The 2025 Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) Road World Championships has brought excitement and celebration to Kigali, with President Paul Kagame emphasizing that investing in sports across Africa can unlock opportunities for the continent’s youth.
Leaders in Eastern Province have prioritized addressing family-related challenges, including school dropouts and teenage pregnancies, during a two-day provincial retreat held this week.
Minister of National Unity and Civic Engagement, Dr. Jean Damascene Bizimana, has called on young people born to parents who participated in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi to stop denying their parents’ crimes and spreading hatred.
The Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR), in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, has launched a new research project that will enable youth actively to participate in making policies that address youth unemployment by creating decent jobs for the improvement of better livelihoods (…)
AJPRODHO–JIJUKIRWA, a youth-focused NGO, has launched a multi-stakeholder technical committee aimed at strengthening Rwanda’s workplace learning system and improving employment opportunities for young graduates.
More than 270 young Rwandans stand to win cash prizes of up to 15 million francs ($12,000) in the 2025 YouthConnekt and ArtsConnekt competitions, initiatives designed to boost innovation, entrepreneurship, and creativity across the country.
Rwanda’s Under-16 girls’ national basketball team advanced to the quarterfinals of the Africa Championship in Kigali after finishing atop Group A, despite a 58–46 loss to Tunisia on Monday.
The Eastern Africa Standby Force (EASF) has urged African youth to stay vigilant against cybercrime, warning that criminals are increasingly using digital platforms to lure young people with promises of jobs, money, and opportunities abroad.
President Paul Kagame has urged African youth to confront the continent’s problems rather than fleeing abroad, warning that no place in the world is free of challenges.
A total of 150 young people from vulnerable families in Rwamagana District have completed a year of free vocational training and received toolkits worth Rwf 17 million to help them start work.
The Ministry of Youth and Arts Development has opened applications for the 2025 Youth Connekt Awards and Arts Connekt competition, in partnership with the European Union (EU) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Retired UN peacekeepers from Ghana and Senegal returned to Rwanda to share their experiences and inspire youth with lessons of courage and humanity from the 1994 genocide.
