Hybrid Repression: Coordinated Attacks on Rwanda Press Freedom

The paradox of press freedom in Rwanda is that despite the advent of alternative media, younger journalists are more controlled than their older counterparts. “Today’s generation? Yeah, they’re getting more fear than we used to,” 47-year-old Rubens Mukunzi …

Rwanda diversifies sovereign borrowing with debut yen facility, raising $190mn

Rwanda has raised about $190mn through a World Bank Group-backed commercial sovereign loan comprising euro and Japanese yen tranches, broadening its funding sources as the government manages elevated debt and external financing requirements. The facility …

Rwanda’s New Trade Gateway: How Rusizi Port Could Transform Regional Commerce

For a landlocked country, access to efficient transport routes can make the difference between an economy that simply produces and one that trades competitively with the wider region. Rwanda is now taking another step towards strengthening that connection …

Rwanda’s Financial Sector Grows to Rwf17.5 Trillion, Agriculture Lending Jumps 177%

1 National Bank of Rwanda Governor Soraya Hakuziyaremye (Center-Left) and her team on Thursday presented the MPC KIGALI – Rwanda’s financial system has grown into a Rwf17.5 trillion (US$12.1 bn) pool of assets with banks, insurers, pension funds and other …

Rwanda Secures $190 Million World Bank-Backed Financing In First Yen Borrowing

Rwanda has secured approximately $190 million through a 15-year financing arrangement backed by the World Bank Group, marking the country’s first borrowing in Japanese yen. The financing will support the government’s general budgetary needs and fund key …

Rwanda Central Bank Raises Key Interest Rate to 8.75% as Inflation Hits 14.5%

3 National Bank of Rwanda Governor Soraya Hakuziyaremye and her team on Thursday presented the MPC KIGALI – Rwanda’s central bank has raised its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to 8.75%, tightening monetary policy further as inflation …

Ex-head of Rwanda's presidential guard dies in jail

Former head of Rwanda's presidential guard Tom Byabagamba/BBC Former head of Rwanda's presidential guard Tom Byabagamba, 59, who once served as President Paul Kagame's personal bodyguard, has died in jail. He was arrested in 2014 along with …

Rwanda crush Burundi to top Group D at CAVB women’s Championship

‘A Dream Team’: Liberian Delegation in Rwanda, South Africa to Study Memorials For Proposed Peace Museum

Monrovia – Liberians are celebrating this week as a high-powered government delegation arrives in Rwanda and South Africa. By Emmanuel Weedee-Conway The mission is to gather lessons for a proposed national museum aimed at transforming the country’s civil …

Rwanda’s Small-Market Advantage Is Faster Disproof

By Yinghang Wu * Large consumer markets are usually described as the natural destination for a new imported product. More buyers appear to offer more room for error, more routes to scale and more chances for a weak launch to find a useful segment. A …