On an annual basis, the prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages increased by 41.3 percent, while alcoholic beverages, tobacco, and narcotics increased by 23.6 percent.
Transport increased by 12 percent annually but remained stable on a monthly basis.
According to National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR), The prices of local products increased by 20.8 percent year on year and 2.2 percent month on month. Meanwhile, the prices of imported products increased by 14.8 percent year on year and 0.6 percent month on month.
The prices of fresh products increased by 53 percent year on year and 5.3 percent month on month. The prices of energy increased by 7.3 percent annually and 0.8 percent monthly.
Meanwhile, rural CPI increased by 39.5 percent on annual basis and increased by 4.3 percent on monthly basis.
The general index, excluding fresh products and energy, increased by 12.2 percent annually and 0.8 percent monthly.
Leaders including the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government (MINALOC), Dusengimana Emmanuel, the Board Chairman of Corps Africa/Rwanda, Robert Bafakulera, and Country Director of Corps Africa, Agasaro Eustochie Sezibera, among other partners, attended the ceremony.
Corps Africa recruits university graduates and trains them before deploying them to rural areas to work with residents on different development projects, such as building kitchen gardens and fertilizing fields.
After two months of volunteer activities, they team up with residents to identify projects that can solve the society’s problems and pitch them to partners for funding. Recently pitched projects include the construction of playgrounds, storage for crops in Huye District, agriculture of vegetables in Nyamagabe, making good use of stones in Musanze District, among others.
These projects were presented to partners, including Rotari Club, BK Foundation, MINALOC, Crystal Connect Foundation, and others, who appreciated them and requested CorpsAfrica/Rwanda to liaise with them to negotiate funding.
According to the Country Director of CorpsAfrica Rwanda, Agasaro Estochie Sezibera, the projects are entrenched in the government’s programs, such as donation of livestock, fighting malnutrition, enhancing subscriptions for community-based health insurance, and planting trees, among others.
Currently, volunteers operate in 48 villages from eight districts, including Nyamagabe, Huye, Gisagara, Ngororero, Bugesera, Gicumbi, Rulindo, and Musanze.
The success of volunteers has prompted CorpsAfrica to consider introducing these activities across the country.
The fourth cohort of volunteers consisted of 48 from Rwanda and four from foreign countries where the organization has branches, including Morocco, Malawi, and Senegal. Since CorpsAfrica began activities in Rwanda in August 2018, it has worked with volunteers in four phases.
The Permanent Secretary in MINALOC, Dusengimana Samuel, thanked CorpsAfrica for initiatives to put citizens at the center, noting that they want to work with the organization to increase the number of young people with constructive ideas.
The Chairman of the Board, Robert Bafakulera, urged university graduates to use the knowledge acquired through this program to accelerate national development.
Corps Africa, in collaboration with Musange sector in Nyamagabe, is implementing a project dubbed ‘Umurima wanjye Initiative’ that will see 20,000 kitchen gardens built in the area.
More projects completed in the same period of time include the construction of 14 water kiosks, 14 Early Childhood Development Centers, a TVET school, and a sewing cooperative was established. The youth volunteers also supported citizens to embrace advanced farming of vegetables on four hectares.
Additionally, there was the establishment of 3 Karate clubs as a way to deal with mental health and enhance socialization.
Other completed activities include training on technology, electricity, literacy programs for elders, while citizens saved over Rwf21 million.
Over 307 children were helped to get rid of malnutrition, 142b children were returned to school, while citizens in areas of interventions increased subscriptions for Mutuelle de Santé to 99.3% from 73%.
The media was used as a tool by bad leadership that prepared for the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, with many media houses affiliated with political parties or founded by businesspeople with close links to the then-leadership.
The involvement of media houses, particularly RTLM, during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda is depicted in the theatre play “Hate Radio,” which was first played in Rwanda at Kigali Convention Centre on April 8th, 2023, and attended by First Lady Jeannette Kagame and other leaders.
The Minister of National Unity and Civic Engagement, Dr. Bizimana Jean Damascène said that RTLM played a big role in fueling killings of Tutsis.
“Using the media to spread incite hatred did not begin with RTLM. It had been planned for long. Political parties founded in Rwanda in 1959 initiated media houses spreading hatred. RTLM has traceable roots, other media houses where it drew inspiration.”
He pointed out an example of APOROSOMA, a political party that established a media house dubbed “Ijwi rya Rubanda Rugufi” translated as ‘The Voice for Ordinary Citizens’ in 1959. At the time, Parmehutu party also founded a media house called ‘Jyambere’.
“These media houses worked together to teach people that the country is for Hutus, running publications that Tutsis would be killed. It was put that way since 1959.”
The third edition of Jyambere newspaper published on 27th November 1959, featured a statement that read: “Tutsis will be exterminated if they continue to live in the neighbourhood of Hutus.”
Dr. Bizimana said that “Jyambere” made the publication two weeks after killings of Tutsis from 1st November 1959.
Another edition of “Ijwi rya Rubanda Rugufi” that belonged to APROSOMA was issued on 27th September 1959 where the Chief Editor, Gitera Joseph published what he termed as ‘Ten commandments of Hutus’.
At the time, APROSOMA urged citizens to stand united, vote for Hutu leaders instead of Tutsis or Hutus with friendship with Tutsis as they would be enemies.
Minister Bizimana said that Jyambere newspaper was re-launched in 1991 by MDR political party after approving the pluralism of political parties.
Jyambere continued its manipulation agenda along with other newspapers including “Kangura” founded in July 1991 and Power founded by Karamira in November 1993 among others.
Minister Bizimana said that all these newspapers had a shared agenda to mobilize the killings of Tutsis.
On 9th February 1991, Kangura run a publication that read: ‘Let us know Inkotanyi and supporters of RPF and exterminate them’.
The 54th edition of Kangura issued in February 1994, also run an article stating that ‘spies for the enemy are well known’.
Other newspapers including Kinyamateka and Isibo said to be against the regime of Habyarimana later changed their editorial line and run content fueling hatred and ethnic discrimination.
The sixth edition of Isibo newspaper issued on 10th January 1991, also featured an article with a title ‘A Tutsi in this era of Inkotanyi’. It published what was termed as guidelines to be respected every day.
Of the five commandments of Hutus, one encouraged Hutus to ‘Inspect a Tutsi that refuse to change attitudes lest she/he taints others’.
“It is clear that Isibo was mobilizing for killings of Tutsis as requested by the then government,” noted Minister Bizimana.
The fifth commandment for Tutsis read that ‘A patriotic Tutsi has to help the leadership to detect stubborn relatives, who conceal cruelty and cunning’.
As Dr. Bizimana said, Isibo concluded saying that ‘the machette of 1959 awakened many Tutsis where anyone against the advice wants the country to be stuck in a war’.
“The statement written in 1991 mobilized for more killings of Tutsis as it had happened in 1959,” he noted.
Kinyamateka newspaper also offered space for publication inciting hatred even though it was not among hate media.
The 1338th edition in 1991, indicated that the country was blessed ‘because the war brought the unity of Hutus’.
Kinyamateka also referred to Tutsis and Inkotanyi as enemies of Rwanda.
{{The intervention of Habyarimana and Kabuga in establishment of RTLM}}
Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines (RTLM) was established on 8th July 1993 but was mainly involved in the mobilization of killings of Tutsis between April and July 1994.
It was initially nicknamed ‘Radiyo Rutwitsi’ and had studios at the current Kigali CarFree Zone. The radio used its popularity to incite hatred.
It was founded by a group led by Dr. Ferdinand Nahimana, one of experts in the country at the time.
Nahimana drafted the first piece determining the establishment of RTLM.
The committee that initiated the idea was led by businessman, Kabuga Félicien.
Other members of the committee included Serugendo Joseph, Ephrem Ntezabera, Jean Bosco Barayagwiza while Juvénal Habyarimana was the first honorary shareholder of RTLM.
Minister Bizimana disclosed that Habyarimana booked shares worth Rwf1 million at the time.
Other shareholders include Kabuga, Basabose Philippe and other top government officials.
“This proves that RTLM was state-owned,” said Minister Bizimana.
It is said that RTLM worked closely with The Rwanda Information Office (ORINFOR) where many journalists were recruited from ORINFOR.
These include Habimana Kantano, Noheli Hitimana, Joël Hakizimana and Gaspard Gahigi among others.
“It shows us that Genocide was possible because it was supported by the government. The media was one of used tools,” noted Minister Bizimana.
Calling Tutsis cockroaches that would be killed was among words inciting hatred and fueling ethnic divisionism that were aired on RTLM.
Such words triggered mixed reactions during Arusha peace accords where politicians against the regime of Habyarimana demanded the shutdown of the radio.
At the time, Dr. Nahimana who headed the radio explained that it was established to be on the defensive of Radiyo Muhabura of RPF –Inkotanyi, but was a contradiction of the radio’s editorial line.
Following the shooting down of Habyarimana’s airplane on 6th April 1994, RTLM encouraged Hutus to kill Tutsis accusing them of being behind the incident.
Other journalists popular at RTLM include Valérie Bemeriki. She was handed life sentence for her role in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.
As Rwanda began the 29th commemoration on 7th April 2023, different countries , individuals and international organizations joined Rwandans to honour slain victims.
The Genocide against the Tutsi which lasted for 100 days left over 1 million victims killed over their innate personality.
The messages mainly revolved around standing in solidarity with Rwandans , and reaffirming commitment to prevent reoccurrence of the dark history.
On 23rd March 2018, The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution that changed the designation of April 7 to “the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda” from the name of “the International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda” that had been used since December 2004.
However, there are individuals and countries that refuse to use the right appellation for the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.
In a message posted on his Twitter handle, President Kagame thanked those who stood in solidarity with Rwanda noting that this mourning period should be an opportunity to reflect on what happened and know the truth.
“We appreciate leaders and friends from across the world who sent messages of solidarity during this period. Even for those who want to find their own words for what our country went through, KWIBUKA is an opportunity to reflect and keep getting closer to the TRUTH. Important to move in right direction,” he tweeted on Sunday.
The event held as Rwanda commemorates Genocide against the Tutsi for the 29th time, was organized by Ibuka-Sweden in partnership with Rwanda’s embassy in Nordic countries and the Rwandan diaspora in Sweden.
Josine Kanamugire, the President of Ibuka Sweden, expressed her gratitude to the organizers of the event.
“We always remember because our relatives memories are engraved on our hearts and we must restore their dignity, strive bring to public attention Genocide history, avoid reoccurrence and trivialization,” she said.
“What we see and hear in the neighbouring country committed against Rwandophones, reminds us what we went through before our relatives were killed.
We spent years experiencing oppression and torture with the silence of the international community. That is why we should not overlook and sit idly amidst actions fuelling genocide,” added Kanamugire.
At the event, Muheto shared her testimony of persecution and how she and her family fled from Rulindo to Kigali in 1992, where they were living when the Genocide against the Tutsi occurred. Other testimonies were also delivered through poems and works of art.
A group of women survivors spoke about their experiences of torture and the loss of their loved ones during the genocide. They praised the Inkotanyi soldiers for rescuing them and giving them hope for a new life after the tragedy.
The Rwandan embassy in Nordic countries provided comfort and support to the Rwandan community, encouraging them to avoid despair and stand united in healing each other’s wounds.
The embassy reminded Rwandans to be proud of their country, which values everyone regardless of their innate characteristics, and to strive for a prosperous and safe future for all generations.
The Genocide against the Tutsi which lasted for 100 days left over 1 million victims killed over their innate personality.
The messages mainly revolved around standing in solidarity with Rwandans , and reaffirming commitment to prevent reoccurrence of the dark history.
This article focuses on various messages shared by foreigners who joined Rwanda to commemorate the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi for the 29th time.
{{UN raised a call to action against hate speeches}}
The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, has reminded the world not to forget what happened and ensure future generations always remember.
In his commemorative message on the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi, Guterres mourned the lives lost and paid tribute to the resilience of the survivors.
He recognized the journey of the Rwandan people towards healing, restoration, and reconciliation, while also acknowledging the failure of the international community to prevent such atrocities.
“A generation since the Genocide, we must never forget what happened – and ensure future generations always remember,” said Guterres. He also highlighted how easily hate speech – a key indicator of the risk of genocide – turns to hate crime and how “complacency in the face of atrocity is complicity.”
The prevention of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and other serious violations of international law is a shared responsibility and a “core duty” of every member of the United Nations, according to Guterres. He stressed the need for all nations to stand firm against rising intolerance, be ever vigilant, and always ready to act.
{{Commonwealth shared a message of comfort}}
The Secretary-General of Commonwealth, Patricia Scotland has paid tribute to victims of Genocide against the Tutsi highlighting that people should draw lessons from what happened to build durable peace.
“Today we commemorate the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda and pay tribute to those who lost their lives and those who suffered. Today is a reminder of our collective responsibilities towards fostering lasting and sustainable peace,” she tweeted.
“We commend Commonwealth Chair-in-Office President Paul Kagame of Rwanda and his Government for their work towards rebuilding and unifying Rwanda,” adds the message posted on Twitter on 7th April.
The European Union Ambassador to Rwanda, Belen Calvo Uyarra also highklighted that the 29th commemoration is a moment to honour victims of Genocide against the Tutsi and reflecting on Rwandans’ courage with regards to forgiveness, reconciliation, unity and building a prosperous nation from ashes.
{{Turkey’s message}}
As Rwanda commemorates the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi for the 29th time, Turkey also stood in solidarity with Rwandans.
“We sincerely share the pain of the friendly state and people of Rwanda. We commend that Rwanda was able to reestablish its social peace by healing the wounds of this atrocity. We wish that peace, stability and prosperity achieved through this process will be lasting,” reads part of Turkey’s statement.
“Turkey opposes all kinds of crimes against humanity, racism, xenophobia and extremist ideology and will continue to fight resolutely for preventing the reoccurrence of similar sufferings in the future,” adds the statement.
Ugandan journalist, Andrew Mwenda has also sent a message of comfort to Rwandans.
The British High Commissioner to Rwanda, Omar Daair also said that he stands in solidarity with Rwandans noting that his thoughts are with the victims and survivors of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.
He saluted the courage of survivors to strive for resilience and called on the world to prevent reoccurrence of the dark history.
A parliamentarian in Canada, Kayabaga was among participants of the ceremony that marked the beginning of 100 days of mourning in commemoration of victims killed during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.
He said that the youth needs to consolidate gains and uphold Rwanda’s unity and resilience.
The Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo, also announced that a genocide memorial is set to be built in Paris to honour victims of Genocide against the Tutsi.
She said that commemoration activities will continue to pay homage to Genocide victims and stand in solidarity with Rwandans in general.
French Ambassador to Rwanda, Antoine Anfré also joined Rwanda to commemorate for the 29th time and underscored that his country will strive to depict the truth on Genocide history.
The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, said that the AU joins Rwanda to commemorate Genocide against the Tutsi every year.
He highlighted that remembering is a moment to honour slain victims, stand in solidarity with survivors, prevent genocide ideology and hate speeches.
But, let me say, from the facts, presented to us by Bizimana and from the personal testimony by Eric, the truth of the matter is what has always been said. You can run but can’t hide. There is no hiding place for you from these very facts of our history. So even those who have their time to say whatever they want to say, they will say it. Maybe they will do many things based on that as well. But the fact is, they cannot find a place to hide.
Also, someone said that if you ever have to choose between being kind and being right, it’s better to choose to be kind because you will always be right by doing that. So, in our history, that history that Bizimana gave facts about, and from what Eric told us, kindness went completely absent. So, this is what we have to deal with on a daily basis.
Today, we gather to honour the continued sacrifice of survivors and remember all those we lost during the Genocide against the Tutsi, which really means, people are just being targeted and killed for who they were. And nobody here, or anywhere in this world, chooses what to be in that sense. Nobody chose to be what tribe, race, ethnic group. There are many things we choose to be. You can choose your religion, but you don’t choose to be the person to be targeted. In fact, even those who targeted them, have not chosen to belong to that ethnic group or things like that.
So, it’s very clear that the wounds are still deep. But Rwandans, I thank all of you, for refusing to be defined by this tragic history, and people have managed to turn the page and move forward from grieving, from crying, and people have decided to live on. And even, people have been ready, have been willing, to do the most difficult thing, one or the other, they have decided to forgive, but we can’t forget.
Imagine a person like Eric, with what he went through, being able to find it in himself to forgive. It’s amazing. And some of those who try to distort the facts of our history, it’s just because they cannot be ashamed.
But we have our lives to live, all of us, and nobody, I want to say nobody, will ever decide for us how to live our lives. We have strength, incredible strength, coming from this history that informs us, that tells us that you should never, never, allow anybody else to dictate to you how you live your life. And that is Rwanda today.
We are polite people, we are humble people, we know where we come from, we know who we are, we listen, but at the end of the day, I want to assure you, that for as long as some of us are still here, what I’m saying is just what is going to happen, that we shall have to live our lives, live the best way we can just like other people elsewhere in the world, and they have no right, and we will not even accept, that dictating to us how we live our lives can happen.
So, Rwanda has transformed itself. Unity, being together, is the foundation of everything we try to do. From the beginning, we understood the need to cultivate and preserve a spirit of “oneness” to give us hope for a better future.
We cannot, however, ignore the fact that things like violence and hate speech persist, not so far away from here. Much as it does so, you can also see the same indifference today, as we saw in 1994.
Genocide denial is a dangerous and deliberate attempt to block the truth.
We must fight revisionist ideologies because they are easily passed on from generation to generation. We must fight denial because that is how history repeats itself.
Rwanda’s youth are privileged to have a country to call home, and which embraces everyone, all of them. We need to encourage young Rwandans to learn about our past, so that they can lead with historical clarity, but also with a sense of responsibility and accountability.
That is the essence of “Kwibuka Twiyubaka”.
Rwandans will not accept any attempt to divide us. We had enough of it. More than enough. That will not succeed again, here, ever.
This underscores the need to find solutions within ourselves, no matter how unconventional that may be, and remain in charge of our destiny.
Do you remember, at the time of need, when we needed every help we could get, and everybody in the world turned their back on us. That’s part of the historical facts that Bizimana told us. The world turned its back on us. So that is simple. The message is: you are on your own. So we should learn to be on our own. And I think we have learnt enough. If people help we appreciate. If they don’t, we don’t have to all of us perish just because somebody didn’t show up to help.
Therefore, the most important lesson our country has learnt is to transform challenges into opportunities, and also use so little to do a lot.
There is nothing Rwandans cannot overcome, through unity, hard work, and perseverance.
We will forever be very grateful to those friends and partners who stood by our side, and some continue to do so, in the search for justice, as well as in development.
We also thank the friends who continue to accompany us on the journey to durable peace and prosperity.
Above all, and as always, I thank my fellow Rwandans for the courage they have shown in overcoming impossible odds and working together to build a new and better nation for all of us.
He was speaking at the ceremony marking the beginning of the 29th Commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi at Kigali Genocide Memorial.
During the ceremony, the Minister of National Unity and Civic Engagement, Dr. Bizimana Jean Damascene talked about Genocide ideology propagated by the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) on support of Congolese government.
“FDLR is comprised of remnant perpetrators of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda and others harbouring genocide ideology. The terrorist group has not been decimated because the Congolese government works with it and fuels hatred and killings targeting Congolese from Tutsi ethnicity,” he said.
President Kagame has said that it is impossible to ignore what is happening nearby Rwandan borders, noting that the silence of international community over the situation is alarming.
“We cannot, however, ignore the fact that things like violence and hate speech persist, not so far away from here. Much as it does so, you can also see the same indifference today, as we saw in 1994,” he said.
Kagame further stated that Genocide denial is a dangerous and deliberate attempt to block the truth.
“We must fight revisionist ideologies because they are easily passed on from generation to generation. We must fight denial because that is how history repeats itself,” he noted.
The Head of State also urged Rwandan youth to learn about the country’s past, so that they can lead not only ‘with historical clarity, but also with a sense of responsibility and accountability’.
“That is the essence of Kwibuka Twiyubaka.”
He said that Rwandans will never accept to be divided.
“Rwandans will not accept any attempt to divide us. We had enough of it. More than enough. That will not succeed again, here, ever,” he said.
“This underscores the need to find solutions within ourselves, no matter how unconventional that may be, and remain in charge of our destiny. Do you remember, at the time of need, when we needed every help we could get, and everybody in the world turned their back on us,” added Kagame.
He told Rwandans that they need to develop self-reliance and expressed optimism that it is possible with acquired lessons.
“The message is: you are on your own. So we should learn to be on our own. And I think we have learnt enough. If people help we appreciate. If they don’t, we don’t have to all of us perish just because somebody didn’t show up to help,” noted Kagame.
“Therefore, the most important lesson our country has learnt is to transform challenges into opportunities, and also use so little to do a lot. There is nothing Rwandans cannot overcome, through unity, hard work, and perseverance,” added Kagame.
As usual, the ceremony took place at Kigali Genocide Memorial in Gisozi where 259,000 victims of Genocide against Tutsi are laid to rest.
Their remains were exhumed from Gasabo, Kicukiro and Nyarugenge districts of Kigali City.
The 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi took lives of over 1 million victims within three months killed over their innate personality.
The flame will remain lit for the next 100, symbolising the period that the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi lasted.
Before lighting the flame of hope, President Kagame and First Lady Jeannette Kagame laid wreaths at the mass grave at the memorial and paid homage to victims laid there.
The ceremony was attended by different dignitaries including the head of diplomatic corps in Rwanda and representatives of umbrella organizations of survivors of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi including IBUKA, AVEGA Agahozo and AERG.
During the ceremony, the Mufti of Rwanda, Sheikh Salim Hitimana, led a prayer asking God to grant a safe haven for the slain victims and strengthen the Genocide survivors.
He also prayed for the strength of Rwandans to stand against any attempt to revive ethnic discrimination.
The Minister of National Unity and Civic Engagement, Dr. Bizimana Jean Damascene, said that Tutsis were killed in 13 districts across the country on April 7th, 1994.
According to a report by the Ministry of Local Government from 2000 to 2002, 1,074,017 Tutsis were killed during the 100 days of the genocide from April to July 1994. A 2004 report identifies the places where genocide victims lived, their ages, and names.
The equipment presented on April 4, 2023, was purchased at a tune of more than Rwf44.6 million through the cooperation between ICGLR and the German Agency for International Cooperation, GIZ.
The equipment will facilitate the production of jewelleries, rings, earrings and other ornaments.
This event which took place at Rutongo Campus in Rulindo District, was attended by Amb.Joao Samuel Caholo, Executive Secretary of the International Conference of the Great Lake Region, Ms. Christina Liesegang, Deputy Head of Cooperation German Embassy Kigali, Dr. Alice Ikuzwe, Deputy Principal in Charge of Academics and Training, Dr. Ivan Twagirishema, Chief Operating Officer at Rwanda Mines, Petroleum and Gas Board (RMB) and other stakeholders.
The Deputy Principal in Charge of Academics and Training, Dr. Alice Ikuzwe, thanked ICGLR, GIZ and other partners for providing the equipment, saying that it will help in providing training especially youth and women in order to encourage them to join the mining sector as they number ( of women ) is too small.
She went on saying that in partnership with MIGEPROF, IPRC Kigali/ Rutongo campus started training women with the aim of increasing and promoting gender diversity in the mining sector by equipping beneficiaries with knowledge and skills to increase employability opportunities in mining.
Executive Secretary of the International Conference of the Great Lake Region (ICGLR), Amb. Joao Samuel Caholo said that investing in mining using modern equipment in Rwanda will create jobs in the region and attract different investors.
Ms. Christina Liesegang, Deputy Head of Cooperation German Embassy in Rwanda said that this program is important for Rwanda as a country which wants to be a center for mining in the region.
She went on saying that her country is very proud to see the mining sector in Rwanda develop in a sustainable way, saying that Germany will cooperate with Rutongo Campus to provide training to trainers who will participate in training others.
The equipment which was handed over to IPRC Kigali/ Rutongo campus is composed of machines and their accessories including 4 gemstone performing and sawing machines and their accessories and 3 faceting machines and their accessories.
Figures from RMB indicate that Rwanda generated US$585 million (over Rwf630 billion) from minerals in the first nine months of 2022.
As at December 2022, the mining sector in Rwanda currently employed around 46,000 people with a target to increase the number to more than 100,000 by 2024.
Minerals present in Rwanda include Coltan, Cassiterites, Wolfram, Lithium and Gold among others.
