The World Telecommunication Development Conference opens in Kigali

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) today opened a landmark digital development conference aimed at bringing affordable, meaningful connectivity to the estimated 2.9 billion people worldwide who still lack an Internet connection. Officially... Read more »

African Development Bank reports strong financial health, despite Covid-19 crisis

The African Development Bank Group is progressing with financial reforms that have helped it become stronger, more resilient, and better equipped in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis, the institution’s Senior Vice... Read more »

African Development Bank Group Governors endorse bank’s vision for the next 10 years

Delegates unanimously adopted what they called the Accra Declaration, which captured decisions arrived at by the Bank Group’s governors during the meetings Accra: The African Development Bank Group concluded five days of... Read more »

Premier Ngirente attends the AfDB’s 57th Annual Meeting in Ghana

Premier Edouard Ngirente took part in a Presidential Panel Dialogue Today, the Rwandan Premier Minister Edouard Ngirente attended the opening ceremony of the African Development Bank(AfDB) Group 57th Annual Meetings, in Accra,... Read more »

President Kagame in Davos for World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2022

President Kagame has arrived in Davos, Switzerland where he joins other global leaders for The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2022.  The Meeting brings together over 2,000 leaders and experts in various... Read more »

The total resources estimated for the fiscal year 2022/23 will amount to Frw 4,658.4 billion

Minister Uzziel Ndagijimana Kigali: Addressing a combined plenary sitting, Minister Uzziel Ndagijimana said that the total resources estimated for the fiscal year 2022/23 will amount to Frw 4,658.4 billion reflecting a Frw... Read more »

EU and UNDP Rwanda commitment to investing in youth entrepreneurship

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Rwanda and the European Union (EU) have signed a funding agreement worth EUR 8 million to expand the socio-economic opportunities for youth. Through the Ministry... Read more »

Rwanda launched US$ 250 million second phase of Economic Recovery Fund

The Rwandan Government launched the second phase of the Economic Recovery Fund (ERF2), a move aimed at increasing access to finance to further support economic recovery mostly through investments. The ERF 2... Read more »

The European Union launches new cooperation strategy with Rwanda

Today, Rwanda’s Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Uzziel Ndagijimana and Deputy-Director General Myriam Ferran from the European Commission’s Directorate General for International Partnerships met to mark the launch of the European... Read more »

Rwanda secures US$18 million Nyacyonga-Mukoto road rehabilitation financing from OPEC Fund

The Government of Rwanda and the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) today signed a financing agreement worth US$ 18 Million (estimate of Frw 18 billion) to rehabilitate 36 km Nyacyonga-Mukoto road.... Read more »