Rwanda: Govt to Streamline Job Creation Programme
Government is set to make a programme that funds young entrepreneurs more community-owned as part of its plan to create 200,000 off-farm jobs every year, the Minister of Public Service and Labour announced yesterday.
Anastase Murekezi told a [...]
Rwanda: City to Embark On Job Tracking
With the Kigali employment service centre expected to start soon, city officials believe they will be able to help the growing number of job seekers by identifying job opportunities from the local the private sector.
The new centre will help [...]
Rwanda: Private Sector Roots for Free Movement of Labour
The east African Community (EAC) partner states should expedite implementation of free movement of labour to spur trade and other economic activities, especially in the service industry, the private sector has said.
Antoine Kamanzi, the Private [...]
Rwanda: Kigali to Open Job Seekers’s Centre
The City of Kigali has finalised plans to set up an employment service centre to help link job-seekers with potential employers, The New Times has learnt.
The rationale behind the creation of the Kigali Employment Service Centre (KESC) is to [...]
Rwanda: Irregularities in Recruitment Exist – Public Service Commission
While presenting its 2011/12 report and 2012/13 action to the parliament, the Public Service Commission admitted that there exist irregularities in the recruitment of public servants, which sometimes leads to employing incompetent individuals, [...]
Rwanda: Govt Battling Unemployment
On the morning of Jan. 4 in Kigali, the compound of the newly opened national library of Rwanda was unusually crowded.
Along queue of smartly dressed youth clutching brown envelopes was quite a vista to passersby and many wondered what kind [...]
Rwanda: Benefits of Fixing a Minimum Wage Are Obvious
The government, through the Ministry of Public Service and Labour in partnership with the National Institute of Statistics (NIS), is now putting together data to help it update its minimum wage as mandated by the law.
Currently, the national [...]
Rwanda: Global Energy Giant Eyes Rwanda
General Electric (GE), an American manufacturing firm, has expressed interest to invest in Rwanda’s infrastructure, power generation, healthcare and aviation industry.
Speaking to The New Times in an exclusive interview, recently, President [...]
Rwanda: District Workers Urged to Improve Customer Care
Jean Bosco Murekezi, Customer Care Officer in Gicumbi district has urged all the customer care workers to welcome visitors and residents with much care.
This was resolved on December 4th 2012, during the meeting meant to remind all workers in [...]
Rwanda: Economy to Exceed Growth Forecast – Central Bank
Rwanda’s economy will grow more than the earlier projection of 7.7 per cent this year, helped by increase in credit to private sector and financial sector stability, according to central bank’s latest assessment of the economy.
The [...]
