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On the occasion of World Cancer Day, the next guest attended the launch of a new Radiotherapy Centre and hosted a health fair at her dedicated Breast Cancer Recovery House in Kigali dubbed, the Pink House. Here to discuss the importance of such facilities and the true cost of Breast Cancer recovery in East Africa is advocate and Founder of Breast Cancer Initiative East Africa (BCIEA), Philippa Kibugu-Decuir joins CNBC Africa for more</p>


New Radiotherapy Centre a major boost for cancer treatment in Rwanda

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The Rwanda Development Board (RDB) hosted the 7th edition of the Business Excellence Awards in Kigali and CNBC Africa attended the event and filed this report.</p>


Rwanda honours top performing companies at the Business Excellence Awards ceremony

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The Rwanda Development Board (RDB) will host the 7th edition of the Business Excellence Awards in Kigali. The event was designed to recognise outstanding businesses, encourage competitiveness and promote a profitable private sector in the country – but is it necessary? Guy Baron, Chief Investment Officer at the RDB joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


RDB to host the 7th Business Excellence Awards

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<p>In 2018, authorities at the City of Kigali embarked on a review of the city master plan to make it more affordable and inclusive. Engineer and Director of Urban Planning, Fred Mugisha joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Kigali City plans to make city more affordable

Kigali City plans to make city more affordable, inclusive

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<p>New findings indicate that occupancy rate in Kigali city’s commercial buildings stands at 85 per cent. However, there are still bottlenecks without which commercial real estate would be more viable. Dickson Malunda, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Policy Analysis and Research (IPAR) joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


IPAR: Here’s how Kigali can improve its commercial real estate sector performance

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<p>Last month it was announced that Jumia was suspending their food delivery services here in Rwanda, the news came amidst reports that the Pan-African e-commerce company had already shut down operations in several other African countries, including Cameroon and Tanzania, but to customers here in Kigali, the news was still quite surprising. The service had become a mainstay in many city dwellers&#8217; lunch and dinner plans and the outcry was heard on Twitter. Enter, Vuba Vuba – a new company by former Jumia Rwanda Managing Director, Albert Munyabugingo, plans to pick up where Jumia Food left off. He joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Exit Jumia Food

Exit Jumia Food, enter Vuba Vuba – MD Albert Munyabugingo on how new food delivery service plans to cater to Rwandan market

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<p>One of the continent&#8217;s biggest collections of creatives will be taking place in Kigali this month. CAX is expected to have some of Hollywood’s A-listers as they seek to inspire Africa&#8217;s creatives. Dolapo Adedapo, Head of Global Engagement at Creative Africa Exchange joins CNBC Arica for more.</p>


CAX to invite the likes of Steve Harvey

CAX to invite the likes of Steve Harvey, Idris Elba to leverage opportunity in Kigali’s creative industry

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<p>The Basketball Africa League (FIBA) announced cities in Egypt, Senegal, Nigeria, Angola, Morocco and Tunisia as the host and the host city for the first-ever BAL Final Four and BAL Final will be Kigali. Additionally, Nike and Jordan Brand will be the exclusive outfitter of the new professional league featuring 12 club teams from across Africa and scheduled to begin play in March 2020. Amadou Gallo Fall, Basketball Africa League President, joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


BAL President Amadou Gallo Fall on how sport is driving economics on the continent

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<p>News arrived this week that Pan-African e-commerce company, Jumia – best known here in Kigali for its restaurant delivery service, is suspending operations in Rwanda. This comes after the company already shut down in Cameroon and Tanzania. Back in April the company, which many compared to Amazon, showed immense promise with a very high valuation and a New York listing, now with the new setbacks, what does this mean for them and the generation of African start-ups behind them that were looking to follow in their footsteps? Kenneth Agutamba, Analyst and Chief Strategist at Impact Communication Strategies joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


How does Jumia’s setbacks impact other African start-ups?

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<p>This week saw the inaugural Kusi Ideas Fest here in Kigali – Rwanda and CNBC Africa&#8217;s Steven Muvunyi caught up with blogger, social media enthusiast and CEO of SouthBridge, Jeanine Munyeshuli Barbe on the significance of citizen journalism, it&#8217;s relationship to traditional media and it&#8217;s place in Africa&#8217;s future.</p>


Kusi Ideas Festival: SouthBridge CEO Barbe on future of journalism in Africa

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<p>The 4th Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani Anti-Corruption Award was held in Kigali yesterday that saw seven recipients of this distinguished prize. CNBC Africa&#8217;s Arnold Kwizera spoke with Rwanda&#8217;s Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Johnston Busingye for more.</p>


Johnston Busingye on Rwanda’s fight against corruption

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<p>Yesterday saw the launch of the inaugural Kusi Ideas Festival here in Kigali, Rwanda. The event, hosted by Nation Media Group, aims to bring together leaders, innovators, scholars, entrepreneurs and policy makers to discuss and address some of Africa&#8217;s challenges and come up with solutions. NMG&#8217;s Group Head of Corporate &#038; Regulatory Affairs, Clifford Machoka joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Kusi Ideas Festival: Tackling ‘The Next 60 Years in Africa’

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<p>Outdated legislation are some of the biggest hindrances in the fight to stop the spread of HIV according to experts at the ongoing Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) Conference in Kigali – CNBC Africa&#8217;s Arnold Kwizera caught up with Legal Advisor to Kenya Sex Workers Alliance (KESWA), Munjiru Wanjiru for more.</p>


KESWA’s Wanjiru on how to stop the spread of HIV in Kenya

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<p>At the ongoing Kigali Audio Visual Forum, the government of Rwanda said they are in the process of establishing the Rwanda Film Office project to attract film production activities and development of audio-visual start-ups in the country. CNBC Africa’s Zwena Bachoo caught up with actor, Jimmy Jean Louis to understand the impact the creative industry could have on the Gross domestic product.</p>


Audio Visual Forum: Actor Jimmy Jean Louis shares his acting experiences

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<p>CNBC Africa spoke with Anne-Marie Levesque, gender equality Advisor at FinDev Canada about their work with encouraging and implementing female entrepreneurship in East Africa.</p>


Global Gender Summit: Anne-Marie Levesque on encouraging female entrepreneurship

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<p>CNBC Africa spoke with Jennifer Blanke, Vice President Agriculture, Human and Social Development at the African Development Bank Group on the side-lines of the Global Gender Summit in Kigali about what can be done further to unpack constraints towards gender equality in Africa.</p>


Global Gender Summit: AfDB on tackling barriers to empowerment

Global Gender Summit: AfDB on tackling barriers to empowerment, gender equality on the continent

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<p>Low-cost carrier Jambojet officially launched its flights to Kigali, Rwanda on Monday. The airline has six planes and is awaiting delivery of two more to service its expanding plans to the region. CEO of Jambojet, Allan Kilavuka joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


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New Radiotherapy Centre a major boost for cancer treatment in Rwanda

Rwanda honours top performing companies at the Business Excellence Awards ceremony

RDB to host the 7th Business Excellence Awards

Kigali City plans to make city more affordable, inclusive

IPAR: Here’s how Kigali can improve its commercial real estate sector performance

Exit Jumia Food, enter Vuba Vuba – MD Albert Munyabugingo on how new food delivery service plans to cater to Rwandan market

CAX to invite the likes of Steve Harvey, Idris Elba to leverage opportunity in Kigali’s creative industry

BAL President Amadou Gallo Fall on how sport is driving economics on the continent

How does Jumia’s setbacks impact other African start-ups?

Kusi Ideas Festival: SouthBridge CEO Barbe on future of journalism in Africa

Johnston Busingye on Rwanda’s fight against corruption

Kusi Ideas Festival: Tackling ‘The Next 60 Years in Africa’

KESWA’s Wanjiru on how to stop the spread of HIV in Kenya

Audio Visual Forum: Actor Jimmy Jean Louis shares his acting experiences

Global Gender Summit: Anne-Marie Levesque on encouraging female entrepreneurship

Global Gender Summit: AfDB on tackling barriers to empowerment, gender equality on the continent

Jambojet CEO Kilavuka speaks about expanding East Africa footprint

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Kigali

New Radiotherapy Centre a major boost for cancer treatment in Rwanda

Rwanda honours top performing companies at the Business Excellence Awards ceremony

RDB to host the 7th Business Excellence Awards

Kigali City plans to make city more affordable, inclusive

IPAR: Here’s how Kigali can improve its commercial real estate sector performance

Exit Jumia Food, enter Vuba Vuba – MD Albert Munyabugingo on how new food delivery service plans to cater to Rwandan market

CAX to invite the likes of Steve Harvey, Idris Elba to leverage opportunity in Kigali’s creative industry

BAL President Amadou Gallo Fall on how sport is driving economics on the continent

How does Jumia’s setbacks impact other African start-ups?

Kusi Ideas Festival: SouthBridge CEO Barbe on future of journalism in Africa

Johnston Busingye on Rwanda’s fight against corruption

Kusi Ideas Festival: Tackling ‘The Next 60 Years in Africa’

KESWA’s Wanjiru on how to stop the spread of HIV in Kenya

Audio Visual Forum: Actor Jimmy Jean Louis shares his acting experiences

Global Gender Summit: Anne-Marie Levesque on encouraging female entrepreneurship

Global Gender Summit: AfDB on tackling barriers to empowerment, gender equality on the continent

Jambojet CEO Kilavuka speaks about expanding East Africa footprint

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