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Rwanda: You Have What It Takes to Develop
allAfrica.com By: Edmund Kagire June 28, 2010 Kigali — President Paul Kagame, yesterday, told the youth that they form the engine that the country can run on to achieve its development goals and build the country that the Rwandan people want. Addressing thousands of youth from across the country, who had converged at the national [...]
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Rwanda: Kagame Accepts UN Appointment
Allafrica.com By Edmund Kagire June 25, 2010 President Paul Kagame yesterday said that he feels greatly honoured to be appointment co-chair of the MDG Advocacy Group, made up of the world’s leading thinkers, coming together to combat poverty. He said that he is ready to share Rwanda’s experience with the rest of the world. UN [...]
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Bridge2Rwanda Country Director: Tom Allen on Rwanda
After 30 years as a successful attorney in California, Tom Allen is a typical Halftimer who was determined to move beyond success to significance. Tom realized that his life comfortably ensconced in a safe cocoon was missing out on too much of what might be learned, experienced, and shared with others in developing countries so [...]
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Rwanda: A Dirt Poor Nation, With a Health Plan
Marc Hofer for The New York Times June 14, 2010 TEST PATTERN A technician in Mayange takes a blood sample from a woman suspected of having malaria. Rwanda’s health plan covers 92 percent of its 9.7 million people. It has no running water, and the delivery room is little more than a pair of padded [...]
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Tony Blair congratulates Rwanda on its continued development during latest two day visit
Source: Newstime Africa Tony Blair, Patron of the Africa Governance Initiative (AGI), completed a two-day visit to Rwanda where he reviewed ongoing progress by the Government of Rwanda in delivering its priorities for social and economic development. He met with President Kagame, the Prime Minister, senior ministers and officials, to discuss AGI’s continuing support to [...]
How classroom laptops may help to boost Rwanda’s economy
The Irish Times Sat, Jun 12, 2010 Cheap machines that still cost half a year’s wages are creating controversy, writes NICK WADHAMS in Kigali IN A DARK, dirty classroom, 49 children sat on creaky benches in front of 49 green and white laptop computers. Their teacher, wearing a white lab coat, cradled another laptop in [...]
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Rwanda gets down to business in East Africa
Source: International Policy Network Authors: Timothy Cox & Alec van Gelder Rather than waiting for protracted international negotiations [3], Rwanda is continuing to implement its own reforms to improve domestic business conditions and to become one of the world’s most business-friendly economies. This was bolstered by recent news that it will now take just one [...]
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Rwanda: Kagame Commends Kigali Business Community
The New Times – Rwanda’s First Daily By Irene V. Nambi June 5, 2010 Nyarugenge — President Paul Kagame, yesterday, commended the Kigali business community, for their hard work and determination to form cooperatives which have significantly contributed to the country’s economic development. Kagame made the remarks during his visit to Quartier Commerciale – the [...]
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Rwanda: 361 Graduate at INES-Ruhengeri