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Sim Card Registration Gets Under Way
The Rwanda Utilities and Regulatory Agency (RURA), the National ID Agency (NIDA), the ministry of youth and ICT and telecom companies yesterday officially launched the SIM card registration (SCR). Starting on February 4, all pre-paid mobile subscribers in Rwanda are required to register their SIM card during a 6-month period...
Country On Track to Meet Maternal Health MDG
Maternal health is very important and impacts not only the mother and child but the whole family. To highlight that importance, the United Nations put maternal health in its 8 millennium development goals, which focuses on proper care during pregnancy and delivery. The number of women dying while giving birth...
Africa: WFP Boosts Food Security By Connecting Smallholder Farmers to Global Markets
Together with a consortium of leading public and private sector organizations, the Patient Procurement Platform (PPP) will make it possible for farmers to plant, harvest and sell enough high-quality crops to boost their income and increase food security. The platform will offer farmers access not only to quality seeds and...
Ebola Suspected Case Improving – Minisante
Following Sunday’s report of a patient who was identified in Rwanda with ebola-like symptoms, the ministry of health has announced that the patient’s condition is improving. The patient, a European medical student who has recently been in West Africa, was put in isolation while at King Faisal hospital with malaria...
Minister Binagwaho Scoops Innovation In Health Award
The Minister of Health, Dr Agnes Binagwaho will today, during an event in Washington DC, receive the Roux Prize award which was bestowed upon her for her contribution in turning data and evidence into health impact. The award, which is being given for the second time, is worth $ 100,000...
Africa’s Smaller Economies Are Leading Business Reforms On The Continent
Africa’s biggest economies are not undertaking major reforms to ease doing business fast enough. The latest World Bank Doing Business report shows Nigeria and South Africa—the continent’s largest economies—have made meager progress over the past year. South Africa remains ranked 82nd out of 190 ranked countries while Nigeria fell one place to...
Expensive Graves Raise Mp’s Concern
On Monday, Dr. Alvera Mukabaramba, the State Minister for Social Affairs in MINALOC explained to the parliament’s committee in charge of social affairs, issues regarding expensive burial services. VIP graves at Rusororo cost at least Frw 750,000. (courtesy photo) Esperance Mwiza, the chairperson of the committee, said that they have...
Academia Challenged To Provide Innovations For Sustainable Development
Activists, communities and the private sector in the great lakes region have challenged the education system to carry out research and innovations that provide solutions to Sustainable Development. They say many countries in Africa have not achieved Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and therefore more collaboration is needed to implement 2030...
Farg Increases Allowance For Genocide Survivors
The Assistance Fund for Genocide Survivors (FARG) has increased the amount of money it used to give to its beneficiaries to improve their welfare, officials have confirmed. FARG executive secretary Théophile Ruberangeyo explained the assistance had been adjusted from Frw 7,500 to Frw 18,000 per month for all of the...
President Kagame Meets Kenyan MP
President Paul Kagame yesterday received the Speaker of the Kenyan Senate, Ekwee Ethuro, as well as other Kenyan MPs, at Village Urugwiro where they discussed how to strengthen cooperation between the two countries. Ethuro explained that they exchanged ideas with the President Kagame on how to deepen the East African...
Korea To Fund A Us$ 5.6 Million Ict Innovation Center
The youth and ICT ministry and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) in Rwanda have on Wednesday signed an MoU to enhance the ICT Innovation center. The center will be set up at the Integrated Polytechnic Regional Center (IPRC) Kigali Campus, in Kicukiro. KOICA’s contribution to the project will be...
African Liberation Day To Be Marked In Rwanda For The First Time
For the first time ever, Rwanda will celebrate the African Liberation Day (ALD) on May 25th. The celebration will be held at the University of Rwanda College of Business and Economics in Gikondo under the theme: “Women and youth at the forefront of African liberation.” The international event is usually...
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Sim Card Registration Gets Under Way
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Country On Track to Meet Maternal Health MDG
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Ebola Suspected Case Improving – Minisante
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Minister Binagwaho Scoops Innovation In Health Award
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Expensive Graves Raise Mp’s Concern
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Farg Increases Allowance For Genocide Survivors
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President Kagame Meets Kenyan MP
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