Rwanda successfully lifted around 1.5 million people out of poverty, an achievement that stands out globally and aligns with ...

UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights Olivier De Schutter said on Friday that Rwanda needs to better distribute its wealth to protect populations that are still living below the ...

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, Olivier De Schutter, on Friday, May 30, lauded Rwanda’s progress in poverty alleviation, calling for greater social ...

KIGALI (30 MAY 2025) – The UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De Schutter, today praised Rwanda for its impressive progress in reducing poverty, but warned that much ...

With good policies and accompanying incentives, these companies can be lured to prioritise rural areas in terms of their growth and development strategies. For Rwanda to be an ICT focal point ...

EICV 7 showed that there were almost 3.3 million households in Rwanda, comprising 964,000 urban areas, and more than 2.3 million in rural areas. 2. Electricity access improved The EICV 7 also ...

It's part of our series Breakthrough. On the outskirts of Rwanda's capital, Kigali, is a new blood bank set up to serve distant rural areas where blood is not always available and difficult to store.

And many residents in rural areas must walk miles to get fresh water from community wells. Isaura Guzman knew poverty before showing up as one of the first Shooting Touch fellows in Rwanda in 2012.

The digging goes on, a scene that's become all too familiar in a verdant area of rural southern Rwanda, where the discovery in October of human remains at the site of a house under construction ...

There are 100,000 motorbikes in Rwanda. The country wants to turn them all electric, and startups say their plans can make it ...