This morning, Permanent Secretary at MIFOTRA, @ClementKabiligi, chaired the 2nd Project Steering Committee (PSC) Meeting for the Skills Development and Employment Promotion (SDEP) Project, implemented by the Ministry of Public Service and Labour in partnership with the Korea International Cooperation Agency (@KOICA_Rwanda ).
The meeting brought together members of the Project Steering Committee
to review the project’s implementation progress, assess key achievements and major deliverables, discuss implementation challenges and priority actions, and provide strategic guidance for the next phase of implementation. Participants also received a live demonstration of the new KORA system, highlighting progress in the
development of the digital platform designed to strengthen skills development and employment promotion services.
The meeting reaffirmed the shared commitment of MIFOTRA and KOICA to advancing digital transformation, strengthening employment services,
and enhancing access to efficient, technology driven solutions that contribute to skills development and employment promotion in Rwanda.
#KOICA #SDEP #KORA #DigitalTransformation #EmploymentPromotion #Rwanda
#JobCreation
This afternoon, @ClementKabiligi, Permanent Secretary at MIFOTRA,received Mr. Ashley James Carl, Chief of Mission of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Rwanda, for a courtesy visit and discussions on strengthening the longstanding partnership between MIFOTRA and IOM in advancing safe, orderly, and dignified labour migration.
The meeting highlighted IOM's continued technical support to Rwanda in key areas including labour migration governance, the Occupations on Demand List (ODL), labour market frameworks, worker protection, skills mobility, and support to returning migrants. The discussions also reaffirmed the shared commitment to deepening collaboration under the National Labour Mobility Implementation Framework as well as continued bilateral engagements aimed at strengthening safe migration systems.
The Permanent Secretary further commended Mr. Ashley James Carl for his contribution to strengthening the partnership between Rwanda and IOM during his tenure in Rwanda, and wished him his continued success in his new assignment in Syria.
#MIFOTRA #Rwanda #IOM
#LabourMobility
Mu gikorwa cyo Kwibuka ku nshuro ya 32 Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi cyabereye muri Koreya y’Epfo ku wa 7 Mata 2026, Dr Lee Rae Ha wigisha muri African Institute of Technology (UAIT), yakoze ku mitima ya benshi ubwo yaririmbaga indirimbo “Ese Mbaze Nde” ya Suzanne Nyiranyamibwa ayicuranze ku mwirongi.
B-READY 2025, the @WorldBank's Business Ready Report, confirms Rwanda’s position as Africa’s top-ranked economy, recognised globally for translating reform into real-world business efficiency.
The report highlights Rwanda’s performance across the following areas:
🔹 First in Africa in regulatory framework
🔹 First in Africa in operational efficiency, ranked 12th globally, and the only Sub Saharan African economy to reach this level
🔹 Third in Africa in public services, with continued progress underway
Download the full report: https://t.co/pXHQXPSY2r
Shedding light on the Rwandan concept of UBWENGE, which racists are manipulating and distorting.
Supporters of Congolese General Sylvain Ekenge are relentlessly attacking him on social media, attempting to exonerate him for his hate speech targeting the Tutsi ethnic group, which he delivered publicly on DRC state television in his capacity as spokesperson for the FARDC (Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo). To this end, racists are deliberately distorting the Rwandan cultural concept of UBWENGE, which signifies intelligence in Rwandan custom and tradition, giving it a negative connotation, suggesting that Rwandans use the notion of UBWENGE to lie. This is the same lie that was spread a few years ago by the infamous French denier Pierre Péan. These racists supporting General Ekenge are falsely claiming that UBWENGE in Rwandan custom signifies malice or hypocrisy, which is fundamentally untrue. Malice and hypocrisy have their meaning "uburyarya, uburiganya", never ubwenge in that sense.
Ubwenge is a positive value in our culture that educates children from a young age towards supreme intelligence and brilliance above all else. Rwandans express this positive value of Ubwenge in numerous proverbs, five of which I will mention below:
1) Ubwenge buheze mu nda burabora = Intelligence kept in the belly rots. Meaning: Possessing knowledge alone, or expertise in a particular field without sharing it with others, is a sterile acquisition. Only what is shared germinates and bears fruit.
2) Ubwenge burarahurwa = Knowledge is acquired through training and observation.
3) Ubwenge buva hasi = Intelligence starts from the ground up. This Rwandan proverb is the equivalent of another well-known French proverb that Belgians taught us in secondary school: "Aux âmes bien nées, la valeur n’attend pas le nombre des années= To noble souls, worth does not wait for the number of years."
4) Ubwenge bw’umwe buratuba = The intelligence of one person alone is always insufficient. Its equivalent in French is "Du choc des idées jaillit la lumière" (From the clash of ideas springs light).
5) Ubwenge si ubugingo, umupfumu ntiyapfuye = Intelligence is not health, otherwise the diviner would not die. This means that no human means, not even those of diviners or doctors whom people believe to be all-knowing, can ever overcome death. Diviners and doctors are all subject to the implacable law of death. This is what is said in the Rwandan language, "Imbere y’urupfu twese turareshya" (Before death, we are all equal).
May these examples help people of good faith not to succumb to imposters who, in order to spread their anti-Rwandan hatred, fabricate lies about the concept of UBWENGE, distorting its meaning for hateful and denialist purposes.
Happy end of 2025 and happy new year 2026.
Companionship is not sitting next to your child in front of a screen.
It’s moving, playing, laughing, and truly connecting together.
A parent’s presence is a child’s greatest sense of safety 🌱
At the sidelines of #MWCKigali25 , Minister @MusoniPaula organized a roundtable discussion focused on identifying concrete AI use cases to unlock social and economic value for Rwanda across several critical sectors.
The roundtable brought together the Ministers of Education @JoNsengimana , Agriculture and Animal Resources @mcbagabe , Health @nsanzimanasabin , and Public Service and Labour @CNkulikiyinka , along with cooperation partners, to explore a roadmap for AI adoption in Rwanda.
Grateful for the inspiring engagement at yesterday’s #Ingazi Stakeholders’ Luncheon!
Heartfelt thanks to all partners — @UNICEFRwanda, @YouthRwanda, @RwandaICT, @ozonnia, the private sector and all other partners — for your outstanding collaboration and commitment to empowering Rwanda’s youth.
Together, we’ll scale up and sustain Ingazi as Rwanda’s one-stop center for skills and employment, ensuring every young person can access opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive.
To all young Rwandans 🚀: Ingazi is your gateway to skills, career guidance, and jobs — register and get started today at https://t.co/uUXSi20MjU
#DigitalRwanda #YouthEmpowerment #Skills #SkillsForTheFuture #PartnershipsForImpact
Today, H.E. GAO Wenqi, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China 🇨🇳, paid a courtesy visit to Hon. Amb. Christine Nkulikiyinka @CNkulikiyinka Minister of Public Service and Labour 🇷🇼.
Discussions focused on strengthening Rwanda–China cooperation in human capital and skills development, key drivers of #NST2 implementation.
Both sides commended the ongoing collaboration and reaffirmed their commitment to deepening partnerships that accelerate skills development and advance mutual growth.
#Rwanda #China #Cooperation #PartnershipsForDevelopment #SkillsForTheFuture
The room was filled with leaders, innovators, and changemakers from across government, development partners, private sector, and training institutions all united by one vision-to strengthen Rwanda’s skills and employment ecosystem through #Ingazi.
#SkillsRightNow#IngaziPlatform
Innovation meets safety at #Kigali2025. 🚲
For the first time at the UCI Road World Championships, every rider is equipped with a GPS safety tracking system beneath the saddle to monitor position and speed. 📍
A major step forward for rider safety! 🤝
Honored to co-host with the Institute of African Studies at Yonsei University in Seoul, #Korea, an academic symposium that brought together scholars and students to reflect on the theme of #Kwibuka31: Remember, Unite, Renew.
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