AfDB launches new energy deal in Davos
The Head of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, presented a New Deal on Energy for Africa to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in […]
Rwanda
German Court sentences Rwandan ex-mayor to death
A German Court sentenced a Rwandan national already behind bars to lifelong imprisonment on genocide charges. The court determined that the accused had taken part […]
Rwanda famers to conduct business transactions digitally
The Clinton Foundation on Wednesday launched an initiative in partnership with Visa to enable farmers in Rwanda to conduct business transactions digitally. According to the […]
Nobody is indispensable, US to Kagame
Two weeks after Rwanda’s upper house of parliament unanimously approved a constitutional amendment to allow President Paul Kagame to seek a third term, the United […]
Burundi: Kagame warns of imminent genocide
Rwandan President Paul Kagame, speaking during an awards ceremony in Kigali this weekend, has accused Burundi’s leaders of carrying out “massacres” on their people. At […]
Rwanda to host world’s first “droneport”
Rwanda, the small African country, will soon get the planet’s first drone airports. The idea behind the so-called “droneport” is to support cargo drones delivering […]
DRC: 5.6 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Eastern Region
A 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo early on Friday local time at a relatively shallow depth of […]
Burundi: Uganda President starts mediation role
Uganda’s president Yoweri Museveni has started mediating talks between Burundi’s government and opposition groups to help ease tensions that have arisen over plans by President […]
Coffee giant Starbucks to open stores in Sub Saharan Africa in 2016
After it struck a deal with Taste Holdings on Tuesday, the coffee giant Starbucks says it will open stores in sub-Saharan Africa for the first […]
Foreign investment: Rwanda targets $1.2 Bln in 2015
Rwanda aims to increase foreign direct investment in 2015 to $1.2 billion, a fourfold jump from two years ago, helped by a new investment Code […]