Rwanda News News Rwanda » Finance: Rwanda Pitches Itself as Alternative to Mauritius Hub
Rwanda’s financial center has attracted more than $600 million in assets as it positions itself as an alternative to Mauritius for investment into Africa, but a shortage of skilled professionals risks ...
News Rwanda » Finance: AfDB brings Rwanda’s banks together to widen trade finance access for local businesses
The continent’s trade finance gap was estimated at between $74 billion and $92 billion in 2024, restricting businesses’ ability to fulfil transactions, grow and reach new customers.
News Rwanda » Finance: Kigali International Finance Centre (KIFC) to introduce the Rwanda Sustainable Finance Roadmap to a global audience at COP27
KIGALI, Rwanda, Nov. 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- From 6 – 18 November 2022, heads of states, high level government representatives and business leaders will gather at the 27th United Nations Climate ...
News Rwanda » Finance: African Development Bank Group and Rwandan commercial banks discuss closing Africa's $92 billion trade finance gap
On 5 October in Kigali, the African Development Bank Group hosted a trade finance breakfast meeting with nearly all Rwandan commercial banks to discuss expanding access to trade finance and ...
News Rwanda » Finance: Rwanda’s Next Growth Chapter Depends on Unlocking More Capital, Skills and Investment
The country report examines opportunities to strengthen domestic revenue collection and unlock greater value from financial, human, natural and business capital.
News Rwanda » Finance: How Rwanda Plans to Finance Its Nuclear Energy Program
The country expects its first nuclear energy program to be operational in the early 2030s as it seeks to diversify electricity generation and meet rising demand. But one major question remains ...
News Rwanda » Finance: Rwanda recruits Tidjane Thiam to boost Kigali’s finance offer
After his hasty departure from the Credit Suisse bank, Tidjane Thiam confirms his African ambition. The Franco-Ivorian banker has just been appointed by the Rwandan government to head the board of ...
News Rwanda » Finance: Africa Too Reliant on Cookstoves For Carbon Finance, Rwanda Says
Most carbon finance in Africa is directed at clean-cooking projects, despite the continent’s endowment with natural resources that could be utilized for more profitable pollution-offset ventures, ...
News Rwanda » Finance: Blended finance: A solution for Rwanda’s entrepreneurs?
Comments included a proposal for how financing of small businesses in Rwanda and Africa can be improved from Fadzayi Musanhu, director of Market Intelligence Africa (MIA) in London. Poole’s book ...
News Rwanda » Finance: Rwanda: Who Will Finance Rwanda's First Small Nuclear Reactor?
Rwanda's ambition to build its first small modular reactor (SMR) is moving closer to reality, but one major question remains unanswered: who will pay for it? The government expects the country's first ...
News Rwanda » Finance: Economic growth in Rwanda has arguably come at the cost of democratic freedom
In 1994, Rwanda was destroyed by the unthinkable mass slaughtering of its civilians. Now, 25 years later, the country has managed to establish a successful and thriving economy, but at what cost?