No one is telling universities and journalism training institutions, or the latter simply don’t bother to check, that realities of the industry have completely changed.
Over 6 million mobile money subscribers in Rwanda can finally enjoy cross-network transfer services at no cost after two rival network operators interlinked their platforms.
Details seen by RwandaPost show government seeks to cut “unnecessary or non-essential/ non-efficient” spending by institutions, such as those related to official travel, physical meetings, workshops and conferences.
World Health Organisation (WHO) on April 26 declared Rwanda trypanosomiasis-free, effectively becoming the second country on the continent to eliminate the fatal disease commonly known as sleeping sickness.
The elimination of the disease now offers tourists more reasons to choose Rwanda as their travel destination, suggests Dr. Aimable Mbituyumuremyi, head of malaria and neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) division of Rwanda Biomedical Center.
Indomie instant noodles were first recalled from the Egyptian Market on May 3. The country’s Food and Safety Authority (FSA) found the products to have “aflatoxins and pesticides residues in quantities that exceeded safe limits.”
The audit flagged 88 cases of idle assets worth Rwf37.2 billion were identified in 49 public institutions. They comprise 54 new cases worth Rwf28.8 billion, and 34 cases worth Rwf8.4 billion flagged by last year’s audit by Mr. Kamuhire’s predecessor Obadiah Biraro.
This is the third alert by the Food and Drugs Authority within barely two weeks. On May 4, the agency recalled several batches of India-made Amoxicillin and Metronidazole, the drugs used to treat infections, after they failed quality control tests.
Effects of both the rising cost of living and unemployment have seen families do without some basic necessities or make shifts in spending as costs outstripped incomes for majority who derive a living from work in the informal sector.
Inclusion still faces issues mainly non-legal limitations such as lack of access to capital in forms of loans or grants, limitations in access to land for agriculture, jobs and education to be able to fully contribute to the growth of the economy.
The consumer rights lobby group is of the view that it is high time for government to consider the widening mismatch between current market prices and people’s purchasing power.
Countries that feature on the visa-free list include Indonesia, Qatar, Philippines, Singapore, Ecuador, Haiti in addition to tens others on the African continent.
