How ignorance and stupidity combined to make the UK press hostile to a highly profitable sponsorship THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | Last week Rwanda and Arsenal, an English Premier League football club, signed a $40m sponsorship deal for three years. According to the deal, a “Visit …
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Katuna, Rwanda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Business at Katuna border will soon be back to normal after the government of Rwanda intervened to make repairs on a section of the Katuna – Kigali road that was washed away by rains on May 15 at a place called Mwanjale, Kabura …
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Next generation of 200,000 jobs requires more than just going beyond farms Kampala, Uganda | STEPHEN NUWAGIRA | Damascene Tuyisenge is a graduate teacher. But he had failed to get a job – until he enrolled at Kigali Employment Service Centre (KESC), a government entrepreneurship training facility in the Rwandan …
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Where graduating with flying colours is no ticket to a job Kampala, Uganda | STEPHEN NUWAGIRA | Finding direction after graduation can be complex, confusing, and frustrating. That is what some young graduates discovered recently when they attended `Job Net’; the annual Kigali Employment Service Centre (KESC) job fair in …
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The intimate connection between political and economic institutions is the heart of development COMMENT | ENOCK NYOREKWA TWINOBURYO | I recently visited the Rwanda – residing largely in Kigali. I was particularly impressed at the transition and strong faith by citizens in their development trajectory. There is strong unionism and strong …
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In remembering victims of the1994 genocide against Tutsi, RSSB promises survivors to never be alone Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | We will continue to support families of the former Social Security Fund of Rwanda (Caisse Sociale du Rwanda –CSR) employees who perished in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi”, Jonathan …
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All eyes on Made-in-Rwanda Kampala, Uganda | STEPHEN NUWAGIRA | The Rwanda government is looking to Made-in-Rwanda initiative, improving infrastructure and creation of more jobs to transform the country into a high income economy to ensure high standards of living for citizens. That is the vision the nation’s budget framework paper …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rwanda are preparing to host the 2018 Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) Women’s Challenge Cup slated for May 12-22th at the Stade de Kigali. Bonnie Mugabe, the spokesperson and head of Communication at the Rwanda Football Federation (FERWAFA) told URN on …
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Advised to partner with global firms in U.S., Europe Kampala, Uganda | STEPHEN NUWAGIRA | Coffee farmers always complain of low farm-gate prices, saying they earn little compared to the efforts and resources invested in the crop. As a result, some farmers have abandoned the crop in favour of other cash and …
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Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | For a week, President Paul Kagame of Rwanda took renowned travel documentary maker, Peter Greenberg, on a tour of the country known as the “land of a thousand hills.” Greenberg is America’s most recognised, honoured, and respected front-line travel news journalist. He is a multiple …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
