With one week to go until Africa Tech Summit in Kigali, (www.africatechsummit.com/kigali) over 100 expert speakers from across the continent have been announced for the pan-African event at the Kigali Convention Centre in Rwanda on February 5thand 6th2020. The Summit will connect African corporates, start-ups, investors and international delegations sharing...

Norwegian company Empower New Energy and its partners have just signed an electricity purchase contract (CAE) with Rwanda Energy Group (REG) relating to the Rucanzogera mini-hydroelectric project in the west of the country, according to published information by Afrik 21....

Le Rwanda envisage de supprimer les frais de visa pour les citoyens du Commonwealth, ainsi que les pays membres de l'Union africaine et de la Francophonie, a annoncé le président Paul Kagame. Le président Paul Kagame a fait cette annonce le 21 janvier à l'École internationale de gouvernement du King’s...

Rwanda will be the new champion of African growth in 2020. This is highlighted in the recently released 2020 report on the global economic outlook. During the year, the country is expected to register growth of 8.1%. A performance that should be enough to keep the country at the peak...

The Rwandan Federation of Transport Cooperatives (RFTC) has put into service 11 buses adapted for people with reduced mobility from China. These buses have been designed to allow people with disabilities to board and disembark without being assisted. Thanks to this initiative, user-friendly public transport for this category of people...

Rwanda's economy is expected to grow 8% this year and then in 2021, from around 8.5% in 2019, said the International Monetary Fund (IMF). IMF estimates for last year are identical to the Rwandan government's forecasts....

Rwandan authorities are currently working on setting up a central sewage system in the capital Kigali, according to information relayed by Afrik 21. This collective sanitation project is funded by several development partners....

Rwanda has posted an 8% average growth rate over the past two decades (2000-2018), according to figures from the Ministry of Finance. During the period, the country's budget increased 26-fold, from 73 billion to 1970 billion Rwandan francs ($ 2.08 billion), while the poverty line fell significantly from 60 to...

Cooper Pharma’s antibiotic pharmaceutical plant in Rwanda will be operational in July, local media said. Construction of the Moroccan plant in the 20,000 square meter special economic zone of Kigali started in 2017....

Morocco and Rwanda decided on January 16 in Rabat to create a committee to follow up bilateral cooperation agreements. This monitoring committee will accelerate the implementation of these agreements, as well as explore new avenues for the development of bilateral cooperation, said the Minister Delegate to the Minister of Foreign...