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Tag: Rwanda
Burundi re-opens borders with all neighbors including Rwanda
Burundi has reopened borders with its neighbors including Rwanda with whom it has had sour relations since 2015 over accusations that Kigali provides safe haven ... Read More
Uganda’s thriving financial sector ranked no.1 in East Africa
Uganda is running an economy with the most developed financial sector in East Africa, which is only the latest feat that depicts a major milestone ... Read More
2022 YouthConnekt Africa summit wrapped up in Rwanda with calls to invest in youth
The 5th edition of the YouthConnekt Africa summit that ended in Kigali, Rwanda, on Saturday (15 October) was attended by thousands of young innovators and ... Read More
Uganda’s president sorry for son’s tweet threatening to invade Kenya
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has apologized to Kenya after his son, a general who has been outspoken on social media, tweeted threats to invade the ... Read More
UN tribunal opens trial of elderly Rwanda genocide suspect
A United Nations’ International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals in The Hague opens a trial with a frail 87-year-old Rwandan accused of encouraging and bankrolling ... Read More
East African economies: conflict, drought and inflation signal tough times ahead
East African economies will decline this year driven due to political instability, unreliable rainfall and reducing agricultural yields, says the latest Macroeconomic Outlook Report for ... Read More
Central African farmers warn of looming hunger as Russia’s war in Ukraine disrupts imports
Disruptions in food supplies caused by Russia's war in Ukraine have deepened the struggles of millions of Africans to survive, more than 60 farmers’ associations ... Read More
Benin in talks with Rwanda for logistical, expertise support to curtail terrorism
Benin has turned to Rwanda for the supply of logistics and expertise in the fight against terrorism in the West African country. Talks are ongoing, ... Read More
Mozambique struggling to stem insurgency in troubled Cabo Delgado
Islamist militants in the Mozambique’s northern Nampula province have killed six people, all by beheading, abducted three others and set dozens of houses on fire, ... Read More
Google’s Black Founders Fund to empower female entrepreneurs in Africa
Unlike in 2021, this year, Google is funding an equal number of men and women-founded startups through its Black Founders Fund, which embodies the tech ... Read More