The Bank of Kigali Academy has officially launched its second cohort of the Entry Level Training Program that will breed the next generation of transformers and leaders in the banking,…
Business & Tech
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Economy
Saudi Fund for Development Finances $20 M Electrification Project in Rwanda
by Daniel Sabiiti 8:19 pmThe Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) and Government of Rwanda have signed an agreement to finance an electricity project that will connect 60,000 households in Southern and Northern Provinces of…
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Economy
Rwanda Parliament Approves $100 M Loan for Post COVID-19 Business Recovery
by Daniel Sabiiti 10:19 pmThe Rwanda Parliament has approved $100 million loan for the Economic Recovery Fund (ERF) to support the recovery of businesses hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. The fund is specifically…
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Economy
Minister Bayisenge Tasks Development Partners To Address Women’s Challenges
by Daniel Sabiiti 7:47 pmA national non-profit, Women for Women Rwanda (WfW-R) has hosted its annual Finance Fair event to expose women micro-entrepreneurs to business opportunities and pitch their startups for capital. This year’s…
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Rwanda Development Board (RDB) has proposed a draft bill that will allow the organization to seek a special status, flexibility to lobby for big deals with a new organizational structure…
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Companies
Twenty Five Businesses Selected To Compete for Urumuri Initiative 2023
by Daniel Sabiiti 12:24 amThe Bank of Kigali (BK) Foundation and Inkomoko Entrepreneurship Development through the BK Urumuri initiative has selected 25 businesses that will this year stand a chance to get financing to…
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Technology
EDTech Partners Show Need for Accelerated Blended Learning Models
by Daniel Sabiiti 12:14 amPartners in education technology (EdTech) have said that Rwanda needs to keep the pace in Learning models to improve quality of education despite a few remaining challenges. The recommendation came…
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The International Gorilla Conservation Programme (IGCP) plans to reach more than one million gorilla-friendly pledges to conserve the endangered mountain gorillas which currently pull more foreign tourists and incomes in…
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Technology
EDTECH Monday: Join the Discussion On Accelerating Blended Learning in Post COVID-19
by Daniel Sabiiti 4:09 pmCOVID-19 may not have generated fundamental inequities in education systems worldwide, but undoubtedly exacerbated them affecting over 1.6 billion school-going children globally including Rwandans. In the aftermath of the pandemic,…
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Companies
FinTech: Bank of Kigali To Retire Old App As New Improved One Is Unveiled
by Edmund Kagire 6:42 amBank of Kigali has announced the discontinuation of its old BK App, urging its customers to migrate to a newer version that will give clients a much more enjoyable experience…
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Economy
Rwanda Joins UK’s New Trading Scheme for Developing Countries
by Jean de la Croix Tabaro 5:04 pmRwanda has joined the United Kingdom (UK) developing countries trading scheme (DCTS) which seeks to cut tariffs on products entering the UK from 65 countries. The market of an estimate…