Rwanda’s Education Minister Joseph Nsengimana has warned that adults found to have helped students cheat in national examinations will be prosecuted and punished, following an investigation that identified cheating incidents involving 7,188 students in 254 examination rooms.
Rwanda is seeking to deepen its capital market and expand private-sector investment following a meeting between Prime Minister Justin Nsengiyumva and Marc Holtzman, Chairperson of the Rwanda Capital Market Authority (CMA).
President Paul Kagame on Thursday met Sahr Kpundeh, the outgoing World Bank Country Manager in Rwanda, and Julie Crowley, Canada’s outgoing ambassador to Rwanda, as both officials conclude their assignments in the country.
Rwanda has developed six new coffee varieties that could raise yields to as much as seven tonnes per hectare as the country seeks to replace ageing trees and boost coffee production.
The Rwanda Social Security Board (RSSB) has acquired the remaining shares held by Crystal Ventures Limited (CVL) in Inyange Industries Ltd and Ruliba Clays Ltd, giving the pension fund full ownership of both companies.
President Paul Kagame has held talks with former South African President Thabo Mbeki on the role of good governance and accountable leadership in driving Africa’s transformation.
Rwanda President Paul Kagame has met Wamkele Mene, Secretary-General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, as African countries face growing calls to accelerate implementation of the continent’s free trade agreement.
RwandAir Chief Executive Officer Yvonne Manzi Makolo has called for African countries to tackle the high operating costs and regulatory barriers that continue to make air travel within the continent more expensive than in other regions.
Rwanda has secured financing worth about Rwf278 billion to support development projects and job creation, as the government seeks to diversify its sources of capital while keeping public borrowing sustainable.
President Paul Kagame has reiterated that Rwanda will remain concerned about the security situation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo for as long as the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) remains active in the region.
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