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“Dear innovators, we want to introduce you to your new home.” With these words, the DG of NIRDA, Kampeta Sayinzoga opened the official launch of NIRDA 2.0 at the Radisson Blu Hotel/Kigali Convention Centre on October 11th 2018. NIRDA was first established in 2013 to support the diversification of the Rwandan economy, replacing the Institute of Scientific and Technological Research. Following a 2017...

NIRDA, in partnership with the Ministry of Information Technology and Communications (MITEC), the Rwanda Information Society Authority (RISA) and GIZ’s Digital Solutions for Sustainable Development Program (DSSD), supported the Smart Kigali Challenge – a competition aimed at encouraging the development and emergence of novel and innovative solutions to build smart cities and support cross-sectoral...

On September 17 -18, the International Growth Center (IGC), World Bank, and the Government of Rwanda jointly organized a conference on industrial policy. This event generated discussions regarding how Rwanda can best use industrial policy to help realize its medium-term strategies, such as the National Strategy for Transformation (NST1), and Vision 2050. The conference was opened by Hon. Vincent...

“What will it take to be at the forefront of Africa’s Fourth Industrial Revolution?”

This is the question that was posed by DMMHehe at their breakfast conversation on Driving Africa’s Fourth Industrial Revolution. With support from Smart Africa and the Rwanda Information Society Authority (RISA), the gathering brought together representatives of Government institutions, the private sector,...

In August 2018, NIRDA partnered with the Toyota Mobility Foundation, the Rwanda Information Society Authority (RISA), FabLab, and the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) to host the “Innovating Mobility Ideathon.” The event was facilitated by Impact Hub Kigali and took place from August 29th to September 3rd. The ideathon provided a space for participants were given a space to...

NIRDA, in partnership with the Ministry of Information Technology and Communications (MITEC), the Rwanda Information Society Authority (RISA) and GIZ’s Digital Solutions for Sustainable Development Program (DSSD), supported the Smart Kigali Challenge – a competition aimed at encouraging the development and emergence of novel and innovative solutions to build smart cities and support cross-sectoral...