Last week, Rwanda hosted the global gender summit, at the Kigali Convention Centre. Among the numerous subjects discussed was gender-based violence. Rwanda is justifiably hailed as a leading nation in…
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Rwanda Police Provides Traffic Update Ahead of Mega HIV Conference
by Dan Ngabonziza 2:59 pmRwanda National Police has provided traffic updates as the country prepares to host the biggest HIV conference that will last for a week in the capital Kigali. From December 2-7,…
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EAC, COMESA, ECOWAS Launch Platform to Link African Women Entrepreneurs
by Edmund Kagire 8:34 amThe launch of the 50 Million African Women Speak Networking Platform to provide African women entrepreneurs with access to information on financial and non-financial services will be vital for the…
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The MasterCard Foundation has initiated a new scholars program that will enable talented but vulnerable Rwandans to compete for 15,000 new scholarships for university students set aside for Africans in…
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Mrs Kagame’s Stand: What a Man Can Do, A Woman Can Do
by Jean de la Croix Tabaro 4:31 pmRwanda’s First Lady Jeanette Kagame is of a school of thought which believes that indeed, “what a man can do, a woman can do just as well.” Growing up, the…
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President Paul Kagame says that whenever women are involved in the decision making processes and are fully empowered, the society gains more, pointing out that the fight for gender equality…
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The third group of 116 refugees and asylum seekers evacuated from Libya under the Emergency Transit Mechanism (ETM) safely arrived in Rwanda last night, bringing the total of refugees airlifted…
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ICYMI: Rwanda’s Best University Ever, Working Class Mortgage Deal and More
by Jean de la Croix Tabaro 5:39 pmBy any standard, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is the Best University with a campus in Rwanda. It was welcomed in Rwanda in 2011 after several talks between Rwanda and US…
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At least 123 African refugees will arrive in Rwanda this evening where they will be transported to Gashora Emergency Transit Mechanism Centre in Bugesera, to bring the total number of…
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Carnegie Mellon University to Unveil Its Kigali Permanent Home
by Jean de la Croix Tabaro 5:39 pmCarnegie Mellon University (CMU) has started a series of events preparing inauguration of its permanent home, the CMU Africa Regional ICT Centre of Excellence Building in Kigali Innovation City. The…
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President Paul Kagame has told participants of the G20 Compact with Africa (CwA) Investment Summit in Germany, that the presence of Africa at the summit is an indication that the…
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Alibaba’s Jack Ma In Africa with $1M for 10 Young Entrepreneurs
by Dan Ngabonziza 4:40 pmAccra, Ghana – When Jack Ma – Chinese billionaire, philanthropist and Founder of Alibaba Group developed an idea to register his e-Commerce company in China in 1999, he was mocked and…