World Teachers’ Day: ICT Minister urges teachers to drive technology use in education

Paula Ingabire, Minister of ICT and Innovation, on Thursday, December 14, called upon teachers to be at the centre of advancing technology use in education and remain relevant in today’s era of technology. She was speaking at a ceremony bringing together teachers from across the country, government officials, and development partners, at Intare Conference Arena,...

Rwanda installs solar-powered internet in schools

Schools in Rwanda’s remote and tough terrain are the primary beneficiaries of the partnership between the government and Ignite electricity to connect all learning facilities to the internet and solar electricity. Rwanda’s Ministries of Information and Communications Technology and Education has formed a cooperation with the developer of solar-based solutions and the recipient of the...

MTN Rwanda’s finance programme results in 120,000 new devices in the market

MTN Rwanda has supplied over 120,000 cellphones under the device financing programme “macye macye” since its introduction last year. According to telco, this has increased smartphone penetration to 25.7%, resulting in greater mobile internet adoption. Last week, MTN Rwanda reported its performance for the nine months ended September, updating the market of its device financing...

Airtel Africa announces 4G smartphone for Rwanda

Airtel Africa unveiled what it labelled as the “most affordable 4G smartphone” to be launched in Rwanda, as part of wider plans to boost connections to its network. The move was conducted in partnership with the Rwandan government under the ConnectRwanda 2.0 initiative which aims to connect one million Rwandans with LTE smartphones by 2024,...

MTN Group celebrates 25 years in Rwanda

MTN Group marked the 25th anniversary of its operating company’s presence in Rwanda, this week, with a ceremony attended by guests, including President Paul Kagame. Speaking of the company’s entry into Rwanda, Kagame said: “Who else would have found it easy to invest in a country that had just emerged from our tragic history, as...

Rwanda: Airtel and MTN finally launch their own 4G networks

In 2013, the semi-public company Korea Telecom Rwanda Networks obtained the 4G monopoly for 25 years. It therefore provided wholesale services to other companies such as MTN and Airtel who resold them to their customers. Telecommunications operators MTN Rwanda and Airtel Rwanda have just launched their own fourth generation (4G) mobile networks. Both companies have obtained amended...

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