Daily Archives: June 19, 2020
Rwanda: New Statistics Show Slow Growth in Q1 2020
The National institute of Statistics (NISR) has released preliminary figures which show that the economic growth slowed down while the agriculture sector was hardest hit in the first quarter of…
Kissing them Goodbye: A Tribute to The Completely Wiped Out Families
As we commemorate the Genocide perpetrated against Tutsi, I recall with pain those families that were completely wiped out. This leaves me with many questions. I look around, I see…
Local NGO Supports Gov’t Effort to Eliminate Hepatitis C
Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC) has received 60, 000 Hepatitis C rapid tests from a local organisation – Ubuzima Foundation as support to the government’s reinforced bid to elimination…
Int’l NGOs Donate $9.2M to Support Economic Recovery
The Network of International Non-Governmental Organisations (NINGOs) operating in Rwanda have solicited $9.2million (approximately Rwf8.7 billion) towards efforts to fight COVID-19. The contribution, both in cash…
Rwanda: Appetite for Government Bonds Increases Amidst Covid-19 Recovery
Rwanda has through its Central Bank successfully reopened a 15-Year treasury bond which has witnessed a subscription level of 125.9% but with a shift in appetite for bonds…
Abunzi: The Legacy of Mediation Justice Made-in-Rwanda
Jacques Rwisebura Hakizimana, 57 years, has been a community mediator for 15 years in Kigombe cell of Muhoza sector, Musanze district. He also has his full time job as a…
Construction In High Gear At $14 M Munini Hospital
A state-of-the-art hospital that is expected to cost $14.5 million is at completion stage in rural Munini sector, Nyaruguru district of the Southern Province. Excitedly, Mayor…
COVID-19: Rwanda Records 7 New Cases As Rusizi Lockdown Is Extended
Five sectors in Rusizi district will have to wait a little longer to get out of the New Coronavirus induced lockdown as the government continues with efforts to contain the…
