Tag Archives: Rwanda
New Player to Enter Rwandan Beer Market
From Rwanda’s New Times, Bralirwa S.A currently, Rwanda’s only and long standing producer of beverages for the last 50 years is set to lose its monopoly status with the entry of a second player. This move is bound to change … Continue reading
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Rwanda’s Growth to Beat Earlier Predictions
From Rwanda’s The New Times, As the global economic crisis continues to take a toll on developing economies, Finance Minister James Musoni says that Rwanda’s real growth will reach seven percent this financial year, beating government’s earlier projections. Rwanda’s economy … Continue reading
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Rwanda Reforming
From allAfrica, Rwanda was named today as the world’s top business reformer, measured by the changes the country has made over the past year to make doing business there easier. And Mauritius retained its top ranking as the African country … Continue reading
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On “Parad” in Kigali
Liberation Day on 4 July is arguably the most significant holiday celebrated in post-genocide Rwanda for it was on this day in 1994 that Paul Kagame’s RPF captured Kigali and the country, bringing to an end the savagery which claimed … Continue reading
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Threat or Opportunity?
Following the article about Lake Kivu’s methane gas reserves and the potential to generate electricity this from News24, Kinshasa – Gases trapped below the surface of a lake in eastern Congo could explode any day, threatening the lives of tens … Continue reading
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Rwandan Business News
From Rwanda’s Sunday Times, ISP firms prepare for high speed Internet connections Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in Rwanda are preparing for the submarine fibre optic cable connection that stretch from the East African coast to different interior destinations of the … Continue reading
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Zimbabwe Heading for Genocide?
Comparing politically unstable and conflict racked African states with Habriyamana’s genocidal Rwanda is a clever if not desperate tactic to shock the world into action. Unfortunately very often there are few similarities between Rwanda and the country in question. Not … Continue reading
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Powering Rwanda
On a recent visit to Rwanda Africa Observed was warned against swimming in Lake Kivu for fear of asphyxiation. Especially dangerous in and around Gisenyi the massive quantities of methane beneath the lake’s floor can be released in a deadly … Continue reading
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Kigali Airport to be Upgraded
As reported by the government controlled New Times of Rwanda, plans to upgrade the Kigali International Airport are progressing. One of a number of big infrastructural projects in the country, when Africa Observed recently visited Rwanda there was a great … Continue reading
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Nation Media Group to Invest in Rwanda
The large Nation Media Group from Kenya is to invest in Rwanda. This according to the Sunday Times of Rwanda. As Moses Gahigi reports, ‘At the peak of the recently concluded 2nd East African Investment Conference (EAIC) held in Kenya, over … Continue reading
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