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News Rwanda » Social: Rwanda’s national pension fund has helped power the economy, but it faces new challenges

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/rwanda-s-national-pension-fund-has-helped-power-the-economy-but-it-faces-new-challenges/ar-AA2aTDJF

Published on: Tuesday 25 August 2026

Rwanda is routinely celebrated as a growth miracle on the African continent. The country’s GDP growth averaged 7.4% annually between 2000 and 2023, one of the fastest in Africa. Three decades after ...

News Rwanda » Social: Rwanda Pension Fund Takes Full Control of Three Major Companies in Five-Day Buying Spree

News channel or source: https://www.ktpress.rw/2026/09/rwanda-pension-fund-takes-full-control-of-three-major-companies-in-five-day-buying-spree/

Published on: Tuesday 01 September 2026

Rwanda’s national social security fund has taken full control of three major companies in food processing, construction materials and insurance in a five-day buying spree that signals ...

News Rwanda » Social: Rwanda, Mozambique Defence officials hold exchanges on social welfare practices

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/politics/government/rwanda-mozambique-defence-officials-hold-exchanges-on-social-welfare-practices/ar-AA2b9Vrv

Published on: Friday 28 August 2026

Rwanda and Mozambique have exchanged expertise in military welfare management, with a focus on social welfare systems for military personnel. ALSO READ: Rwanda-Mozambique security cooperation to ...

News Rwanda » Social: Rwanda: Submission to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

News channel or source: https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/01/17/rwanda-submission-un-committee-economic-social-and-cultural-rights

Published on: Monday 16 January 2023

We write in advance of the 72nd pre-session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights regarding Rwanda’s compliance with the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural ...

News Rwanda » Social: To achieve sustainability, Rwanda should rethink social protection

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/to-achieve-sustainability-rwanda-should-rethink-social-protection/ar-AA2aUbeO

Published on: Tuesday 25 August 2026

Last June, at Karama Sector in Huye District, I attended an outreach campaign on social protection programmes where the Urunana DC team was performing its popular theatre plays live. As always, high ...

News Rwanda » Social: A social pension in Rwanda?

News channel or source: https://www.helpage.org/blog/a-social-pension-in-rwanda/

Published on: Sunday 29 January 2012

A recent article in the Rwandan daily ‘The New Times’ called for the government to reconsider the exclusion of social pensions from Rwanda’s flagship social protection programme – The Vision 2020 ...