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President Paul Kagame hosted the Nuclear Energy Innovation Summit for Africa (NEISA) at the Kigali Convention Centre from May 18 to 22

Nuclear energy is a must

Africa must embrace nuclear energy to power economic growth and meet Agenda 2063 goals

International Finance Corporation managing director Makhtar Diop speaking at the Africa CEO Forum in Kigali
Picture: Supplied

African SMEs face finance, fragmentation and succession crisis, warns IFC chief

At the Africa CEO Forum in Kigali, Makhtar Diop calls for bold investment, private sector leadership and structural reforms

Remembered:  The genocide of the Tutsi was not the product of primordial tribal feeling but it was the product of a political project, carefully constructed over decades. Photo: Rwanda Government

Becoming umwana – a son: Part 2

The family who sheltered me was, by any measure, participating in genocide: they were killing Tutsi every day. They were also, in their own logic, maintaining a family, going to…

Engraved in memory: The Kigali Genocide Memorial engenders remembrance of the genocide’s victims, promoting peace and reconciliation and building peace through education. Photo: Supplied

Becoming Umwana – a son

In the ruins of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, Nelson Gashagaza survived by becoming someone else’s child. In this two-part series as Rwanda commemorates Kwibuka32, he…

The commemoration, Kwibuka (which means “to remember” in Kinyarwanda), begins on April 7. The country remains in mourning for the rest of the month. Photo: Supplied

Kwibuka32: Never and never again

But as they mourn, remember and reflect on their past, Rwandans are building their country into one of the continent’s shining examples of what can be done when the people unite…

A view of crowded streets in the Kigali city center during the afternoon rush hour on April 05, 2024 in Kigali, Rwanda.  (Photo by J. Countess/Getty Images)

The algorithm of love: Reimagining development leadership

Where algorithms see risk, we must see potential; where systems see statistics, we must recognise humanity

Bill Gates with farmer Mary in Kenya. (Photo by Gates Notes)

Bill Gates plays God in Africa’s agriculture and gets it wrong

Agra’s drive for a ‘green revolution’ has reduced crop diversity, created a dependency on commercial seeds and fertiliser and increased vulnerability to drought

Eskom: Switch off now or we’ll load shed

Rwandan man powers entire community with hydroelectric energy

Fed up with the perennial darkness in his village, Israel Habimana sold his land and used the money to build a mini-hydroelectric power station

Kigali Genocide Memorial. Photo: Supplied

Please do not sit on the graves: Lessons from the Rwanda genocide

28 years after the killing of more than 250 000 during the Rwanda genocide, Lulam Njapa visits the Kigali Genocide Memorial.

This week Ethiopia became the latest African country to confirm the presence of the highly transmissible Delta variant of Covid-19 within its borders. (Photo by AMANUEL SILESHI/AFP via Getty Images)

Africa in brief: 4-11 September

What happened on the continent this past week

NBA and Fiba launch Basketball Africa League

Teams from 12 countries will play in the league in Kigali, Rwanda, from 16 to 30 May — but South Africa didn’t make the grade

On March 18, President Félix Tshisekedi announced an immediate ban on funeral gatherings, both in halls and homes. (Finbarr O’Reilly/Reuters)

Tensions loom over the Great Lakes region

President Félix Tshisekedi should abandon plans to invite neighbouring militaries into the eastern DRC

Cost of profit: Rwanda’s fortunes have turned around since President Paul Kagame took office in 2000. But his government has been criticised for being authoritarian and limiting democracy. (Jean Bizimana/Reuters)

Rwanda’s gingerbread house

Kigali is flashing its sweetest smile to foreign firms, but there may be cracks in the image it’s presenting

A man looks at clothing items in the Nyabugogo Market in Kigali. (Jean Bizimana/Reuters)

Kigali’s trade-off: Sell and be arrested or starve

At first glimpse, Rwanda’s capital is a model African city: clean, organised, beautiful. But behind the gleaming facade, not all is well

Spotless: A view of Kigali’s city centre from the Genocide Memorial. There are some street children in Rwanda’s capital, but the roads are in top condition and nary a shack in sight. Photo: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP

In Tito’s Rwanda: Beneath the surface

Zukiswa Wanner explores Rwanda’s ongoing attempts toward equal dignity.

There is an increasing demand for flights between Harare and Cape Town

RwandAir launches route between Cape Town, Harare and Kigali

As Zimbabwe emerges from financial turmoil, there is increasing demand for flights

From next season

Before visiting Rwanda, there are a few things Arsenal fans should know

The club’s new sleeve sponsor has an abysmal human rights record

Herman Mashaba: “When you come into South Africa

‘No one must be in SA without documentation’― Mashaba

City of Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba has been criticised for his comments on illegal immigration during an address in Rwanda

On Wednesday

Africa’s free trade fairy tale

A cross section of Africa’s most powerful people gathered in Kigali this week to sell a dream – and sell it hard

Bitcoin ‘whales’ pulling cryptocurrency

Ramaphosa floats the idea of an ‘African bitcoin’

President Cyril Ramaphosa says he fully supports calls for a single African currency— and that maybe it should be digital