The IMF’s April 2025 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa presents a clear warning: regional growth is slowing, debt pressures are mounting, and donor assistance is declining. Yet the report outlines critical opportunities particularly in domestic revenue mobilization, structural reform, and private sector activation that can shape a more resilient …
Rural residents in Rwanda are caught between a rock and hard place as local authorities force them off land that has been reclassified from agricultural to residential use. This highlights the negative impact of the country’s rapid urbanisation on the poor. About 17 per cent of citizens live in urban …
The Director General of the Rwanda Environmental Management Authority (REMA), Eng. Coletha Ruhamya, has warned wetland encroachers that they will be prosecuted. Her remarks came after reports that Police in Gastibo District earlier this month arrested four people in connection with illegally conducting farming activities on gazetted wetlands. The Eastern …
The national water utility agency has embarked on a Rwf80-million solar-powered borehole project that will serve as a quick and temporary intervention to save people living along the Nyabarongo River in Mageragere Sector, Nyarugenge District, from deadly crocodiles. This comes as reports indicate that the reptiles haD killed at least …
A €91,297 (about Rwf91m) project has been launched with view to ensure that corruption does not undermine climate change mitigation efforts as well as effective and equitable allocation of climate finance in the country. It is financed by the German Federal Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety. The …
Rwandan-based energy company, Ignite Power, is confident to have been able to change the energy paradigm in Africa as it is offering a price plan for home solar products. Ignite's chief executive, Yariv Cohen, said: "We [have] completed phase 2 of 'Ignite Rwanda' project. With a network of 1,600 installers, …
The Eastern Nile Technical Regional Office (ENTRO) Saturday disclosed that Nile Basin Commission will be established to enforce demands of equitable utilization of the Nile river’s resources. The commission will be established soon after three additional Nile Basin member states approve the Cooperative Framework Agreement (CFA). Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Rwanda …
Rwanda Environment Management Authority has said that the plan by the German car maker ‘Volkswagen’ to assemble electric cars as part of the environmentally friendly model vehicles is timely since different studies have revealed that vehicles emissions have major contribution to air pollution in Rwanda especially in Kigali city. According …
Seven African countries — Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Mozambique, Malawi, Madagascar and Senegal — have been hailed for their support to innovation in the agricultural sector. A new report by Cornell University’s INSEAD Business School and the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has called for “digital agriculture” in the face of …
Efforts to revive Kenya’s coffee sub-sector are facing a new challenge: Climate change. As the government tries to revamp the sub-sector by writing off farmers’ debts and exploring new markets, researchers say that most coffee growing zones in central Kenya, particularly Kiambu and Murang’a, are no longer suitable for the …
Developing countries, tired of waiting for help from rich countries to arrive and already facing mounting climate crises, are starting their own funds to deal with an uncertain future. Despite agreeing to shift $100bn each year in climate finance by 2020 under the Paris climate deal, wealthy countries have quibbled …
A rapidly expanding population is stretching the capacity of Kigali city to assure piped water supply to its rural districts. Piped water contractors in Kigali environs say they are stretched as settlements expand with each seeking to be connected to mostly old water networks with low production. The government targets …
This assessment was conducted by the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF) and its associates at the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) between December 2016 and February 2017 with support from the Government of Canada. It assesses the mining laws and policies of Rwanda and …
KAMPALA - Cooks at a community kitchen in Kampala's Nakasero Hill business district are preparing a traditional breakfast of green bananas in offal sauce using a very untraditional means of cooking - volcanic rocks. It's a method that some are hoping will take off across Africa, to help protect forests …
Knowledge is the basis for sustainable development, but successful implementation depends on understanding what works in the field and where to improve lives and the environment. This is why a new FAO book released in Rome – Sustainable Land Management in the Kagera Basin – presents sustainable land management techniques …
The Ministers in charge of environment, disaster preparedness, and agriculture yesterday held a consultative meeting with lawmakers that revolved around the effects of Climate Change. The minister for Natural Resources, Dr Vincent Biruta, Disaster and Refugees affairs minister Seraphine Mukantabana and the State Minister for Agriculture, Fulgence Nsengiyumva, explained to …
For decades, the residents of Rwaza sector, living next to River Mukungwa have had to contend with electricity transmission lines pass overhead to Kigali but not to their premises. Their prospects for electric lighting began to look up with the breaking of ground on June, for the 2.6MW Rwaza-Muko Hydro …
Yaounde — Every year, 11 million Africans fall into poverty due to high out-of-pocket payments for healthcare, technology could change that Integrating technology into Africa's healthcare systems is key to opening them up faster to the poorest and most vulnerable people, the World Health Organization's Africa director said. Using more …
Last week, Rwanda’s infrastructure minister, James Musoni, witnessed the ground-breaking ceremony for the new Musanze hydropower plant. The New Times reported that the hydropower plant is expected to add at least 3.6MW to the national electricity grid and will be developed in stages. "This power plant might be small in …
The region’s health systems and prevailing challenges in the health sector will be deliberated upon beginning today during the inaugural Africa Health Forum of the World Health Organisation. The summit gathers high level officials, including African ministers of Health and finance, UN Agencies, intergovernmental agencies, academicians, civil society players, philanthropic …
Water and sanitation are critical components that need to be worked on to ensure they are covered 100 per cent by 2020 if Rwandans are to live a better life, officials have said. Officials from the Ministry of Infrastruture and those from the City of Kigali were, yesterday, speaking during …
