Rwanda

Rwanda's Kagame meets Israel's leadership, looks to 'reinforcing cooperation'

Kagame’s relationship with Israel extends back to 1994, at the same time as he was instrumental in putting an end to the genocide there that killed an estimated one million people.

Israel has enhanced Rwanda’s security capacity to transaction with terrorist threats coming from jihadist groups both from the Horn of Africa and the western part of the continent, Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame told The Jerusalem Post on Monday.

Africa's Relationship With China Is Ancient History

In 2002 South Africa's Parliament unveiled a digital reproduction of a map - of China, the Middle East and Africa - that some speculated could be the initial map of the African continent. The Da Ming Hun Yi Tu - the Comprehensive Map of the Great Ming Empire - was drawn up around 1389 during the Ming Dynasty, according to historian Hyunhee Park.

Climate change laws around the world

There has been a 20-fold increase in the number of global climate change laws since 1997, according to the most comprehensive database of relevant policy and legislation.

The database, produced by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and the Sabin Center on Climate Change Law, includes more than 1,200 relevant policies across 164 countries, which account for 95% of global greenhouse gas emissions.

Dr Harnet Bokrezion, co-author of the book 101 Ways to Make Money in Africa

Many decisions for market entry in Africa are made on the basis of market size. Some decision-makers will consider market maturity, level of local infrastructure development, or certain business links they have by presently established in a certain market prior to entry.

Africa: Making Things Happen at the Bank - 'Not a Talk Shop' - Akin Adesina

Dr. Akinwumi Adesina is focusing on five areas to achieve the African and world goals for a prosperous continent since becoming president of the African Development Bank - Africa's major public financial institution in September 2015. He was a keynote speaker at this month's Corporate Council on Africa's U.S.- Africa Business Summit in Washington D.C. and moderated a lively panel with five African government ministers. He as well received the Gene White Lifetime Succcess Award from the World Child Nutrition Foundation. This week, he was named the 2017 recipient of the World Food Prize, a prestigious honor that includes a $250,000 award. In an interview in Washington, DC, Adesina discussed the Development Bank's ambitious schedule and his vision for attracting the increase capital Africa needs. Posting questions for AllAfrica was Noluthando Crockett-Ntonga.

Roko Construction Ltd Roko builds up Rwanda’s skills & skylines

Regionally renowned for quality and timely construction and its local training and staff development programs, Roko Construction is open to further expansion and partnerships. Director Derek Claassen assesses Rwanda’s ongoing infrastructure building efforts, some of the bottlenecks to better regional integration, the advantages of Roko having its own materials manufacturing plants, its extensive in-home skill sets, and its signature building projects making their mark on Rwanda’s infrastructure and human resource pool.

Robin C. Bairstow, Managing Director of I&M Bank

I&M Bank’s footprint in the East African region currently covers Kenya, Tanzania, and Rwanda, with a presence in Uganda as well on the horizon. Its customers are drawn to its technology, capacity building, and knowledge sharing across the region. Managing Director Robin C. Bairstow discusses the bank’s upcoming IPO, its focus on building up local expertise, and its wider view of how to provide support for SMEs.

Konde Bugingo, Deputy CEO of Banque Populaire du Rwanda (BPR)

Providing far-reaching access to tailor-made banking products both digitally and in even the remotest corners of Rwanda has solidified BPR’s reputation as “the bank of the people”. Deputy CEO Konde Bugingo provides an overview of the banking landscape in Rwanda, the huge evolution being made in the country with regard to social and infrastructural improvements, and the sense of positivity and pro-business attitudes that Rwandans possess about their country’s next.

Lisa Fruchtman

At the same time as did you prime hear about the amount-women drumming circle in Rwanda and why did it pique your interest?

Lisa Fruchtman:It amount began with Rwandan playwright Odile“Kiki”Katese, who in 2005 founded the prime women's drum troupe in Rwanda - breaking the taboo against women drumming and bringing together women from both sides of the genocide.