SPECIAL REPORTS
Young Rwandan entrepreneur uses tech to tackle climate change
Ghislain Irakoze believes technology can be leveraged to avert tons of harmful greenhouse gas emissions associated with dumping of e-waste generated daily from the fast expanding ICT sector in the country and across the African continent.
Youth demand lead roles, funding in drive to fight climate change
On one hand, young people decry that they struggle to be accepted as actors who are coming up with ideas that can change situations, offer solutions and whose voice must be heard especially by those in positions of authority.
Food costs rise as drought, botched irrigation schemes induce supply deficits
With 90 percent of Rwanda's cropland located on slopes, the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources (MINAGRI) shows only 63,742 ha were under irrigation as of 2020 — including 37,273 ha of marshlands; 8,780 ha of hillsides, and 17,689 ha of small scale irrigation. The government missed the 2020...
