Articles

African Diaspora Key to the Continent's Development:
World Bank meets with Diaspora groups in Washington to discuss increased engagement, cooperation

Bridges can be built on past lessons
Irwin Loy of 24 Hours interviews BBR founder Lama Mugabo.

A Dialogue on Rwanda's Vision 2020
In an effort to engage the Rwandan delegation in a meaningful way, BBR partnered with Real Living Solutions, an innovative BC based Software Company that is specialized in sustainable development...

East Africa: Rwanda is Number One in ICTs
Rwanda has grabbed the first position in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the East African region. According to a report released by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development in New York and Geneva . . .

A Small Country in Africa Called Rwanda
BBR Executive Director Lama Mugabo writes about his work in Rwanda developing a framework through which Canadian and Rwandan municipalities could collaborate to strengthen the capacity of Rwandan local governments for sustainable development.

Professor Returning to Rwanda to Pay on Debt: A Commentary
For the second year in a row, retired chemistry professor Albert Schlueter is spending a few weeks in Rwanda teaching English and chemistry at a high school level boarding school . . .

Rwanda's Genocide: First the Deed,Then the Denial
Rwanda's deniers, exhibiting the usual mixture of self-serving and perverse motives, fall generally into two categories

Technology and Telecoms: Rwanda's knowledge revolution
There was again, the same look - a combination of concern and disbelief — when I told a colleague that I’d been working in Rwanda. After all, what do we in the outside world know about Rwanda? A small country with a history of unspeakable violence and ethnic division, perhaps, but a place of opportunity? A leader of Africa’s march into the 21st century? Rwanda? . . .

Rwanda Moves to Top Women MP List
Rwanda now has the world's highest proportion of female members of parliament, a study shows. Following elections earlier this month, 48.8% of Rwanda's MPs are women, says the Inter-Parliamentary Union.

A Rwandan’s Legacy: A Review of An Ordinary Man
A review of the autobiography of Paul Rusesabagina, whose story was featured in the film Hotel Rwanda

Africa 'Must Up Corruption Fight'
Africa needs to "go on the offensive" and show the political will to defeat corruption, the head of the African Development Bank has said.

Poverty and the Environment
In developing countries as Sub-Saharan African Countries, poverty and the environment are inextricably inter-twinned. Whereas the poor earn their livelihood mostly from the use of environmental resources, environmental degradation also threatens to worsen the plight of the poor. The poor in many rural areas earn their livelihood from forest, pastures, fisheries and land . . .