A British mining company Metalysis UK has announced that by next year, it will have completed the construction of a USD16 million (approximately Rwf14.7bn) refinery for tantalum in Rwanda. The refinery construction is expected to start before the...
More infoMade in Rwanda smartphone launched
The first facility on the African continent where smartphones are manufactured has been opened in Rwanda. The Mara phones production plant is located in the Kigali Special Economic Zone of Rwanda’s capital city. The plant was inaugurated on...
More infoRwanda-Arsenal partnership receives award
Rwanda’s tourism brand, Visit Rwanda, has received an Honorary Award for Partnership for a ‘unique and transformational partnership by an African brand’ by the Best of Africa Awards. The award was announced at a star-studded ceremony held...
More infoCommonwealth Heads of Government to Meet in Rwanda
June 2020 meeting will focus on connecting, innovating and transforming The next Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) has been officially launched in a video message from the President of Rwanda and the Commonwealth Secretary-General...
More infoStatement: Rwanda’s border with DRC remains open
Kigali, August 1 2019 — The Ministry of Health confirms that Rwanda’s border with the Democratic Republic of Congo is open, following traffic slow-down this morning as measures were put in place to reinforce screening procedures and public...
More infoCelebrations of Rwanda’s Liberation in London
Young people take Centre stage at Kwibohora25 in London After 3 somber months of commemoration activities to mark Kwibuka25, the Rwandan High Commission hosted a lively event in St Paul’s in the heart of London to celebrate the 25th Anniversary...
More infoMarylebone Journal interviews the High Commissioner
Twenty-five years ago, Rwanda was torn apart by an explosion of genocidal violence—and for many people in the UK, that was when perceptions of the country became permanently set. The Journal visits the Rwandan High Commission to hear about the...
More infoRwanda and Jersey strengthen ties
Jersey’s External Relations Minister, Senator Ian Gorst, and the Rwandan High Commissioner, Her Excellency Yamina Karitanyi, have signed a new partnership which strengthens cooperation between the two jurisdictions before Rwanda’s hosting of the...
More infoMayor of London hosts Kwibuka25 at City Hall
On May 20th 2019 The Mayor of London hosted a formal commemoration service attended by schools, Rwandans in London and Londoners connected to Rwanda for the 25th anniversary of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. Earlier that day...
More infoKwibuka25: Nottingham City follows Rwanda’s Example.
On 4th May 2019, over 300 Rwandans were joined by local members of Parliament, local government officials from the East Midlands city, including the Lord Mayor of Nottingham and Lilian Greenwood MP for Nottingham South, who was amongst the vocal...
More infoKwibuka25: Ireland remembers.
On Wednesday 1st May 2019, Trinity International Development Initiative, in partnership with the Embassy for the Republic of Rwanda, held a commemoration event at Trinity College Dublin to mark the 25th Anniversary of the 1994 Genocide Against...
More infoH.E. Karitanyi Receives Diplomat of the Year Award
Ambassadors and High Commissioners from over 95 countries (and diplomats from over 120 countries) attended the DIPLOMAT magazine 2019 annual Awards Ceremony in the Ballroom of the Jumeirah Carlton Tower in Knightsbridge on Monday 29 April...
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