The East African Business Council has asked member states of the East African Community to adopt the regulatory framework for Mutual Recognition Agreements (MRAs), as stipulated in the region’s Common Market Protocol, in order to facilitate easy movement of professionals in the region. Nicholas Nesbitt, the Council Chairman said although the six member states signed […]
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BY SAMSON OKWAKOL KIGALI, Rwanda–According to the 12th edition of the World Bank Rwanda Economic Update, Rwanda’s annual growth is expected to accelerate to 7.2% in 2018 and to 7.5% in 2019. Rwanda’s annual growth reached 6.1% in the second half of 2017, thanks to improved export performance, revitalized agriculture and resumption of growth in […]
BY gov rw KIGALI, Rwanda–Government will increase spending by FRW 328.2 billion from FRW 2,115.3 billion compared to the 2017/18 revised budget FRW 2,443.5 billion in the 2018/19 fiscal year, the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning has said. Presenting the 2018-19 National budget to the joint parliamentary session, Dr. Uzziel Ndagijimana, the Minister of Finance […]
BY EABW REPORTER KIGALI, Rwanda—Rwanda has announced that it is to focus this years is on addressing plastic pollution as part of her efforts to conserve the environment. “Today we have a unique opportunity to end plastic pollution by reducing single use plastics. The “Beat Plastic Pollution” campaign is a reminder of our responsibility to […]
BY EABW REPORTER NAIROBI, Kenya–Liquid Telecom has announced the availability of Microsoft Azure Stack – an extension of an ever-expanding set of cloud services to consistently develop and run hybrid cloud applications – to select African markets. Leveraging its pan-African fibre network and data centre capabilities, Liquid Telecom will be able to directly offer Azure […]
KIGALI, Rwanda–The Arsenal Football Club partnership is part of Rwanda’s long-term tourism development and conservation strategy that is grounded in Vision 2050 and EDPRS II. As part of this strategy, Rwanda has upgraded its conference and hospitality infrastructure, transport networks, tourist attractions and conservation policies. Rwanda is today ranked third most popular destination in Africa […]
KIGALI, RWANDA- The Rwandan national carrier will fly directly from Kigali to Cape Town International Airport, with a stop-over in Harare, four times a week from 16 May 2018. In the press release by Rwandair, its CEO, Chance Ndagano, said: “This is yet another big milestone for RwandAir as we continue to expand our network. […]