The trio of Rukundo Habumuremyi, 21, Noel Nizeyimana, 24, and Clement Imanishimwe, 26, was at the time disassembling the stolen motorcycle.
The motorcycle was stolen on October 23, in Musanze District, Kinigi Sector, Nyabigoma Cell in Kabeza Village.
It belongs to one Joselyne Uwimana. It was at the time parked in front of her house from where the thieves stole as people were inside the house.
The District Police Commander (DPC) for Musanze, Chief Inspector of Police (CIP) Speciose Kayitesi said that the suspects were arrested due to information provided by a local resident.
“They hid the motorcycle in Kimonyi sector, where it was recovered and the three suspects arrested red-handed attempting to disassemble it to sell the spare parts,” CIP Kayitesi said.
She thanked the resident, who shared the information leading to the recovery of the motorcycle and arrest of the prime suspects.
The DPC further said that the victim’s quick reporting of the theft helped the Police to swifly respond.
The DPC urged the young people to channel their energies in lawful businesses instead of wasting their future in criminal activities and spending years in prison.
The suspects were handed over to RIB for further legal process.
Article 166 of law determining offences and penalties in general states that, any person convicted of theft is liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than one (1) year and not more than two (2) years and a fine of not less than Rwf1 million and not more than Rwf2 million, a community service in a period of six (6) months or only one of these penalties.
In article 167, the penalty for theft doubles if the act was carried out at night or by more than one person.
The Norrsken Foundation is a Swedish non-profit, non-religious and non-partisan foundation that supports and invests in entrepreneurs that have a positive impact on society by working with the world’s greatest challenges, such as poverty, famine, environmental issues, mental health, and discrimination. They run an award-winning hub and co-working space in Stockholm and are now expanding to Kigali.
Norrsken East Africa is located on the old premises of the Ecole Belge in Kigali and is set to offer co-working space to over 1,000 entrepreneurs. By putting entrepreneurs, creatives, and corporates in the same place, Norrsken aspires to facilitate business growth and networking for East Africa’s top startups.
The HealthTech Hub Challenge, which kicked off on 20th October 2021, is a competition aimed at identifying up to 30 of the most promising startups in Africa working in cardiovascular health, breast cancer, and virtual care, who will all win a full year subsidy to sit at The HealthTech Hub (HT Hub) Africa.
The HealthTech Hub Africa is a new HealthTech accelerator based in Kigali, Rwanda. Its mission is to help governments and startups collaborate on technology-enabled innovations that strengthen health systems in Africa. By doing so, it aims to support local authorities to tackle the largest health challenges in low-income and underserved populations.
They will also get to participate in the 2022 HealthTech Innovation Program, a program that includes capability-building opportunities, partner match-making with the public and private sectors, and mentorship and opportunities to test and validate their solutions in the public health system.
The overall winner and two runner-up startups will each receive the financial support required to further develop their solutions. The first-place winner will receive US$ 30,000, the second will receive US$ 20,000 and the third-place winner will receive US$ 5,000.
The HealthTech Hub Africa will be launched at a prestigious event in Kigali on December 2nd, 2021. The launch will feature the winners of the HealthTech Hub Challenge together with the Novartis Foundation, Norrsken East Africa, and other partners.
According to Pascal Murasira, the Managing Director of Norrsken East Africa, the hub is designed to accelerate the development of innovative solutions not only beneficial for Rwanda but also the region as well.
“We are so excited to be launching the HealthTech Hub challenge and hosting the HealthTech Hub Africa at the Norrsken Kigali House. It will be the first space where HealthTech startups can work together and collaborate, which will revolutionize the industry by cutting down the cost of care and democratizing access to quality care in the region,” he said.
The Novartis Foundation focuses on advancing data and Artificial intelligence (AI)-driven approaches to population health – transforming health systems from being reactive to proactive, predictive, and preventative. All of its initiatives are co-created, locally owned, data-driven, and aim to narrow health inequities while improving health outcomes for all.
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The HT Hub Challenge is open to startups with less than US$ 2 million in prior funding and with solutions with evidence of validation and positive impact in the domains of breast cancer, cardiovascular health, and/or virtual care. Teams must have a minimum of two people, and those with a more positive gender balance will be prioritized. Applicants will need to apply through the HealthTech Hub Africa website at: https://www.norrsken.org/hthubafrica
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The HealthTech Hub Africa is a new HealthTech accelerator based in Kigali, Rwanda. Its mission is to help governments and startups collaborate on technology-enabled innovations that strengthen health systems in Africa. By doing so, it aims to support local authorities to tackle the largest health challenges in low-income and underserved populations.
The hub is located at the Norrsken East Africa House in Kigali, Rwanda, and will host up to 30 startups. These startups will have access to a program that includes capability-building opportunities, partner match-making with the public and private sectors, and mentorship and opportunities to test and validate their solutions in the public health system. The first cohort of startups will be those involved in the fight against cardiovascular diseases and breast cancer, and in developing virtual health and care solutions.
The Novartis Foundation founded the hub in partnership with Norrsken East Africa.
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In early 2020, the Novartis Foundation collaborated with the Harvard Global Health Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and other organizations to plan a Data Science & AI Summit in Kigali, Rwanda with the aim of inspiring, teaching, and connecting innovators in the HealthTech community within Africa.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the planned physical event turned into a series of webinars and publications that explored the role of artificial intelligence in the COVID-19 response in low-resource settings. In 2021, this initiative scaled up into the HealthTech Dialogue Hub, which aims to support the exchange of technology-enabled innovations that strengthen health systems in low-and middle-income settings. Establishing a health-focused tech hub in Africa to deliver on these objectives was a logical next step.
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The HealthTech Hub Africa mission is to support technology innovations that are tackling public health system challenges in Africa. The hub plans to host up to 30 startups, initially from East Africa. It will help them refine, test, validate and scale up their solutions in their country, in Africa, and possibly even beyond.
It also aims to strengthen the local HealthTech network by creating more opportunities for collaboration and exchange between policymakers and innovators who are working to use these breakthrough technologies to overcome major population health challenges. African HealthTech innovations from low-and middle-income countries may have the potential to ‘leapfrog’ high-income country health systems, where barriers to innovation are often higher.
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The HealthTech Hub Africa will be launched at a prestigious event in Kigali on December 2nd, 2021. The launch will feature the winners of the HealthTech Hub Challenge together with the Novartis Foundation, Norrsken East Africa, and other partners.
The Novartis Foundation focuses on advancing data and Artificial intelligence (AI)-driven approaches to population health – transforming health systems from being reactive to proactive, predictive, and preventative. All of its initiatives are co-created, locally owned, data-driven, and aim to narrow health inequities while improving health outcomes for all.
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Norrsken Foundation is a non-profit organization founded in 2016 by the co-founder of Klarna, Niklas Adalberth, with the aim of helping entrepreneurs solve some of the world’s most pressing challenges. Norrsken is non-religious and non-political — and has a strong belief in effective altruism.
The Foundation runs the award-winning hub Norrsken House in Stockholm, Sweden, and in 2021 Norrsken is opening Africa’s biggest hub for entrepreneurs in Kigali, Rwanda. The Foundation successfully incubated Norrsken VC – a €100 million impact VC fund investing in the best entrepreneurs that solve societal issues using technology.
Norrsken East Africa is supporting this initiative by hosting the HealthTech Hub in their House, located in Kigali, Rwanda. Here, the top startups will have a physical space to work alongside other leading health tech entrepreneurs and will have access to other opportunities provided by other supporting partners.
RIB has revealed that the man is suspected to have committed the crimes at different times through talk shows aired on YouTube.
He has been arrested after declining to abide by law enforcers’ warning to stop series of similar talk shows.
RIB had summoned Hakuzimana early September 2021 for interrogation and returned home. It is said that he was warned against his abusive words that could result into to crimes.
He is detained at RIB Post in Kicukiro as investigation is underway to transfer his files to the Prosecution.
Before his arrest, Hakuzimana released a publication entitled ‘A project for peace on Rwanda, Rwandans and the Great Lakes Region’. He explained that the region has lacked peace since RPF took power.
Hakuzimana said that power should be shared to attain peace noting that ‘Rwanda is undergoing bad governance’. He made a list of individuals who should be part of the cabinet including himself.
Some of individuals on the list include Genocide deniers like Father Thomas Nahimana and Faustin Twagiramungu among others.
Hakuzimana,53, resides in Uwingenzi village, Kivugiza cell, Nyamirambo sector of Nyarugenge district. He was born in Musanze district, Northern Province to Jean Bosco Nzariturande alias Mwarabu and Nyiraherekeza.
He has been airing talk shows on his channel dubbed ‘Rachid TV’.
Appearing in one of most recent talk shows, the man said that commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi should stop.
He also stated that commemoration of the Genocide borne no fruits for the past 27 years.
Following series of Hakuzimana’s talk shows, members of the public used social media platforms to file complaints wondering why RIB did not launch investigation to hold him accountable.
The move comes five months following the visit of French President Emmanuel Macron to Rwanda which was considered a great milestone towards revitalized bilateral relations.
French Minister of Trade, M.Franck Riester and his delegation has held talks with his counterpart of Rwanda, Beata Habyarimana along with the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Dr. Uzziel Ndagijimana and members of Rwanda’s Private Sector Federation (PSF) among others.
Minister Habyarimana thanked the delegation for making a good choice to visit Rwanda observing that discussions they held are essential to foster trade cooperation between both countries.
She invited French investors to tap into ample investment opportunities available in Rwanda in consideration of business reforms the country has undergone to become an even more attractive place to do business.
The reforms positioned Rwanda as the second easiest place to do business in Africa and first in East Africa as Habyarimana explained.
Meanwhile, M. Franck Riester revealed that his country wants to invest in Rwanda in different areas.
The French firms seek to bring investment in the areas of health, transport, real estate, environment, technology and agro-processing in a way that generates long-term profits for both countries.
During the process to build sustainable partnerships, French firms may invest in Rwanda or vice versa.
“We want to invest in Rwanda for long-term. We are convinced that the best way to do it begins with building strong collaboration between both countries’ private sectors, firms and citizens. That is why I have come with 30 companies through the support of Medecin International and Business France. These companies plan to invest in Rwanda in the near future,” said Riester.
France may also partner with Rwanda to establish agro-processing plants where the produce might be consumed locally or exported, build and renovate bridges, build research centers, fund technology projects aimed at creating innovations among others, explained Riester.
He revealed that French projects in Rwanda estimated at Euro 40 million will be executed through French Development Agency and other relevant agencies.
Upon arrival, the vaccine doses were received by Rwanda’s Minister of Health, Dr. Daniel Ngamije and the ambassador of French to Rwanda, Antoine Anfré.
They are an addition to more 100,000 doses received from France in May 2021 when President Emmanuel Macron visited Rwanda.
A total of 1,942,368 people have been fully vaccinated while 3,735,581 received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine since Rwanda began countrywide inoculation program on 5th March 2021.
Rwanda has ramped up vaccination efforts where the country targets to cover 30% of the population by December this year and 60% by the end of 2022.
Rwanda and Luxembourg enjoy relations in different areas.
Recently, both countries signed a bilateral cooperation agreement on the sidelines of Africa Microfinance Week where they will work together to support Rwanda in further developing the Kigali International Financial Centre (KIFC).
It is an addition to the double tax avoidance agreement (DTAA) signed early October 2021. The latter serves as an incentive for businesses and investors in both regions as it eliminates the double payment of taxes on both income and capital, but also aids transparency as it serves as a deterrent against tax evasion and avoidance.
Elfadil who is ending her tenure, was elected to a four-year term in 2016. She is also a member of the executive board of the World Anti-Doping Agency.
Among others, Elfadil has worked with the Association of Women for Rural Development and Immigration, Women, Children and Family. She has participated in the Women’s Rally for Peace and led workshops on peacebuilding and conflict resolution.
The statement released last night also shows that 42 people have caught the virus out of 9272 sample tests. The majority of new cases were found in Musanze:9, Ngororero:9, Burera:6, Kigali: 4, Ngoma: 3 and Rubavu district:3.
A total of 1,942,368 people have been fully vaccinated while 3,735,581 received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine since Rwanda began countrywide inoculation program on 5th March 2021.
Coronavirus symptoms include coughing, flu, and difficulty in breathing. The virus is said to be transmitted through the mucous membranes of the respiratory tract.
Rwandans are urged to adhere to COVID-19 health guidelines, washing hands frequently using soaps and safe water, wearing face masks and respecting social distancing.
Union Education Minister Dharmendra said, “The Central government is working to establish Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh as a hub of higher education in north India.
The permanent campus of IIT Jammu will be a model in preserving the regional biodiversity and promoting scalable solutions for the Jammu and Kashmir region.”
“The Minister informed that IIT Jammu is committed to building a humanistic, futuristic, and inter-disciplinary environment in line with the National Education Policy (NEP-2020). It is also developing online courses for credit transfer as part of an outreach for students of Jammu and Kashmir under the NEP- 2020”, he added.
The Minister further informed that IIT Jammu is starting pioneering courses, including joint degree programs with IIM Jammu, Tunnel Engineering for indigenous infra development in the Himalayas, encouraging solution-centric research for the benefit of society and is aiming to become a unicorn of research excellence.
Pradhan hoped that IIT Jammu, an institute of national importance will transform the higher education landscape and usher in a new era of development in Jammu and Kashmir–the crown of India.
On the second day of his three-day to Jammu and Kashmir, the Union Home Minister today unveiled the three phases of the IIT Jammu campus.
Shah on Sunday laid the foundation stone of the Saptrishi Multidisciplinary Research Centre at the IIT Jammu campus, stated an official release.
The Minister also inaugurated Phase 1A and 1B of the existing campus and Saptrishi Multidisciplinary Research Centre in the presence of Union Minister of Education, Dharmendra Pradhan; Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha, and other officials.
While addressing an event in Jammu, the Union Minister said, “Nobody can stop the era of development that has started in J-K. It is the land of temples, of Mata Vaishno Devi, of Prem Nath Dogra, the land of sacrifices of Syama Prasad Mukherjee. We would not let the people, who are trying to disrupt peace in J-K succeed.”
Shah, who is on a three-day visit to the union territory, also slammed the former rulers of the erstwhile state and said, “What did these three families did for Jammu and Kashmir in last 70 years? A Panchayat has been formed in every village. Now ‘Dadagiri’ of these three families will not work.”
“Our new industrial policy was mocked by the three families, but already there is an investment worth Rs 12,000 crore. As many as five lakh youths will get jobs out of investment worth Rs 51,000 crore by 2022,” he said.
“J-K was the first UT to have achieved 100 per cent first dose of COVID-19 vaccination in the country because it is in the heart of PM Modi. Soon, it will also achieve 100 per cent second dose of COVID-19 vaccination,” the Union Minister further said.
“Some people are raising questions about security. Between 2004 and 2014, 2,081 people lost their lives — 208 people were killed every year. From 2014 to September 2021, 239 people lost their lives. But we are not satisfied. We want to create an atmosphere where no one loses life to terrorism,” Shah added.
The Union home minister is on a three-day visit to the Union territory, the first time since the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019.
His visit has come amid several incidents of killings of civilians by the terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir which is sparking fear in the valley.
On Saturday, he met families of soldiers and civilians killed this month in a spate of terrorist attacks in Jammu and Kashmir.
