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Zubacx Ltd Achieves ISO 9001:2015 Certification for Quality Management System
Austin Bareme, a Rwandan techpreneur and CEO of Zubacx Ltd Zubacx Ltd is proud to announce the successful attainment of ISO 9001:2015 Certification for Quality Management System (QMS). This certification covers the entire spectrum of Zubacx’s operations, including the Supply, Installation, Integration, and Support of Information Technology-based systems. ISO 9001:2015…
Read More »World Leaders Advocate for Technology Adoption to Tackle Healthcare Challenges in Africa
At the event in Davos World Leaders at the prestigious World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, an event co-hosted by GAVI and the Ministry of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy of Nigeria in collaboration with Zipline have advocated for the adoption of technology to tackle healthcare challenges in Africa. The…
Read More »Agaciro Development Fund, Hinga Wunguke Partner to Strengthen Food Systems, Promote Agricultural Markets
Chief Executive Officer of AgDF, Ms. Tesi Rusagara (Left), and the Chief of Party for Hinga Wunguke, Daniel Gies. Agaciro Development Fund (AgDF) has signed a memorandum of understanding with CNFA, on behalf of the Feed the Future Rwanda Hinga Wunguke Activity (Hinga Wunguke), to strengthen food systems for producers…
Read More »Launch of First Digital Employment Platform in EAC
Professor Dr. Prince Wasajya Kiwanuka speaks to stakeholders at the platform testing session A Rwandan built Innovative Digital Platform (INNODIP), aimed at linking academia and industry is set to be launched as the first software and platform of its kind in Rwanda and in the East African region. The platform’s…
Read More »$10m Needed to Achieve 100% Electrification of All Health Facilities – Report
This is a small health post in rural Rwanda. As seen, it has no electricity. The project would cover this and many like it. Rwanda could achieve 100 percent electrification of its healthcare facilities by 2027 by using solar power and backup batteries to electrify currently unelectrified health posts, according…
Read More »How to Avoid a Debt Crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa
Public debt in the region has risen to levels not seen in decades A water treatment plant in Rwanda. Many countries go into debt for infrastructure projects The average debt ratio in sub-Saharan Africa has almost doubled in just a decade—from 30 percent of GDP at the end of 2013…
Read More »DStv Rwanda Introduces Media Mini Football Challenge
Some of the winners Rwanda’s National Broadcaster (RBA) and The New Times emerged as the winners of the first ever DStv 4×4 Media Mini football challenge dubbed “Play the Talk” held in Kigali on Saturday. The TNT Team (women category) was led by Linda Mbabazi while the RBA (Men) was…
Read More »Eden Care Launches ProActiv Service to Provide Comprehensive Wellness
Eden Care Medical, a digital health insurer, has announced the debut of its ProActiv service, a comprehensive wellness and preventative approach that includes wellness evaluations, fitness assessments, mental health exams, and counseling. Biomarker evaluations and non-communicable disease (NCD) screening courses are also part of the program. Eden Care Medical is…
Read More »Equity Bank, Mastercard Sign 10-year Partnership to Scale Consumer Payment Experience in Region
(L-R) Mark Elliott, Division President for Sub Saharan Africa at Mastercard and Dr. James Mwangi, Equity Group Managing Director and CEO, sign a 10-year partnership agreement that will deliver innovative solutions for various customer segments including e-commerce payments, cross border payments, community pass for farmers and small businesses, QR and…
Read More »Afri-Farmers Market Set to Increase Farmer’s Incomes, Market Access
Norman Mugisha, Founder and CEO of Afri-Framers Market. Afri-Farmers Market, a Rwanda youth-led agriculture value chain enterprise has launched another selling point in Kigali with plans to increase farmers market access, better prices and access to fresh foods. Afri-Farmers Market, Rwanda’s social enterprise and e-commerce platform that provides stable markets…
Read More »East Africa to Be Continent’s Fastest Growing Region, Says African Bank
East Africa’s economic expansion will outpace other regions on the continent this year and the next, as it regains pre-pandemic momentum, according to the African Development Bank (AfDB). Growth in East Africa’s 13 nations will accelerate to 5.1% this year and 5.8% in 2024, from 4.4% last year, the Abidjan-based…
Read More »Tetra Pak Partners With Milk Processors to Promote UHT Milk
Tetra Pak Managing Director, Jonathan Kinisu Tetra Pak Ltd, the world’s leading food processing and packaging solutions company in collaboration with dairy processors have launched a campaign to raise awareness on Ultra Heat Treated (UHT) milk. The campaign which is endorsed by Rwanda FDA aims at educating the consumers on…
Read More »Women Deliver 2023: A Call to Breaking the Silos
Women activists at Women Deliver conference in Kigali discuss breaking Silos Women Deliver activists have recommended that donor organizations be open to exploring openness to adaptation to new approaches and flexibility to break silos in funding women and girls’ empowerment in Africa. The call was made at a side event…
Read More »Who Owns betPawa?
betPawa is an online betting brand that is owned by Mchezo Limited. The betting brand runs on a gaming technology platform provided by PawaTech, a company belonging to the same group as Mchezo. It was launched in Uganda in 2014 before expanding to other markets within the continent to the…
Read More »Innovation and creativity at the Center as China-Africa Youth Meet in Hunan
China and Africa Youth at the Changsha International Conference Center on June 30, 2023 in Hunan. The promising future of China-Africa cooperation cannot be accomplished without the innovation and creativity of youth. Under the theme: “Stimulate Enterprising Spirit for Innovative Development”, the China-Africa Youth Forum on Innovation & Entrepreneurship was…
Read More »Rwandans Create INNODIP Software To Connect Industry and Academia
All attendees also had a group photo A team of Rwandan software developers have demonstrated an in-house built software that will be used to implement the innovative, research-based, and inclusive digital platform project (INNODIP). INNODIP Project is a new web-based platform which aims to address the information gap between industry…
Read More »Women for Women Holds 2023 Annual Entrepreneur Financial Fair
Gender Minister Jeannette Bayisenge (middle) at the women finance fair held in Kigali A 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 finance fair event featured 125 women micro-entrepreneurs…
Read More »DelAgua and BURN’s Partner to Avail Clean Stove to Every Rural Household in Rwanda
Stove distribution to celebrate a ‘decade of impact’ in Rwanda. Gicumbi District, May 2022. DelAgua, which runs Live Well, Africa’s largest clean cook stove programme exclusively targeting rural communities depending on traditional wood fuelled fires, has purchased one million stoves from Kenya-based manufacturer, BURN’s portable stove, which is the world’s…
Read More »Biological Breaks Helping Improve Fish Production on Lake Kivu
Two years ago on a cold night in September, Rwanda Police Marine Team operating on Lake Kivu received a distress call at around 8pm. The Marine Police Team, while on patrol on the side of Kageyo Sector in Rutsiro District, western Rwanda, responded to the call from poachers who had…
Read More »RwandAir Targets “Profitable” Intra-Africa Travel, Phase Out Small Regional Carriers
RwandAir (WB, Kigali) plans to homogenise its current diversified fleet as well as phase out its Bombardier Aerospace regional jets and possibly De Havilland Aircraft of Canada turboprops, says Chief Executive Officer Yvonne Manzi Makolo. The airline operates two CRJ900ERs and two DHC-8-Q400s. “We have a very diversified fleet but…
Read More »Ugandan National Faces Over Rwf 1.3bn Tax Evasion Charges in Rwanda
The Rwanda-Uganda border A Ugandan national Valence Kibyeyi (45) is awaiting trial in Rwanda in a case that has been running since his arrest on September 11, 2020 in Kigali. At the time, Kibyeyi was intercepted in the shopping district of Kigali together with Rwandans Manirakiza Bernardin, a transporter, and…
Read More »New Digital Platform to enhance Africa’s Resilience, Strengthening Policy Innovation
Dr. Ousmane Badiane, AKADEMIYA2063’s Executive Chairperson AKADEMIYA2063 and the Pan-African Farmers’ Organization (PAFO) have launched a new project that will use digital platforms and tools to enhance resilience and strengthen policy innovation. The Digitally Enabled Resilience and Nutrition Policy Innovations (DERPIn) project launched in Kigali on February 22, 2023, will…
Read More »Giants of Africa Announce 20th Anniversary Worldwide Celebrations With Festival in Rwanda
Masai Ujiri, Founder of Giants of Africa and President of the NBA’s Toronto Raptors On the occasion of its 20th anniversary, Giants of Africa, a not-for-profit dedicated to enriching the lives of African youth through sports, and its co-founder Masai Ujiri, Vice-Chairman and President of the Toronto Raptors, has announced…
Read More »Tales From PPP Financing of the Kigali Water Treatment Plant
PPIAF: Ushering in a new five-year strategy for infrastructure development When I began my career as a water engineer, the maths was simple: soils and structures behave in certain predictable ways. Everything could, generally, be defined by equations and standards. “You dig ditches, right?” my friends would say. But throughout my…
Read More »Inside Tanzania-Kenya Fight to Control East African Markets
Countries of the EAC Kenya’s plan to control East Africa’s logistics corridor has been put to a fresh test after Tanzania moved to extend its standard gauge railway (SGR) to neighbouring landlocked countries, months after Kenya’s line hit a dead end in Naivasha, reigniting the rivalry between the two biggest…
Read More »Are Africa’s Used Car Import Bans Effective?
Research from academics at universities in Ghana and Rwanda released in June 2021 highlighted the non-effect of used car import bans (and other restrictions) in some African countries. They are having no effect on increasing new car sales. More work needs to be done, say the researchers, to stop lethal imports and…
Read More »Novartis and MMV Announce Enhanced Malaria Treatment
Treatment of malaria is scheduled to get a new boost with a therapy that seeks to clear the infection as well as blocking transmission of parasites that cause malaria. Novartis and Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) have announced a shift to phase3 study for novel non-artemisinin combinations to treat uncomplicated…
Read More »Regional Bank Marks $700m Milestone Financing Rwandan Projects
One of the region’s fastest growing economies, Rwanda, has been a TDB member state since the establishment of the Bank almost four decades ago. Since then, the Bank has been supporting various strategic projects and trade finance transactions in the country, at the service of sustainable development. To date, approximately…
Read More »COP27: Historic Loss and Damage Fund Takes COP27 to the Edge
SHARM EL SHEIKH, Nov 20 2022 (IPS) – After a tense impasse and many hours of negotiations, almost 200 countries struck a deal to set up a loss and damage fund to assist nations worst hit by climate change – a demand considered not-negotiable by the developing countries. Campaigners were also…
Read More »Here is Aeroponics Technology For Producing 10 Times More Potatoes in Rwanda
Rwandans eat more than 100 kg of potatoes per capita per year, and the hilly nation has good environments for growing the crop, yet the average yield is less than half what it could be under optimal conditions, in large part because most farmers plant low quality seed potatoes. The…
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