Monthly Archives: February 2010
Rwanda Internet Cafe on Wheels
The Rwandan Government has equipped two Greyhound type buses with Internet connectivity to reach its most rural areas in Rwanda. The purpose of the buses is to reach the most impoverished people in remote villages without electrical power to prepare them for the day when electricity becomes available and introduce them to the concepts of [...]
Boston University Interviews President Kagame
Students in Stephen Kinzers international relations seminar on Rwanda took turns engaging Rwanda’s president, Paul Kagame, via teleconference. Topics ranged from womens rights to trade relations, rural development to nuclear energy.
Rwanda teachers struggle to follow switch to English
By Helen Vesperini (AFP)
February 19, 2010
KIGALI — At the Kacyiru 1 primary school, it’s not the pupils chanting ‘this is my ear, this is my hair’ and pointing to the board as they learn rudimentary English.
It’s the teachers.
They’ve been sent back to school as part of a Rwandan government drive to switch to English instead [...]
Rwanda: President Commissions Tractor Assembly Plant
allafrica.com – Gashegu Muramira
February 19, 2010
Kigali — President Paul Kagame yesterday officially opened the first ever tractor assembling plant in the country which will enable Rwandans purchase farming equipment at low prices.
The Rwf 1.6billion price tag on the plant includes the equipment imported by Government as well as money spent on its construction.
The machines are [...]
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Rwanda Named Global Host For World Environment Day 2010
Source: United Nations Environment Programme
February 18, 2010
Kigali (Rwanda)/Nairobi (Kenya), 17 February 2010 – Rwanda, the East African country that is embracing a transition to a Green Economy, will be the global host of World Environment Day 2010, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced today.
World Environment Day (WED), which aims to be the biggest global [...]
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Sarkozy to visit Rwanda
The Citizen Daily
February 18, 2010
French President Nicolas Sarkozy will arrive in the country on the 25th of this month and not the 26th as earlier anticipated.
This was confirmed yesterday by Foreign Affairs Minister, Louise Mushikiwabo, who said the French President will visit en-route from Gabon.
Sarkozy is expected to hold talks with President Paul Kagame and [...]
Browsing for a New Future: Laptops in Rwanda
Published on Global Envision – By Nick Chapin
February 16, 2010
Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame wants to secure a piece of the growing technology market that has already brought so much change to sub-Saharan Africa, and he’s starting young.
Kagame recently announced that he would provide a laptop for every child in his country between the ages of [...]
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Rwanda: Confront Poverty Kagame Tells Nation
The New Times – Edmund Kagire
February 2, 2010
Kigali — President Paul Kagame has called upon Rwandans to put more efforts in fighting poverty as a way of demonstrating heroism and following in the footsteps of the heroes the country honoured yesterday.
This year’s Heroes Day was celebrated at local level, a move that saw huge turnouts [...]
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Africa: Kagame Attends AFDB/WB ICT Roundtable
allafrica.com
February 2, 2010
Kigali — On the second day of the ongoing AU summit in Addis Ababa, President Paul Kagame, along with other Heads of State, participated in a discussion on ICT on the continent, co-organized by the African Development Bank and the World Bank.
The working breakfast chaired by AfDB President Donald Kaberuka and WB President [...]
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Nicolas Sarkozy admits Rwanda genocide ‘mistakes’