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Rwanda

World Bank extends electricity programme for another year

Delayed by the fallout from the pandemic and other factors, works on extending Rwanda's electricity grid are now due to be completed in July 2022.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 01.07.2021

Singaporean palm oil giant Wilmar encroaches on compatriot Olam's patch

Less than three months after a high-ranking delegation from the Indo-Singaporean agribusiness giant Olam visited Rwanda, the chairman and CEO of its Singaporean rival Wilmar, Kuok Khoon Hong, met with the Rwandan president Paul Kagame on 21 June.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business 24.06.2021

Hyatt plays catch-up with Accor, Radisson and Marriott

The US chain is mainly active on Africa's east coast and until now has had no business in central Africa. Now it's putting up a luxury hotel in Cameroon.

Subscribers only Business 22.06.2021

Afreximbank's FEDA fund gears up for move to Kigali

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), which signed a deal with Rwanda last November concerning a headquarters for its FEDA, should be moving its operations to Kigali in a few months at the earliest, the process having been delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Subscribers only Finance, Business Running story - Kagame's diplomacy 11.06.2021

New financial hub still wooing investors despite launch delay

Rwanda Finance, the state entity behind Kigali's new financial centre, is ramping up efforts to convince investors to settle in Rwanda. Even though the official launch was postponed again, the agency has been setting up bilateral meetings.

Subscribers only Finance, Business Running story - Kagame's diplomacy 09.06.2021

Nicolas Sarkozy's discreet role in Kigali-Paris rapprochement

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy (left) with Rwandan head of state Paul Kagame during the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. © Dmitry Astakhov/Sputnik/GOVE/EFE/Newscom/MaxPPP

Subscribers only Diplomacy 09.06.2021

Afreximbank's new export fund straddles Kigali and Port Louis

An investment fund created by Afreximbank to promote inter-African trade registered an entity in Mauritius last month. The institution itself is due to set up its headquarters in Kigali.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 04.06.2021

Macron shares with Kagame his choice for the future French ambassador to Rwanda

Breaking news published on 01/06/21, 12:20 p.m. - In Kigali on May 27 and 28, Emmanuel Macron announced the imminent appointment of a French ambassador to Rwanda, after going for six years without one. Emmanuel Macron has revealed his choice to the Rwandan president, and is waiting for his green light.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 01.06.2021

French President Emmanuel Macron (left) received by his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame in Kigali on 27 May 2021.

Tidjane Thiam joins Macron's Kigali delegation

The former CEO of Credit Suisse, Tidjane Thiam, is part of the official delegation accompanying President Emmanuel Macron to Kigali on 27 May, alongside a few ministers and hand-picked business leaders.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 27.05.2021

Sassou Nguesso and ECCAS seek to regain upper hand on Chad

ECCAS President Denis Sassou Nguesso is timidly trying to play a part in managing Chad's transition. But the international community would clearly prefer the African Union to oversee the next stage.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 24.05.2021

Congolese head of state Denis Sassou Nguesso in Paris in May 2021.

Football bodies seek to unplug Satcons decoders ahead of Euro 2020

The English Premier League, Spain's La Liga, and subscription channels beIN Sports and Canal+ all have a bone to pick with Lebanese firm Satcon. Run by the al-Akhras family, the company sells decoders across west and central Africa so viewers can tune into European sports championships.

Subscribers only Business 21.05.2021

Kagame and Museveni eye each other warily and up their military budgets

Rwanda and Uganda will be presenting their 2021-22 budgets to their respective parliaments on the same day, 10 June. Both have earmarked substantial sums for defence spending.

Subscribers only Politics 20.05.2021

CEMAC leaders brood over exclusion from Paris summit

Denis Sassou NGuesso, much to the irritation of his fellow Central African heads of state, was the only one among them who managed to get himself invited to the Paris summit on the financing of African economies.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 20.05.2021

In Focus
DRC wants back in driver's seat on coltan

Tired of seeing coltan from its Kivu and Tanganyika mines processed and re-exported by its neighbours, Kinshasa plans to create facilities and smelters to process the ore on site. The initiative comes amid a warming of relations between the DRC and Rwanda, the country through which most of its coltan passes.

Subscribers only Mining 17.05.2021

A miner holding coltan in a mine in Rukunda, Masisi territory, North Kivu province, DRC.

After Abidjan, Mikati family's ACC prospects in Brazzaville and Douala

Arabian Construction Co (ACC), having lost its position as the leading construction contractor in the Emirates and Saudi Arabia, has been redeploying in Africa since last year and recently sent a delegation to Cameroon and later to Brazzaville.

Subscribers only Politics 05.05.2021

Arise IIP scouting for industrial zones

Gagan Gupta travelled to Rwanda earlier in April with electric rickshaw company Mauto Electric CEO Mansoor Ali Khan.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 21.04.2021

France denies citizenship to daughter of Félicien Kabuga

French authorities have informed one of the daughters of Félicien Kabuga, the alleged financial mastermind of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, that her application for French nationality has been rejected. She has been living in France for 27 years.

Subscribers only Politics 15.04.2021

Kagame backs embattled Touadéra on all fronts

On top of diplomatic and military aid to the Central African Republic, Rwanda has quietly been placing its pawns in the country's mining sector and has its sights set on various infrastructure projects. This economic entryism is made possible by a handful of advisors close to the CAR president.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 07.04.2021

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Rwanda

World Bank extends electricity programme for another year

Singaporean palm oil giant Wilmar encroaches on compatriot Olam's patch

Hyatt plays catch-up with Accor, Radisson and Marriott

Afreximbank's FEDA fund gears up for move to Kigali

New financial hub still wooing investors despite launch delay

Nicolas Sarkozy's discreet role in Kigali-Paris rapprochement

Afreximbank's new export fund straddles Kigali and Port Louis

Macron shares with Kagame his choice for the future French ambassador to Rwanda

Tidjane Thiam joins Macron's Kigali delegation

Sassou Nguesso and ECCAS seek to regain upper hand on Chad

Football bodies seek to unplug Satcons decoders ahead of Euro 2020

Kagame and Museveni eye each other warily and up their military budgets

CEMAC leaders brood over exclusion from Paris summit

In Focus
DRC wants back in driver's seat on coltan

After Abidjan, Mikati family's ACC prospects in Brazzaville and Douala

Arise IIP scouting for industrial zones

France denies citizenship to daughter of Félicien Kabuga

Kagame backs embattled Touadéra on all fronts

Macron could visit Kigali in May

Cameroonian oligarch Amougou Belinga strives to resurrect Télésud

Cybersecurity giants flock to BEAC with biometric solutions

Kigali International Financial Centre headhunts among Rwandan diaspora

Kigali International Financial Centre determined to open in June

Energie des Grands Lacs already onto groundwork for Ruzizi IV dam

The consultants who pulled Dan Gertler out of sanctions purgatory

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Rwanda

World Bank extends electricity programme for another year

Singaporean palm oil giant Wilmar encroaches on compatriot Olam's patch

Hyatt plays catch-up with Accor, Radisson and Marriott

Afreximbank's FEDA fund gears up for move to Kigali

New financial hub still wooing investors despite launch delay

Nicolas Sarkozy's discreet role in Kigali-Paris rapprochement

Afreximbank's new export fund straddles Kigali and Port Louis

Macron shares with Kagame his choice for the future French ambassador to Rwanda

Tidjane Thiam joins Macron's Kigali delegation

Sassou Nguesso and ECCAS seek to regain upper hand on Chad

Football bodies seek to unplug Satcons decoders ahead of Euro 2020

Kagame and Museveni eye each other warily and up their military budgets

CEMAC leaders brood over exclusion from Paris summit

In Focus DRC wants back in driver's seat on coltan

After Abidjan, Mikati family's ACC prospects in Brazzaville and Douala

Arise IIP scouting for industrial zones

France denies citizenship to daughter of Félicien Kabuga

Kagame backs embattled Touadéra on all fronts

Macron could visit Kigali in May

Cameroonian oligarch Amougou Belinga strives to resurrect Télésud

Cybersecurity giants flock to BEAC with biometric solutions

Kigali International Financial Centre headhunts among Rwandan diaspora

Kigali International Financial Centre determined to open in June

Energie des Grands Lacs already onto groundwork for Ruzizi IV dam

The consultants who pulled Dan Gertler out of sanctions purgatory

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In Focus
DRC wants back in driver's seat on coltan