning our man or our Dad
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 17:31
Rwanda: Youth Urged to Seek Advice On Decision Making
[News of Rwanda] Minister of youth telecommunication and technology, Jean Philbert Nsengimana, has urged youth to work with concerned authorities so that decision making is based on youth ideas.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 17:31
Nation Will Be Built By the Hands of Its Citizens - President Kagame
[News of Rwanda] President Paul Kagame has emphasised that Rwanda as a country will be built by the hands of its citizens. The president made the remarks during his Labour Day address to the nation on May 1.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 17:31
Generation Rwanda: Two Stories
As part of the ACE Leadership Training, we had several site visits to bring some of the real world into our discussions.
Topix.net | 17-May-2012 17:10
Rwanda: Doctor Arrested Over Surgical Instruments Found Inside Woman
[New Times] Police have arrested a medical doctor in connection with the case of a woman whose life was saved by medics in January this year after they removed several surgical tools, including three gloves, a syringe and cotton, from her uterus.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 17:00
Rwanda: Football Star Mafisango Dies in Motor Accident
[New Times] Rwandan football fraternity woke up to sad news this morning of the passing of Amavubi midfielder Patrick Mafisango.
AllAfrica | 17-May-2012 16:14
Rwanda | Kayonza: Residents express fear over increasing floods
Water flooding from the mountains has destroyed houses and toilets of some of the residents of Ryamanyoni cell in Murundi sector in Kayonza district, according to local reports.
Topix.net | 17-May-2012 16:10
Rwanda | Gakenke: School dropout blames corporal punishment
Nsabimana Innocent, who is a bicycle rider at base trading centre and a retailer at Base market, narrates: "My teacher used to beat me so much and sent me for my parents one day, but when I told my parents they beat me as well." Nsabimana says he was in primary four when he dropped out of school.
Topix.net | 17-May-2012 16:10
Rwanda | Veterinary doctors asked to improve Rwandans' welfare
The governor of the Northern Province of Rwanda has urged veterinary doctors to do their everyday work while aiming to reduce poverty and hunger in Rwandans as it is the objective of the country.
Topix.net | 17-May-2012 16:10
Rwanda : Ubugali and Isombe;Rwandas prefered cuisine
As 90 percent of the Rwandan population depend on agriculture food stuffs that is fresh or directly from the farm such as, sweet potatoes, millet, beans, fruits , peas, cassava and maize corn are classified as typical staple food .
Topix.net | 17-May-2012 14:06
Rwanda will be built by the hands of its citizens - President Kagame
He however highlighted that there is still more work to do together to take the nation and the people where they deserve to be.
Topix.net | 17-May-2012 14:06
Paul Kagame- inspires Rwanda's young generation
President Paul Kagame is considered one of a kind among the youths of Rwanda Today, as commonly referred to as 'Mzee wacu' literary meaning our man or our Dad It is not easy to understand why Kagame stands out to be a role model for youths in Rwanda, unless one goes back to his history as a child and reflects on the where Rwanda's history ... (more)
Topix.net | 17-May-2012 14:06
Rwanda : Electricity supply in Rwanda
Energy is one essential requirement in any country for economic development and to provide services to its population in schools, health facilities, administrative offices and business as a whole.
Topix.net | 17-May-2012 13:06
Rwanda : World Bank gets new Vice President
A A Senegalese expert in Finance Makhtar Diop and 25 years of experience in international banks has been elected to the position of the vice president of the World Bank, May2012.
Topix.net | 17-May-2012 12:01