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On 30th May 2012, MTN Rwanda and MFS Africa announced the launch of an online money transfer service that enables MTN Mobile Money customers to receive international remittances directly on their mobile phones. The service referred to as MTNMMO.COM is an online facility that enables MTN Mobile Money customers in Rwanda to receive international remittances [...]

The world’s economy has now transformed from not just an industrial economy but to an Information age, thus bringing Information and Communication Technologies to the fore front of a developed economy. There are a number of roles played by ICT in development of a knowledge economy, among which we have; ICT is a source of [...]

On 3rd April 2012, Rwanda Development Board signed a 6.7 million US dollar contract with Tanzania Telecommunications Company Limited (TTCL) to provide 1.244 Gbps of internet bandwidth. Commenting at the signing of the $6.7million contract, Patrick Nyirishema, head of ICT department at RDB said that “For Rwanda to achieve higher and sustained growth performance through [...]

Following David Cameron’s cancelled visit to Rwanda late last, while on his way from Nigeria and South Africa year. Cameron was travelling with high corporate CEOs of companies like Barclays, Bombardier, Vodafone and Virgin Atlantic however due to the phone hacking scandal in London he didn’t finish the historical tour. Why would UK’s Prime Minister [...]

  Akaliza Gara the proprietor of Shaking Sun multi-media company Akaliza Gara, 25 is the proprietor and Director of Shaking sun a multimedia company that specializes in developing website. The company was launched one year ago. According to Akaliza, the forming of her own company was a zeal derived from the satisfaction she derived from [...]

Akaliza Gara umwe mubakobwa bamaze kwiteza imbere   Akaliza, ni umukobwa ukiri muto w’imyaka 25, amaze umwaka ashinze ikigo kitwa “Shaking sun” gikora ibintu bijyanye n’ikoranabuhanga(multimedia company) aho bibanda cyane ku gukora imbuga za interineti (websites). Nk’uko yabidutangarije tariki uyu wa28 Mutarama 2012  avuga ko nyuma yo kurangiza amasomo ye yakoze mu bigo byinshi bya [...]

Workers of Tough stuff society that sells equipments for solar energy generation say that even if residents like the equipments, they cannot own them due to financial constraints. Tough Stuff’s aim is to bring solar energy generating equipments in rural areas without electricity as a way of uplifting the social and economic development of the [...]

Abakorera  societe” Tough Stuff” icuruza  ibikoresho bitanga umuriro w’amashanyarazi uturutse ku mirasire y’izuba  baratangaza ko  nubwo abaturage bashima ibyo bikoresho,ubukene bukiri inzitizi ikomeye kugirango babigure. ToughStuff  mu migambi yayo ngo ni ukugeza ibikoresho bitanga ingufu z’amashanyarazi  aho atari mu rwego rwo kongera imibereho myiza ku baturage no kuba heza. Muri uku kuzana iterambere ry’ umuriro [...]

Rwanda is a small, landlocked country with a few natural resources and a poor population. However, Rwanda is aspiring to become a regional service provide and an IT hub. Rwanda is the most densely populated country in Africa and 80% of its population stays in rural areas where they depend on subsistence farming. And in [...]