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Rwanda

AB Minerals brings in Frank Mugyenyi to crush coltan rivals

To keep work moving forward on its Rwandan smelter to transform coltan into tantalum powder and niobium hydroxide (AMI 382), [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.06.2017

Kigali brings an Israeli on board to head Rwanda Energy Group

Ron Weiss, the brand new boss of national power utility [...]

Subscribers only Energy 13.06.2017

Isabel dos Santos sparks new power connection with Kigali

The signing of an important contract between Portuguese firm Efacec and Rwanda is a sign relations are warming between the Angolan and Rwandan authorities.

Subscribers only Energy 30.05.2017

Cardno gives small-scale miners helping hand

The UK government’s Department for International Development (DFID) has given [...]

Subscribers only Mining 09.05.2017

Paul Kagame powers up for elections with electricity gains

With just four months until the elections in August this [...]

Subscribers only Energy 11.04.2017

Will Amsterdam shake up methane mining in Kivu?

Using €8 million put up by the Dutch government, Congo-K [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.03.2017

Museveni opens door to Rwandan investor who opposes Kagame

An investor from Rwanda is poised to launch a $20 [...]

Subscribers only Politics 10.03.2017

Government tends rare earths to attract Japanese companies

The Rwandan government is trying to take advantage of the appetite of Japanese traders for rare earths to reduce the [...]

Free access Mining 07.03.2017

ECAir and Camair-Co in the doldrums

The two leading air transporters in the region are faced with creditor action which is endangering their development prospects and their chances of future survival

Subscribers only Business 01.03.2017

Kagame’s FPR movement a key factor in oil exploration revival

With exploration at a standstill for years in Rwanda, Kigali seems to have decided to get the ball rolling. At [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.02.2017

Smelter operations held back by traceability audits

Viewing them as a new source of revenue for Rwanda, president Paul Kagame’s government is striving to build local smelters. [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.12.2016

ADB finances audit into agencies that crack down on illicit mining

The International Conference of the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) has [...]

Subscribers only Mining 22.11.2016

Biruta pressed by mining concerns to lower taxes

In recent days the Rwanda Mining Association (RMA) has been lobbying Rwanda’s natural resources minister, Vincent Biruta, to ask that [...]

Subscribers only Mining 25.10.2016

Development Bank of Rwanda pushes Turkish peat-fired plant

The state-owned Development Bank of Rwanda (BRD) is working overtime these days to help president Paul Kagame meet the difficult [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.10.2016

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Ten lawyers who hear the confessions of Africa's heads of state

The generation of entrepreneurs and engineers who made their careers in Africa is disappearing but not the generation of lawyers [...]

Subscribers only Politics 05.07.2016

Lake Kivu’s methane : Kigali’s cheer tempered by another Kinshasa delay

While ContourGlobal’s power plant has exceeded expectations in Rwanda, Congo-K’s electricity projects are marking time.

Subscribers only Energy 24.05.2016

A former colleague of Paul Barril taken into custody

The entourage of former gendarmerie officer Paul Barril is continuing to come under scrutiny as part of the investigation into [...]

Subscribers only 03.05.2016

A mining guarantee fund to force the hand of banks

Rwandan mines minister Evode Imena and the country’s finance minister, Claver Gatete, are in talks with the World Bank on setting up a fund to guarantee loans to miners.

Free access Mining 15.03.2016

Mombasa port gets the coltan business

After many unsuccessful efforts in the past two years to recover goods stolen from the port in Dar es Salaam [...]

Subscribers only Mining 19.01.2016

Imena shifts into top gear to save the 3 T’s

Facing a relentless drop in mining revenue, Rwanda’s state secretary for mines, Evode Imena, is multiplying initiatives to wring the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 01.12.2015

Penspen submits plan for Kampala-Kigali pipeline

The British engineering company Penspen recently handed the governments of [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.11.2015

Ron Weiss, the driving force in Israeli-Rwandan cooperation

The signing of a MoU in late October between Rwanda [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.11.2015

Kigali simplifies awarding of rights

Following complaints from exploration and extraction companies, the government approved [...]

Subscribers only Mining 03.11.2015

Symbion Power plants flag on Lake Kivu’s banks

Paul Hinks, who committed himself with the American administration to invest $1.8 billion over five years in electricity in Africa, has landed a new contract.

Subscribers only Energy 27.10.2015

Biruta to start pitching the country next month

Rwanda’s natural resources minister, Vincent Biruta, will make a strong [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.10.2015

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Rwanda

AB Minerals brings in Frank Mugyenyi to crush coltan rivals

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Cardno gives small-scale miners helping hand

Paul Kagame powers up for elections with electricity gains

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Museveni opens door to Rwandan investor who opposes Kagame

Government tends rare earths to attract Japanese companies

ECAir and Camair-Co in the doldrums

Kagame’s FPR movement a key factor in oil exploration revival

Smelter operations held back by traceability audits

ADB finances audit into agencies that crack down on illicit mining

Biruta pressed by mining concerns to lower taxes

Development Bank of Rwanda pushes Turkish peat-fired plant

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Lake Kivu’s methane : Kigali’s cheer tempered by another Kinshasa delay

A former colleague of Paul Barril taken into custody

A mining guarantee fund to force the hand of banks

Mombasa port gets the coltan business

Imena shifts into top gear to save the 3 T’s

Penspen submits plan for Kampala-Kigali pipeline

Ron Weiss, the driving force in Israeli-Rwandan cooperation

Kigali simplifies awarding of rights

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Biruta to start pitching the country next month

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Rwanda

AB Minerals brings in Frank Mugyenyi to crush coltan rivals

Kigali brings an Israeli on board to head Rwanda Energy Group

Isabel dos Santos sparks new power connection with Kigali

Cardno gives small-scale miners helping hand

Paul Kagame powers up for elections with electricity gains

Will Amsterdam shake up methane mining in Kivu?

Museveni opens door to Rwandan investor who opposes Kagame

Government tends rare earths to attract Japanese companies

ECAir and Camair-Co in the doldrums

Kagame’s FPR movement a key factor in oil exploration revival

Smelter operations held back by traceability audits

ADB finances audit into agencies that crack down on illicit mining

Biruta pressed by mining concerns to lower taxes

Development Bank of Rwanda pushes Turkish peat-fired plant

Insiders Ten lawyers who hear the confessions of Africa's heads of state

Lake Kivu’s methane : Kigali’s cheer tempered by another Kinshasa delay

A former colleague of Paul Barril taken into custody

A mining guarantee fund to force the hand of banks

Mombasa port gets the coltan business

Imena shifts into top gear to save the 3 T’s

Penspen submits plan for Kampala-Kigali pipeline

Ron Weiss, the driving force in Israeli-Rwandan cooperation

Kigali simplifies awarding of rights

Symbion Power plants flag on Lake Kivu’s banks

Biruta to start pitching the country next month

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About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

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The secrets behind the FGIS, a sovereign wealth fund set adrift

Africa
Massad Boulos, a free agent of Donald Trump's African diplomacy under close watch

Insiders
Ten lawyers who hear the confessions of Africa's heads of state