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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

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

Tinco in industrial-scale play

Rutongo Mines is breathing new life into cassiterite mines despite the drop in the price of tin. According to our [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.10.2015

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

Faure’s finances in Rwandan hands

He has long been fascinated by Rwandan leader Paul Kagame. But Togo’s Faure Gnassingbe has now gone further, placing a team of powerful Rwandan aides in charge of Togo’s finances.

Subscribers only Politics 30.09.2015

Ruzizi 1 & 2 renovation put off again

According to our sources, work on rehabilitating the Ruzizi 1 and Ruzizi 2 dams - generating respectively 19.8 and 43.8 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.09.2015

EU gives Kigali full powers to revamp power sector

Kigali has decided to allocate no less than 43% of the money it gets from the European Development Fund, to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 29.09.2015

Rougier beats off Chinese competition in south west

The relative unpopularity of rival Asian companies helped the French logging company Rougier land a key contract in Central African Republic recently.

Subscribers only Business 16.09.2015

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President’s tin smelter held back for non-compliance

A project championed by Rwandan president Paul Kagame to revive Karuruma tin smelter won’t come to fruition immediately. Kagame has been counting on the smelter to make a savings of between $4 to 5 million per annum, an amount similar [.

Subscribers only Mining 08.09.2015

$40 million in revenue expected from revival of Gatumba

The authorities in Kigali, who have just awarded licenses previously [...]

Subscribers only Mining 25.08.2015

Berlin bankrolls a mining academy

The German government has put up €5 million towards a [...]

Subscribers only Mining 07.07.2015

New legislation to rekindle oil exploration.

A new upstream petroleum bill is to shortly be submitted [...]

Subscribers only Energy 30.06.2015

Germany’s Kochendörfer fills its order book

The Bavarian firm Kochendörfer Wasserkraftaniagen has picked up a series of new contracts in Rwanda. And it did so with [...]

Subscribers only Energy 05.05.2015

Kagame views Karuruma smelter as top priority

President Kagame is waiting for the Karuruma tin smelter to be reactivated.

Subscribers only Mining 21.04.2015

Karuruma smelters wants to break Malaysian monopoly

A 10-day test run began on Jan. 21 at Rwanda’s only tin smelter, at Karuruma, which has yet to function. [...]

Subscribers only Mining 27.01.2015

Cheaper electricity for Kigali

The semi-public power operator Kenya Power agreed with its counterpart Rwanda Energy Group (REG) on Dec. 9 to supply it [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.01.2015

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Rwanda

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

Tinco in industrial-scale play

Biruta to start pitching the country next month

Faure’s finances in Rwandan hands

Ruzizi 1 & 2 renovation put off again

EU gives Kigali full powers to revamp power sector

Rougier beats off Chinese competition in south west

Spotlight
President’s tin smelter held back for non-compliance

$40 million in revenue expected from revival of Gatumba

Berlin bankrolls a mining academy

New legislation to rekindle oil exploration.

Germany’s Kochendörfer fills its order book

Kagame views Karuruma smelter as top priority

Karuruma smelters wants to break Malaysian monopoly

Cheaper electricity for Kigali

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Rwanda

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

Tinco in industrial-scale play

Biruta to start pitching the country next month

Faure’s finances in Rwandan hands

Ruzizi 1 & 2 renovation put off again

EU gives Kigali full powers to revamp power sector

Rougier beats off Chinese competition in south west

Spotlight President’s tin smelter held back for non-compliance

$40 million in revenue expected from revival of Gatumba

Berlin bankrolls a mining academy

New legislation to rekindle oil exploration.

Germany’s Kochendörfer fills its order book

Kagame views Karuruma smelter as top priority

Karuruma smelters wants to break Malaysian monopoly

Cheaper electricity for Kigali

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About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

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

Spotlight
President’s tin smelter held back for non-compliance