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Paul #Kagame, arrives at the Shyogwe campaign site in Muhanga
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- Paul #Kagame, arrives at the Shyogwe campaign site in Muhanga
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- 0:46
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- 2 years ago
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- Rwanda at 30: the transformation journey
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- 1:06
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- 2 years ago
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- Butera Knowless entertains RPF supporters in Muhanga
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- 0:46
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- 2 years ago
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- #shorts
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- Thousands await #Kagame for RPF campaign rally in Muhanga
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- 0:55
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- 2 years ago
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- The untold tragedy of colonial Metis six decades later
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- 28:45
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- 2 years ago
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- Minister Uwimana speaks out on appointment, targets
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- 5:40
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- 2 years ago
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- Globally, family breakdown is becoming a major concern, exacerbated by various factors, such as social and economic distress, gender-based violence and other forms of abuse, which often lead to divorces, separations and disintegration, which affect the lives of many, especially children.
Recent studies show that worldwide, incidences of family breakdown increased greatly in the post-pandemic era, where more families are finding themselves disintegrated, disorganised or even malfunctioning, among other issues.
In Rwanda, divorce rates have been reported to be on rise in recent years, with multiple factors contributing to this trend, among the main reasons cited by those approaching courts being adultery, GBV and financial distress.
It is known that strong families and national development go hand-in-hand, because it simply starts in the family -stronger families build a stronger society and stronger country. The opposite is also true.
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- Getting bolder: More Rwandan women are taking on male-dominated jobs but gaps remain
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- 2:39
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- 2 years ago
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- Aloisea Benimana did not have a chance to get formal education, or any vocation training at an early age. Born in Masoro sector in the current Rulindo District in 1982, like many girls born in rural areas at the time, her education was not given priority.
Born in a family of 10 siblings in the Northern Province District, Benimana’s fate as the seventh child was sealed from the beginning.
Back in the day, when a family in the rural area bore many children, the priority for education was given to the male child, mainly due to limited resources or a wastage of resources to educate a girl child when it is known that at the end, she would be a housewife.
The female child would mostly stay at home to do chores and support her mother in other activities, like farming and cooking and as soon as they would become teenagers, they would be married off.
That is what happened to Benimana, now 43, and a mother of six herself. Today, she is mechanic, specialising in ...
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- #MeetThePresident with Community Health Workers
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- 3:21
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- 2 years ago
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- President Paul Kagame, on June 15, said that despite the limited resources compared to the country’s needs, the government will find ways to remunerate community health workers and improve their livelihoods.
He was addressing more than 8,000 community health workers, over 500 heads of public hospitals, and partners who gathered at BK Arena to reflect on their contributions, challenges, and potential solutions to improving Rwanda’s health sector.
More than 50,000 community health workers are the champions of primary healthcare across the country.
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- What to know about the July presidential and parliamentary elections
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- 3:14
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- 2 years ago
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- The National Electoral Commission (NEC) on June 6 released the provisional list of both presidential and parliamentary candidates for the July 14 elections.
The presidential candidates include the incumbent President Paul Kagame of RPF Inkotanyi, Frank Habineza of Green Party and independent candidate Philippe Mpayimana.
For parliamentary seats, NEC provisionally cleared 459 candidates out of 675 who had submitted candadacies before May 30.
The final list of candidates is expected to be released on June 14, the electoral campaigns will commence from June 22 to July 13 and the voting period will get underway on July 14-16.
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- Top stories from the local showbiz scene that caught everyone's attention last week
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- 3:22
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- 2 years ago
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- From Cyusa Migabo’s performance in gratitude to the RPF-Inkotanyi to Israel Mbonyi’s sold-out show in Belgium, the showbiz industry has been buzzing with excitement.
Here are some of the top stories from the local showbiz scene that caught everyone's attention last week.
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- Kigali International Peace Marathon 2024
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- 10:30
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- 2 years ago
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- #kipm #kigalipeacemarathon #rwanda
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- President Kagame receives Award of Merit for Exemplary Entrepreneurial Leadership
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- 0:47
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- 2 years ago
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- Amahoro Stadium ready to host major football events
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- 19:12
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- 2 years ago
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- A tour inside the Amahoro stadium shows that all is set.
The pitch is made of hybrid grass and the seats in the stadium were painted in colors of national flag(Blue, Yellow and Green).
Again, there is a VIP Lounge, an Amavubi bar, a place for the physically challenged, generator room, fuel room, dressing rooms, washroom, coaches' office, massage room, changing room, FIFA office.
Other features include Video Assistant Referee (VAR) Room, match officials' rooms for both male and female, kids' locker room , kitchen, players’ medical room, doping control room, staff and management room, among others.
The new Amahoro Stadium is one of the modern and well-equipped stadiums in Africa and it is arguably the best in the East African region.
Amavubi could start hosting their home matches in September when the 2025 AFCON qualifiers begin.
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- The wrap-up of BAL4 as Petro de Luanda clinches the trophy
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- 1:57
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- 2 years ago
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- How ‘Strictly Soul’ is changing Kigali’s party experience
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- 9:51
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- 2 years ago
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- In recent years, Rwanda's music culture has been evolving at a fast pace, and this is more visible today in the country's capital, Kigali, where events celebrating the art of music are increasingly attracting masses of party people.
The country has already hosted a number of major events such as Move Africa headline by American rapper Kendrick Lamar, Giants of Africa Festival and many others, but there is a new wave of partying, especially in Kigali, where people flock to pubs and other public gatherings to enjoy DJ sets that feature different styles of music without necessarily having a headliner or artiste performances.
One of the biggest night events that keeps Kigalians on the dance floor is Strictly Soul, Africa's biggest R&B show, which features only soulful genres such as R&B, soul, neo-soul and trap soul, among others.
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- Kagame awarded honorary doctorate by top Korean university
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- 16:26
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- 2 years ago
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- President Paul Kagame has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate in public policy and management by South Korea’s Yonsei University.
This took place on Wednesday, June 5, in Seoul, South Korea, on the side-lines of the Korea-Africa Summit, an event that brought together delegations from African countries and key figures from Korean and international business communities to discuss cooperation.
An honorary degree is an academic degree – for which a university waives the usual degree requirements – often conferred as a way of honoring a distinguished person's contributions to a specific field or to society in general.
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- 2024 Korea - Africa Summit: Africa, Korea should cooperate in new tech, energy transition – Kagame
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- 5:00
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- 2 years ago
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- Fans experience at BAL in Kigali
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- 2:36
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- 2 years ago
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- Rwanda mulls a digital currency in two years - Central Bank
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- 11:22
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- 2 years ago
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- Rwanda is looking to develop its own national Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) in the next two years, as part of the country’s efforts to streamline its financial system and position itself as an important player in the future of the global economy.
The national digital currency, according to the National Bank of Rwanda (BNR), would offer Rwandans a safe, free, and easy alternative to physical cash. It would also expand financial inclusion by enabling more unbanked population to participate in the formal economy.
And, as digital currencies enter wider global use, it would enable the government and private companies to participate in international trade more seamlessly.
But to many Rwandans, as is around the world, the concept of a CBDC remains theoretical.
In an exclusive interview, The New Times’ Edwin Ashimwe caught up with Soraya Hakuziyaremye, the Deputy Governor at Rwanda’s Central Bank, who unpacked the necessary steps...
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- Philanthropist Eudoxie Bridges reveals plans to visit Rwanda with husband Ludacris
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- 3:59
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- 2 years ago
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- Gabonese author and philanthropist Eudoxie Mbouguiengue Bridges has said that she would love to be with her husband and rapper Ludacris and their children when she comes back to visit Rwanda.
Eudoxie is among celebrities who attended the finals of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) which concluded in Kigali on Saturday, June 1.
The Gabonese model, who is married to Grammy-winning rapper Ludacris, shared her connection to Rwanda with The New Times and revealed and that she always wants to visit the country.
"I have always wanted to visit Rwanda because I went to college with a young lady from Rwanda, and she taught me a thing or two. I'm just proud to see what Rwanda has become, knowing what the country and its people have been through.
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- Kenyan songstress Victoria Kimani falls in love with Rwanda
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- 1:28
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- 2 years ago
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- Former Malawi President Joyce Banda: African men want to support women
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- 4:40
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- 2 years ago
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- Joyce Banda is a Malawian politician who served as President of Malawi from April 2012 to May 2014. She was Malawi's fourth and first woman president. Before becoming president, she served in parliament and then as vice president, from 2009 to 2012.
Malawi's former president was in Kigali as one of the key speakers at the May 29-31 Africa Soft Power Summit, themed “Africa Now: Connecting Africa—Shaping the Global Social and Economic Priorities of Our Time” where she shared her experience and the journey that led her to Malawi’s State House.
In an interview with The New Times, she shared some of the inspirations she got from President Paul Kagame long before she became president, and stressed that African men want to support women in leadership but must be respected, and engaged appropriately, instead “of confronting them or abusing them.”
#TheNewTimes #News #PresidentPaulKagame #JoyceBanda #Rwanda #Malawi #WomenInLeadership #AfricaSoftPowerSummit
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- Ish Kevin performance at BAL 2024 semi finals
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- 4:24
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- 2 years ago
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- Govt to mandate motorists replace current helmets with higher-quality, safer ones
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- 1:16
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- 2 years ago
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- Djazilla Mwamikazi: The meteoric rise of Africa’s top mountain bike rider
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- 5:32
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- 2 years ago
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- Before I ventured into cycling, I was just a normal kid, not even thinking about my talent in cycling.
They bought me a bike when I was still young. Just like other kids, I asked my father to buy me a bike and, growing up, I realized that I have talent. Then I spoke to myself, “I can also bike.”
Then I started competing and win some races. That’s how I found myself into cycling.
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- Exclusive interview with IFC's Sergio Pimenta
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- 11:05
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- 2 years ago
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- Hospitality: Nicole Ansoni on why it is important for parents to listen to their children’s dreams
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- 14:53
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- 2 years ago
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- For most typical African parents, being a chef is not a profession. It doesn’t matter how educated or well-travelled they are, they just don’t grasp the idea that one can earn a decent living while cooking for other people.
Traditionally, cooking was considered the work of servants who would cook for their masters. It doesn’t matter where you are cooking from- you are still a cook, the less polite version of being a chef in the African context.
It also doesn’t matter how good your culinary skills are at home. It will be an uphill task to convince a conservative African parent that you want to become a cook by vocation.
They want you to become a lawyer, a doctor, an engineer or an architect. By default, there are certain careers typical African parents will look down upon. They don’t wish them upon their children and that is normal.
If you want to become a chef, an artiste, footballer or model, most African parents will o...
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- Highlights: FUS Rabat VS Cape Town Tigers
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- 1:16
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- 2 years ago
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- #bal4 #thebal
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- BAL 2024 playoffs opening moments
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- 13:41
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- 2 years ago
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- Adekunle Gold thrills basketball fans at BAL 2024 playoffs opening
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- 3:12
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- 2 years ago
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- Nigerian Afro-pop musician Adekunle Gold on Friday, May 24, took BK Arena by storm thanks to his energetic performance at the halftime show during Friday’s Basketball Africa League (BAL) second playoff game between Al Ahly of Egypt and Moroccan side FUS Rabat (Morocco).
Adekunle Gold, also known as AG Baby, stepped on the stage around 8:45PM performed one of his viral songs ‘It’s Ok’ which lifted the mood inside the packed arena.
The singer further performed some of his Amapiano hit songs including ‘Rodo and I’ that features Davido, before heading back to back stage to pave way for the teams to continue the game.
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- BAL2024: Playoffs Opening remarks by NBA Africa CEO, Clare Akamanzi
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- 3:58
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- 2 years ago
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- BAL2024: Playoffs Opening remarks by BAL president Amadou Gallo Fall
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- 8:48
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- 2 years ago
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- BAL2024: Playoffs Opening remarks by Ministry of Sports Permanent Secretary Zephanie Niyonkuru
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- 5:04
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- 2 years ago
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- Adekunle Gold has arrived in Rwanda for BAL playoffs
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- 2:50
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- 2 years ago
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- Nigerian musician Adekunle Gold has arrived in #Rwanda where he is expected to perform at the Basketball Africa League (BAL) playoffs.
#BAL4 #nigeria #afrobeats #music #basketball #games #sports #entertainment #africa
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- Africa CEO Forum recap
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- 3:21
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- #africa #africaceoforum
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- Two Doctors with a shared vision: The story behind RIIO Hospital
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- 18:18
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- 2 years ago
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- Over the years, the Government of Rwanda has been promoting a public-private partnership healthcare model, which allows players in the private sector to make their contribution towards developing the country’s health sector.
In recent years, eye care in Rwanda has improved tremendously, with the number of eye hospitals and specialists increasing, feeding into the national vision of bolstering healthcare services across the board.
For instance, in 2011, Rwanda had just eight eye care specialists but that number has since grown more than five-fold today, thanks to different efforts to train more ophthalmologists and nurses who can provide eye care services.
Today, Rwanda boasts of different eye care hospitals, some of them delivering services including surgeries which Rwandans often traveled to acquire abroad. One such facility is the Nyarutarama-based Rwanda International Institute of Ophthalmology (RIIO).
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- Africa CEO Forum 2024: Presidential Panel
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- 1:02:21
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- 2 years ago
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- Presidential polls: Kagame submits candidature
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- 3:46
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- 2 years ago
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- President Paul Kagame has formally submitted his candidature as he seeks re-election in the upcoming polls due in July.
The National Electoral Commission (NEC) received his file at around 10:30am on Friday, May 17.
The President was accompanied, at the electoral body's head office, in Kiyovu, Nyarugenge District, by First Lady Jeannette Kagame, RPF-Inkotanyi's Secretary-General Wellars Gasamagera, and other senior party officials.
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- Kagame submits candidature ahead of July 2024 elections
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- 0:40
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- 2 years ago
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- Who is Sharon Gatete, Rwanda’s promising gospel diva?
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- 16:18
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- 2 years ago
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- There is a fascinating new voice in the Rwandan gospel music from an up and coming female musician whose music is emerging in a wave of the kind of the worship which is enjoying a golden age
Although her name is not widely known yet in the gospel music faithful countrywide, Sharon Gatete is one of the new faces making many sit and listen, if not rise up, spilling words of anointment while captivating listeners with her anointed delivery of God’s word.
She's on track to becoming a prominent figure in gospel music as her fame continues to rise.
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- How being “young and fearless” prepared logistics expert Julie Mutoni for male-dominated industry
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- 19:54
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- 2 years ago
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- In a world where boys were given more opportunities to study or do ‘hard things’ while the girl child was mostly left on the periphery, growing up, Julie Mutoni set out to do things that were often considered a preserve for boys and men and it shaped her into who she is today.
It is that kind of spirit that has nurtured her into the business leader she is today and also prepared her to compete favourably in a male dominated world, with merits such as leadership and being able to take on challenges, being the driving factors.
Born nearly 50 years ago in Karamoja, one of the remotest parts of Uganda, in the north eastern part of the East African country, Mutoni, who is the currently Managing Director of Multilines International Rwanda, defied many odds to be at the helm of a leading freight and logistics company in the region today.
Her father worked in a Karamoja, a place so remote, that a saying in Uganda goes like “we cannot wait for Kar...
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- Africa does not have to ask for a seat at the table, Kagame tells business leaders
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- 10:58
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- 2 years ago
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- President Paul Kagame on Thursday, May 16, issued a rallying call to African business and political leaders to work closely, together, noting that the more the continent is united, the more productive its engagement with partners will become.
The Head of State was speaking at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Africa CEO forum, where he joined more than 2,000 delegates including visiting Heads of State, leaders of international institutions, captains of industry, and investors for the two-day forum underway in Kigali.
“The more united Africa is, the more productive our engagement with partners will become. Integration, for Africa’s business community, is an opportunity to grow our markets, and become more competitive. Africa does not have to ask for a seat at the table,” Kagame said.
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- I’m ready to conquer, Kivumbi King on second album ‘Ganza’
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- 5:47
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- 2 years ago
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- The name Kivumbi King, a.k.a Cyacyana, needs no introduction to Rwanda’s music industry. He is regarded by many as the frontrunner of the new generation transforming Rwanda’s music industry with genre-defying sounds.
Kivumbi King first made rounds in Rwanda’s music scene in 2019 after dropping his first single ‘Madam’, followed by a number of collabos and EP’s, until 2021 when he released 'D.I.D', a 10-track album that featured hit songs like ‘Nakumena Amaso’, ‘Black Shades’, ‘Jericho’ and many others that offered him a voice and attention in Rwanda’s music industry.
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- #kwibuka30: Ihumure shares journey of healing, empowering others along the way
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- 12:23
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- 2 years ago
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- The 30th Commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi is unique, not because it marks three decades after the horrific events in Rwanda, but more than ever, this year, survivors are sharing their stories extensively.
From the women of Avega Agahozo publishing a book containing their survival stories, to thousands of social media users—including young people who were not there—posting photos of their loved ones who were killed in the Genocide, the Kwibuka30 hashtag has been more than just a ‘trend’.
The testimonies shared were mostly unheard stories or unseen pictures—thanks to the power of social media. It has enabled people to share stories that might have otherwise remained untold.
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- #kwibuka30 : Meet Wesley Ruzibiza, choreographer of the performance 'The Gift of Time'
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- 14:19
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- 2 years ago
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- Wesley Ruzibiza, choreographer of the performance 'The Gift of Time', shares his insights on the Kwibuka 30 ceremonies and how meaningful his implication was.
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- Development work is not done in isolation, Kagame tells youth volunteers
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- 4:45
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- 2 years ago
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- President Paul Kagame on May 7 urged youth volunteers to foster personal development, know each other, and join efforts to achieve the desired collective development in the country.
He was speaking at the 10-year celebration of Youth Volunteers that convened 7,500 young people from across the country at BK Arena, in Kigali.
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- New hospital aims to boost healthcare access and medical tourism
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- 19:55
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- 2 years ago
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- A collaborative effort between Rwanda and India is set to deliver a state-of-the-art hospital and medical college that will transform Busanza, a once rural locality of Kigali and make Rwanda a medical tourism destination.
Ground works are underway to complete the first phase of Believers International Hospital and Research Centre, a multi-speciality medical facility, which is expected to reduce the cost of treatment abroad and contribute to the country’s quest to become a medical hub.
Located next to Believers Eastern Church in Busanza, Kicukiro District, the first phase, consisting of a 220-bed hospital and a medical college, is set to be completed in 15 months, with the facility expected to officially open at the end of 2025, or at most early 2026.
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- Sudan's envoy: We need Rwanda as our economic partner
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- 15:52
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- 2 years ago
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- In a wide-ranging interview with The New Times’ Moise Bahati on Wednesday, April 24, the envoy Musa spoke at length about Sudan’s bilateral relations with Rwanda, trade and investment opportunities as well as social and cultural exchanges between Rwandans and the Sudanese.
He also spoke about the ongoing conflict in his country which has displaced close to ten million people and seen thousands of deaths and the region-led efforts to return normalcy in the vast African country. He expresses willingness that Sudan will be rebirthed from ashes of war more stronger than before.
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- Meet Ariane Mukantwari, a trailblazing female movie dubber
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- 5:16
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Four years ago, for the first time in Rwanda, the dubbing and movie translation sector known locally as ‘Agasobanuye’ saw a female trailblazer in the male-dominated field that has come of age in the past two decades.
25-year-old Ariane Mukantwari, is known by many names, each representing a chapter in her remarkable story of breaking barriers and challenging norms.
She is known by various aliases including ‘Buringanire’, ‘Unique’, ‘Ndabaga w’I Rwanda’, and Derectirise Wagasobanuye. Mukantwari has carved her path in the world of movie dubbing, defying societal expectations and paving the way for other women to follow.
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- Cheering Rwandan sport on: Meet Xtreme Cheerleaders
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- 5:56
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- 2 years ago
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- In 2023, a group of young women embarked on a journey to re-introduce cheerleading in the Rwandan sports industry, a commitment they have made to raise the morale of the players on the pitch.
Cheerleading is a team activity in which elements of dance and acrobatics are combined with shouted slogans in order to entertain spectators at sporting events and to encourage louder and more enthusiastic cheering.
