{{Finally the long awaited IGIHE newspaper has hit the streets of Kigali and outskirts. Regular readers of IGIHE.com website will now access the print version containing well researched and analysed articles and great design.}}
A communiqué from the director of the newspaper Meilleur Murindabigwi says, “the Newspaper is a joint venture of IGIHE Ltd and Rwanda Dispatch Magazine. Our aim is to keep you informed with latest news both local and global. At the same time we want to entertain you through breath-taking leisure stories. More so we will give our readers an avenue to share their opinions on some of the issues they’re facing,” reads in part the welcome note.
{{The weekly newspaper published in {Kinyarwanda} language, will also be circulated in neighbouring countries at the cost of Frw 500 in Rwanda while in Burundi Bfr 1200 and Uganda at USh 1,500.}}
IGIHE newspaper has various segments including, National news which contains stories detailing how the witnesses of Kayumba Nyamwasa’s shooting took back their confession against Rwandan government.
The newspaper contains a special page for Diaspora news that highlights reactions of Rwandans in Belgium who had visited Rwanda during last year’s festive season, they commend the progress and also show interests to invest back home, the event was organaized by IGIHE.com under it’s intiatiatives of giving an a platform for its readers to share their thoughts.
On the leisure part, IGIHE newspaper offers both entertainment stories including info about the lifestyles of Musicians such as Marshal Mampa, Kidum, Kamichi amongst others.
While on sports, this first issue highlights more on the African Cup of Nations soccer league and details of the winning of Zambia’s Chipolopolo team over Ivory Coast.
According to the majority of public opinions, the paper introduces the modern way of reporting news professionally unlike rumors and plagiarism manifested in some of the local tabloids.
“Thank God this newspaper has a different way of delivering news, because, trust me in the past we used to read junk from local tabloids which often embarrassed our leaders with fact-less speculations,” said David Kanyakore minutes after reading the weekly.
Another reader Carol Umutoni, “Wow…the design is unique and I especially like the cooking segment which shows a recipe of preparing fish soup. I also like the science section.”
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