Full coverage: Rwanda

11.01.2008 All Rwandans at the cell level could have access to ICT facilities by the end of next year if plans presented by district mayors yesterday are implemented. A cell is the second lowest administrative level.

10.07.2007 Ruanda on noussut vuoden 1994 kansanmurhan varjoista ja kehittyy vauhdilla itäisen Afrikan informaatiotekniikan keskukseksi.

28.06.2006 Rwanda has been announced the winner of the United Nations global competition on public service on the African continent.

22.06.2006 "A digital library is one of the very important academic equipments that the National University of Rwanda (NUR) in Huye District (Butare), has been missing for better academic excellence and I hope it's going to greatly help students and lecturers in their studies and research."

13.06.2006 Grameen Foundation, a global non-profit organization that combines microfinance with new technologies to empower the world's poorest people, and local GSM network operator, MTN RwandaCell, are launching Village Phone Rwanda, an innovative new joint venture.

27.04.2006 Administrators of Gakoni and Kiramuruzi sector in Gatsibo District want the government to set up an ICT centre at Gakoni Pyrotechnic School, to benefit both students and residents.

12.04.2006 Vendors in telecommunication equipment and ICT technologies must be bracing for a lucrative multi-million dollar Community Information Centres' (CIC) project, announced by the government recently.

12.04.2006 Rwanda Development Gateway Group- a Government of Rwanda ICT for Development Project last Friday launched a countrywide program aimed at training secondary school teachers in information technology.

13.01.2006 The Herald Journal on Friday,January 06, 2006 carried an article titled "Bridging a medical gap". The article is about how Dr. Eddie Loo, an instructional designer and distance education professor from Utah State University (USU) is helping to bridge the knowledge gap that exists in the African country of Rwanda. Dr. Eddie Loo is the recipient of the 2005 Innovative Practices Award.

28.11.2005 Two-week training for 26 students of the National University of Rwanda on radio journalism ended in Butare on 18 November 2005 with a graduation ceremony in the presence of the Rwandan Minister of Information.

23.11.2005 The first university / community radio station in Rwanda was officially inaugurated last week in the Southern town of Butare, where the National University of Rwanda (NUR) is located.

13.10.2005 In developing country contexts, handheld computer applications are starting to show their benefits across development sectors. Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) and other types of handheld computers offer considerable advantages over desktops or even laptops. Health and microfinance have been particularly keen to test handheld applications.

22.07.2005 In an attempt to tackle the problem of poverty and increase their technical knowledge base, the Rwandan government will focus on developing its Information and communications technologies (ICTs) capacity.

25.05.2005 The Rwandan government has mainstreamed ICT in the Vision 2020 through ICT-led Socio-Economic Development Policy and Plan for Rwanda.

04.02.2005 Paul Kagame, the President of Rwanda, has reiterated the role ICT can play in accelerating the socio-economic development in a recent interview. The recent Accra preparatory regional summit has provided the Rwandan government an opportunity to review its ICT policies.

16.06.2004 Digital Links has developed laptops fitted with solar panels so that Rwandan children in remote villages can access computers at school.

16.02.2003 Rwanda has launched a national programme to provide computer laboratories, Internet access and computer training for teachers in secondary schools.

18.11.2002 A former military school and barracks in Rwanda's capital, Kigali, has been converted into a premiere technical learning institution that trains new educators in computer technology among other things.