25/11/2014
Currently in Rwanda, MTN Subscribers who are also customers of KCB and I&M Bank have their Mobile Money wallets integrated to their Bank accounts. This means they can pull money from their Bank Account onto their phone wallet or push money from their wallets to their Bank accounts automatically
http://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/article/2014-11-24/183367/
Smart Rwanda: Beyond Mobile Payments
In the previous series we sought to make a strong case for an Information Communication Technology (ICT) led economy with intuitive benefits spawning from the inter-sectoral linkages glued together by ICT.
19/07/2013
"...adoption of the draft protocol is historic and a milestone."
http://en.igihe.com/business/eac-single-currency-getting-closer.html
EAC Single Currency Getting Closer > IGIHE - English Version
The East African Community (EAC) Council of Ministers adopted a draft protocol on the establishment of the Monetary Union this week.
10/04/2013
“What happened in this country 19 years a go left many issues and teaches us many lessons which we can never accept our children to go through given the negative impacts it left behind; and the easiest way to ensure that it never happens again is to come together and reflect on what happened,” she said. http://www.newtimes.co.rw/news/index.php?i=15323&a=65801
Unity crucial in fighting genocide ideology – mayor - The New Times Rwanda
Rwandans have been called upon to embrace unity and reconciliation so as to fight any form of genocide ideology.
21/02/2013
Rwanda has doubled its life expectancy and now offers a replicable model for delivery of high quality health care with limited resources.
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/02/rwandas-historic-health-recovery-what-the-us-might-learn/273226/
Rwanda's Historic Health Recovery: What the U.S. Might Learn
Over the last decade in Rwanda, deaths from HIV, TB, and malaria have dropped by 80 percent, the maternal mortality ratio dropped by 60 percent, life expectancy has doubled, and GDP per person has tripled.
03/12/2012
Rwanda is consistently rated as a country that uses aid wisely, productively and to the best benefit of its people. The 2010 United Kingdom Department for International Development Department (DFID) evaluation of the impact of UK aid globally, ranked Rwanda highest in delivering best value for every pound of aid given to the country.
Over the last five years alone, with effective use of aid and domestic resources, Rwanda helped over one million of its citizens raise themselves out of poverty. According to the results of the 2011 externally validated household living conditions survey, the poverty headcount reduced by an unprecedented 12 percentage points, with poverty reducing faster in rural areas than urban areas and inequality declining as measured by the geni-coefficient.
http://www.newtimes.co.rw/news/index.php?i=15195&a=61357
Implication of donor suspension of aid to Rwanda over DRC crisis - The New Times Rwanda
THE decision of some donors to suspend aid to Rwanda raises a fundamental question on the rationale for rich countries to give aid to poor countries. Is the major reason for aid to reduce poverty and help raise the welfare of the poor in developing countries or is to increase the ability of rich...
27/09/2012
No more orphanages in Rwanda by 2014. Presently, only two have been closed.
http://www.newtimes.co.rw/news/index.php?a=58598&i=15122
Closure of Nyundo Orphanage due - The New Times Rwanda
The National Commission for Children has assigned Hope and Homes for Children, an international NGO, to prepare children at the Noel Orphanage Centre in Nyundo, Rubavu District, for placement in foster families.
05/09/2012
There’s a lot more to the ‘Land of a Thousand Hills’ than mountain gorillas – rare golden monkeys, birds and other wildlife in the Volcanoes National Park and Nyungwe Forest, lush landscapes, misty tea plantations, unspoilt beaches in Gisenyi on Lake Kivu, and warm and friendly people who have found a way to move forward from the horror of the genocide and make Rwanda one of Africa’s economic and political success stories (Sarah Duff) http://blog.getaway.co.za/travel-ideas/rwanda-photos/
Rwanda in photos | Getaway Travel Blog
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05/09/2012
I managed to fall in love with the country and its smoke-wreathed thousand hills, friendly people and beautiful landscapes, Sarah Duff
http://blog.getaway.co.za/travel-blog/14-i-didnt-know-about-rwanda/
14 things I didn’t know about Rwanda | Getaway Travel Blog
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20/08/2012
Rwanda has made a dramatic turnaround in a very short time. This has inspired many in high and low places; in politics, academia, religion and the media
http://www.independent.co.ug/the-last-word/the-last-word/6279-kagame-victim-of-own-success
Kagame victim of own success
The world tends to hold him to very high, sometimes unrealistic standards Over the last one month, a rebellion has been ragging in eastern DRC against the government of President Joseph Kabila in Kins
09/07/2012
is a country of great . Eighteen years of and hard work from every Rwandan has helped this country heal and develop, and are the of Rwanda
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amy-jurkowitz/rwanda-children-orphanage-_b_1647118.html?utm_hp_ref=good-news&ir=Good+News
Milkshake Interviews: 'Children Are The Future Of Rwanda'
Imbabazi Orphanage offers more than just shelter and food to the displaced children of Rwanda -- it also offers education, skills and training, and a refuge from the outside world.
09/07/2012
We have been blessed with from many countries. They worked in every facet of . The young people who came were from 8 different countries http://hopemadereal.org/
Hope Made Real - Home
Urukundo Village is an independent home for Rwandan children created and funded through Hope Made Real and its incredibly kind donors. We are not funded by any particular denomination or organization and welcome all who seek to help the children of Rwanda and create a better world not just for ...
09/07/2012
A with infant straps her baby to her back with a piece of cloth and walks miles both ways just for or , balancing it on her head. http://bdandtheboys.blogspot.com/2012/07/head-strong.html
B, D and the Boys: HEAD-STRONG
B, D and the Boys stands for Bret, Dorota and the former street boys of Kigali, Rwanda who live at the Les Enfants de Dieu centre. We are a husband and wife who are swapping London for Kigali from April 10 to August 19, 2012.