On the impeccably clean streets of Rwanda’s capital, where a skyline of gleaming new buildings pokes through undulating hills, few have heard of opposition presidential aspirants Frank Habineza and Philippe Mpayimana. They were only confirmed as candidates and allowed to begin fundraising a week before Friday’s campaign start for August 4 presidential polls in the … Read more
There will be no spur of the moment Twitter rants by Rwanda’s presidential candidates, as the election commission has ruled that it must pre-approve all of their social media updates. “We are asking (candidates) to present us their messages, their drafts to verify that they are not against the law,” electoral commission head Kalisa Mbanda … Read more
Citi FM will from 24th to 28th January, 2017 roll out its first business tour to Rwanda, dubbed ‘Hello Kigali’. The tour, will expose business leaders in the private and public sectors, managers, entrepreneurs and individuals to a first-hand experience on how Rwanda with its recent genocide history, turned around its story, to become an … Read more
The country Manager for RwandAir in Ghana, Shukrani Edy Hemedy has assured participants of Citi Fm’s Hello Kigali tour to brace themselves to among other things experience the major technological developments achieved in Rwanda. According to him, technology is one key area that has helped in instigating the success story of Rwanda. “We have indeed … Read more
At the largest annual gathering of African entrepreneurs, held in Lagos, Nigeria, the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) hosted almost 1,000 women and men from 54 African countries, for the 2nd TEF Entrepreneurship Forum. The Forum celebrates the 2016 cohort of Elumelu Entrepreneurs, selected from over 45,000 applicants. It is the annual highlight of the Tony … Read more
When British tourist Wendy Murphy-Skorupski went on holiday to Rwanda with her family, she was fascinated by the country and was keen to find out more. She decided to tweet President Paul Kagame and was surprised to get a reply: @PaulKagame We are very impressed with your country. What do you say to those who … Read more
Presidents are supposed to wield their power with as much grace and restraint as possible but sometimes, the commander-in-chief turns into the disciplinarian-in-chief. We’ve made a list of the African leaders who have put the fear of God into their subordinates with forced physical exercise, sackings and – no we’re not making this up – … Read more
Mr Kagame was a rebel leader when the plane was shot down Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has warned of a showdown with France following an announcement by French investigators that they would reopen a probe into the assassination of ex-leader Juvenal Habyarimana. The shooting down of Mr Habyarimana’s French-crewed plane in 1994 helped trigger the … Read more
“….Afrobarometer, Africa’s largest public-opinion survey is under threat…In Ghana, Ghana’s police administration first tried to discredit the findings, then publicly blamed the Ghanaian people for corrupting the police… the police administration has yet to seriously address the problem of corruption…The morale is.. Ghana Police could learn a lot from AfroBarometer and people like yours truly, … Read more
I love you, Your Excellency. I admire you, Mr President. I tell my friends I am proud of you. You have become an example… Please, forgive my bad manners. My enthusiasm nearly took the African in me. Sir, I send you greetings from the corner of my room in a village somewhere in the Western … Read more