While poor management and debilitating debts continue to run down State-owned sugar millers in western Kenya, and the government is yet honour its Sh2.6 billion pledge, farmers are abandoning cultivation of sugar cane for sweet potatoes in huge numbers thanks to the ready market and changing dietary patterns among health savvy consumers. Growers said sugar cane is no longer a viable enterprise going by the … Continue reading Why sweet potato is the darling for farmers in western Kenya

President Paul Kagame and First Lady Jeannette Kagame on Thursday attended the launch of one of the most luxurious hotels Rwanda has ever had. The facility, Singita Kwitonda Lodge and Kataza House, opened in Kinigi sector, Musanze district in Northern Province, right at the habitat of the rare mountain gorillas. Singita Kwitonda Lodge and Kataza House is set within a landscape of wetlands and lush … Continue reading Most Luxurious Hotel Launches In Rwanda’s Mountain Gorilla Territory

Rwanda is planning a pilot program that will enable district entities to start issuing bonds to scale up their long term sources of revenues. This was discussed at stakeholder’s workshop this Wednesday in Kigali, which brought together Ministries of Local Government, Finance and Rwanda Capital Markets Authority (CMA) among key players in the programme. The Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Finance, Caleb Rwamuganza said that … Continue reading Rwanda Could Start Issuing Municipal Bonds