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1. Rwanda: Sick Workers, Bad Roads to Hurt Rwanda's Competitiveness - Report

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   10 September 2012 AllAfrica.com (Rwanda Focus): The global competitiveness report has warned that an unhealthy workforce along with poor infrastructure will hurt Rwanda's competitiveness ambitions. According to the report, "The greatest challenges facing Rwanda in improving its competitiveness are the state of the country's infrastructure, its low secondary and university enrollment rates, and the poor health of its workforce." Despite the damning verdict, the 2012/2013 global competitiveness report ranks Rwanda as one of the best in the world, Africa and the best in the region. Rwanda's ambition…

2. Rwanda announces new water project

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   15 July 2012 Rwanda has seen the launch of a new water, sanitation and hygiene project (WASH) worth $20 million, The New Times has reported. It has been confirmed that the project, which is set…

3. Rwanda Seeks $1 Billion Geothermal Energy Investment

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   20 February 2012 OilPrice.com - February 20, 2012 Rwanda is astride the East African Rift Valley, one of the world's hottest spots for geothermal activity and experts estimate the geothermal…

4. Rwanda confirms ICT infrastructure plans

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   22 April 2012 Cyrille Turatsinze, the permanent secretary at the ministry of local government UIN Rwanda, has announced that the government plans to improve the country's ICT infrastructure, Rwanda Focus has reported. He explained that the government wants to see the delivery of ICT services improve throughout the country. To this end, it has created an infrastructure map towards its long-term ambitions. Indeed, the Rwandan government is set to enter the third phase of its five-year ICT plan, which focuses on the delivery of services. The previous two centred on ICT literacy and the development…

5. AfDB to Participate in Rwanda ICT and Innovation Summit

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   22 October 2013 Source: All Africa The African Development Bank (AfDB), will participate in "Transform Africa 2013 Summit" to be hosted by the government of Rwanda from 28 to 31 October in Kigali.…

6. AfDB to power Rwanda, TZ and Burundi

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   4 December 2013 Ghana News The African Development Bank's (AfDB) work in clean energy financing received some welcome recognition last week from Asian Development Bank President (ADB) Takehiko Nakao.
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7. East Africa: New Railway to Connect Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda

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   14 August 2013 All Africa Three East African countries Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda are implementing a joint $13b project for the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) from Mombasa via Kampala to Kigali. The project, to be jointly financed by the three countries, is expected to be completed by 2018.
 
It will ease trade and reduce road traffic. Each member state will meet its loan liabilities differently. Eng. Abraham Byandala, the works minister said Kenya is already ahead of Uganda and Rwanda since they charge 1.5% of the railway cargo value for financing the project. He said this during a press briefing…

8. AfDB-Rwanda and Burundi launch one stop border post to accelerate integration

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   23 July 2013 The Bank received from the Governments of the Republic of Rwanda and Republic of Burundi, an invitation to witness the official launching ceremony of the One stop border post which took…

9. La BAD a financé un projet d'agriculture irriguée à Bugesera, Rwanda

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   16 March 2012 Banque africaine de développement - 15 mars 2012 Une délégation de la BAD a visité, le 15 mars 2012, le site du projet d'appui au développement agricole de Bugesera(PADAB). Cette visite…

10. La France et le Rwanda renforcent leur coopération dans les infrastructures

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    20 September 2011 Les engagements de l’Agence française de développement (AFD) au Rwanda vont passer de 23,7 millions d’euros à 42,2 millions d’euros, rapporte l'agence de presse APA. Cette annonce a été faite la semaine dernière, lors de la visite à Paris du président rwandais Paul Kagamé, qui a animé une réunion avec plusieurs entreprises françaises, une vingtaine d’entreprises et ministres…