Author: Nicole Kamanzi Muteteri

As we are soon celebrating the season of love, roses, and chocolate, many people around Kigali are trying to figure out how to express their love to family and partners. Some chose to go for something classic, romantic dinner with candlelight, flowers and a nice gift; while others want to go all the way out and create memories that their lovers are not ready to forget.

Keeping in mind their everyday mission ‘making fun easy’, Gameville Entertainment in partnership with Arthur Nation and many more service providers have created a very special event to help lovers all over Kigali worry about nothing other than to share a magical moment with their significant others, the perfect package to reignite the flames to your love.

A three day program that includes a romantic dinner at Radisson Blu Hotel, a Kigali city tour, Salsa Masquerade Party and many more adventures to enjoy including VIP ticket in the KASSAV Concert

Valentine is more than just a day for couples and married people; it is a day to celebrate LOVE in all its forms so single people are also encouraged to join this amazing treat!

Gameville story began when three brothers started brainstorming where to go have fun and could not come up with something active and rejuvenating. The company was built on something different; fun and collaboration. Bubble soccer was the pilot project, something that had never existed in Rwanda! This activity inspired expansion into other outdoor activities and ventured into team building activities.

Gameville prides itself on creating fun spaces for social connections, building collaboration, and teamwork.

Today, Gameville is a reservation-based company with a fast-growing number of stakeholders, many families and teams coming together. It also specializes in the area of event organization – with the ethic and vision to stand as the best in the market connecting different Service Providers and Customers to craft amazing experiences for Rwandan.

He was 71 years old

He had recently come back from India where he had gone for cancer treatment.

The late has worked in different organs of the Government, among which were education and culture where he once served as vice-rector of the former Kigali Institute of Education (KIE).

He has been the executive secretary of Rwanda Academy of Languages and Culture (RALC) since 2012 when it was founded.

Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) is a global platform for accelerating the world’s sustainable development.

The week brings together a unique fusion of policymakers, industry specialists, technology pioneers and the next generation of sustainability leaders. Through its initiatives and events, ADSW is a catalyst for sharing knowledge, implementing strategies and delivering solutions to drive human progress.

The goal of the ADSW is to accelerate the transition towards a more sustainable and inclusive world through action while strengthening the UAE’s position as the global leader in sustainable development.

In the past 12 years, the participants have increased considerably where in 2008 countries that participated were 84 with about 11, 000 thousand individuals, a number that last year increased to 175 countries and about 38, 000 people.

Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2020 started yesterday on 11 and will end on 18 January. Throughout the week, participants will explore ways of how governments and businesses can unlock the potential for accelerating sustainable development through the adoption of innovative technologies and the development of new skills.

The Minister who was addressing members of the press yesterday said that some refugees that were hosted by Rwanda have been received by different countries and some have expressed their desire to receive some more.

“Norway said that it is willing to receive about 500 of them, while Sweden has already received seven Refugees, the rest are still waiting,” he said.

The Government of Rwanda, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the African Union signed a Memorandum of Understanding, on 10th, September 2019, to set up a transit mechanism for evacuating refugees out of Libya. After their arrival, UNHCR continued to pursue solutions for the evacuees.

Rwanda committed to receiving 500 refugees of which she received 66 in the first batch, 123 in October, and 117 in November.

Jordan Foundation was founded by Vanessa Bahati, a Rwandan in November 2015, after receiving the devastating news that their fourth child, Jordan, was born blind and he would never be able to see.

Every year, Jordan Foundation receives 20 children suffering from impaired vision, are treated and those that recover are sent back to their homes.

Jordan Foundation’s CEO, Bahati Vannessa told IGIHE that in 2019 among the children they received, six are now ready to be sent to their families for they have recovered completely.

“The treatment was successful, six are healed and now we will be following up on them after they have returned to their families,” she said.

The treatment administration was concluded on 23rd, December 2019.

Children that have benefited from this program are now about 40 where in the first group two were sent to their homes and now the second group is releasing six.

The Jordan Foundation takes care of visually impaired children between the ages of 3-9, who come from poor families in Rwanda; offering them an opportunity to lead a normal life like other children.

In 2016, Vanessa Bahati, the founder of Jordan Foundation was among the youth that received awards from the First Lady, Mrs. Jeannette Kagame, the CEO of Imbuto Foundation in the awarding event known as YouthConnekt Champions and Celebrating Young Rwanda Achievers Awards (CYRWA) that are scheduled every once in two years.

Radiant Insurance Company was launched in 2013 under the stewardship of Mr. Marc Rugenera, with the aim of assisting those in need of insurance cover at an affordable cost. Since then, Radiant offers house insurance, car insurance, health insurance among others.

The managing director at Radiant, Marc Rugenera said that as they started in 2013, they were able to generate about Rwf3.6 billion in revenue, while last year they reached up to Rwf13 billion, all attributed to the trust the people have placed in them.

“Radiant has grown in an extraordinary way because of the trust we have received from Rwandan people, and as we like to say it ‘a promise is a promise’. The innovation we brought to the table is our constant support to our clients; when they need us we do everything possible to assist them, for that, I ask our clients to keep trusting us and coming to us for insurance,” he assured.

Meanwhile, Radiant Insurance Company has also launched an insurance product; ‘Radiant Yacu’, to assist Rwandans that do not earn beyond Rwf 1000 per month, to be able to have insurance.

“We have also launched products in agriculture insurance for the farmers; for example, if you own a cow worth Rwf 500,000 that is insured [at a premium of Rwf 25,000 per year] and it suddenly dies, the farmer is compensated to buy a new one,” says Rugenera.

Rugenera says that currently, Radiant Insurance has about 150,000 clients, targeting 2 million subscribers.

The managing director of the Radiant Yacu Micro-Insurance, Ambassador Joseph Habineza says that the company’s aim is to reach all people making sure that all Rwandans access insurance.

“We are unique in the sense that we try to facilitate all citizens to have an insurance; we even work with mobile money. If you chose a health insurance and say that you will be paying Rwf 1000 per month if you encounter a medical problem that requires financing, we compensate you up to one million, and in case of a sudden death we multiply up to 200 the amount,” he says.

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Ambassador Habineza says that the ‘Turi Kumwe’ card was brought as a solution to support those who forget to renew their insurance.

“There are places that people go to every day in a routine like a place they go to eat, to buy groceries, or fuel; we have started with some of these like Merez stations. When you fuel from Merez using the Radiant card which can be used on the POS machine and pay for your fuel, you access health insurance without necessarily subscribing directly for the medical insurance,” he explains.

“ If you buy let say 20 liters of fuel, you receive your insurance immediately; all you have to do is to go to a Radiant office and tell them you consume Rwf100,000 worth of fuel per month, and they will be retrieving that amount from your card, and in doing so paying your insurance. Our desire is that all Rwandans should have insurance with Radiant Yacu.”

Ovia Tuhirwe Kamanzi, the Sales Director for Radiant Insurance Company said that currently they have 70 branches countrywide, making it easy for potential and current customers to access their services.

Mutoni Diogene, who has been driving a motorbike for 11 years says Radiant insurance company always compensates him on time when the need so arises.

The inconsistencies are said to have been found in the NEJMA cooking oil production and expiration dates inscribed on the bottles that differ from that written on bottle labels.

Besides, the Batch/Lot numbers are only written on the boxes but is not on the bottles.

The Rwanda Food and Drugs Authority, in a statement issued Wednesday, warns consumers to avoid using the cooking for it is likely to be a health risk and encouraged anyone in possession of the product to return it to their vendors.

All vendors and distributors of NEJMA cooking oil have been advised to report to Ministry of Health in not more than than five days for further assistance.

The graduation took place Friday 6th, December 2019 at the Intare Conference Arena, Rusororo.

The graduates were all filled with joy and so were their parents and family members that were in attendance of the ceremony.

Uwase Divine, a graduate with Bachelors in Business and Information Technology spoke on behalf of the graduands. She said that she had a hard time choosing what to study as she was ending her secondary program but she is pleased to end the journey she started in 2016.

The University Of Kigali Chairman Board Of Directors, Mr. Afrika Philbert congratulated the graduates for their dedication to studying and the courage they had during the process.

“As teachers in this University, we are very proud of the knowledge these graduates are carrying; what you have learned, your dedication is a joy to us and for your parents. Thank you for choosing UoK to educate your children, dear parents, you made a good choice.”

Students that demonstrated excellent performance were given prizes, among which were laptops, by the Cogebanque.

The Acting Head of Corporate Banking at Cogebanque, Seif Hamoud B. said that awarding the students is one of the bank’s ways to promote education.

”Awarding best performers speaks to the importance Cogebanque attaches to education. The country is embracing a knowledge-based economy and we want to contribute to this vision. As part of our corporate social responsibility initiatives, we have demonstrably been providing support to the education sector in a bid to make a meaningful and impactful contribution to promoting the social agenda,” he said.

He added that supporting education also boosts the development of vital skills among youth and therefore enhances the quality of the labor force.

The University of Kigali is a private university that has been operating in Rwanda since 2013. The current enrollment is 970 students. It was founded by a group of Rwandan citizens composed of Prof. Nshuti Manasseh, Afrika Philibert, and Dr. Kamiya Jean Marie Vianney Hakizimana.

In addition to different bachelors and masters programs that UoK offers, students are also trained in professional courses such as Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Certified Accounting Technician (CAT), Certified Investment Financial analyst (CIFA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS), Accounting Technician Diploma (ATD), Foundation in Accounting (FIA), and Certified Internal Auditor (CIA).