In an exclusive interview with IGIHE, the Admissions and Communications Manager at Kepler, Sylvia Uhirwa said “Kepler is not a university. It is instead a non-government organization working with a US university. At Kepler, we combine the in-person facilitation and career training with online courses provided through College for America, a platform of SNHU.”
Uhirwa says that Kepler, established in 2013, aims to provide quality higher education to those who could not otherwise afford higher education in Rwanda.
Kepler does this through a loan given to students who, with the consent of their parents, sign a contract pledging to pay it back five years after they secure employment.
For admissions, potential students must apply online then those selected are invited to take a test and are interviewed by Kepler staff.
Once the potential students are admitted into the program, Kepler pays for all tuition and accommodation. In addition, Kepler provides each student with a monthly stipend for daily basic needs and offers laptops on loans to assist in the students in their academic studies.
“This contributes greatly to the development of the country as the student studies without worrying about tuition and upkeep,” added Uhirwa.
Kepler Rwanda program offers Bachelor of Arts in Management, Bachelor of Arts in Communications and Bachelor of Arts in Healthcare Management in a three-year program.
166 Kepler graduates have entered the labor market including those who studied at the Kigali Campus and others who were enrolled at Kiziba Campus in Karongi District.
The application deadline for the next cohort ends December 31, 2018
For more information regarding registration and admission, one can visit Kepler’s website, [www.kepler.org->www.kepler.org] or call +250789773042. You can also visit the campus Kepler’s office in Kimironko-Zindiro, Kigali near Kwa Mushimire.
The launch of Mercedes-Benz Actros took place at Kigali Convention Center and was attended by ABG partners, esteemed customers, management from Mercedes-Benz and ABG management.
Attendees had time to test the newly launched Actros, which is fuel efficient and promising high return on investment. The launch is yet another milestone for ABG, bringing easy access to Rwandans who would find it difficult to purchase genuine spare parts locally.
Speaking at the launch of the new Mercedes-Benz Actros, the Managing Director of AKAGERA BUSINESS GROUP (ABG), Vinay Gorajia considered the achievement as “another milestone and history of AKAGERA MOTORS with over 20 years of presence in Rwanda.”
Currently, AKAGERA MOTORS represents brands like MERCEDES-BENZ, FUSO, MCV, FOTON, TOYOTA, KIA, NISSAN, and MAHINDRA.
Mr. Gorajia assured that “ABG is committed to becoming your trusted business partner in transport and logistics needs. Not only from the aspect of selling you products but the long-term relationship of servicing the products for you so that all the cost of ownership is as low as possible, which will translate into a very good financial position for your company.”
“Asset management is one of the key factors that many companies struggle with because of the cost of ownership from maintenance and fuel consumption point of view. This is a key element we are going to be focusing on in 2019 with the most recent upgrades and how we can assist you,” he added.
Mr. Gorajia explained that the management of a company should be able to concentrate its full resources on the primary objective and outsource other services to the experts, noting that brands like Mercedes-Benz will benefit customers given that it is a renowned company for robustness whether in passenger or commercial vehicles.
“Today, AKAGERA MOTORS is taking the commitment to you, our valued partners, that AKAGERA MOTORS will strive to give the right product for the right application where the total cost of ownership is the lowest and life cycle of the product in your fleet will have the highest resale value when it is time for disposal. If your vehicles are maintained under the right conditions, you will definitely get the highest resale values,” he noted.
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Torsten Bauerheim, Head of Sales and Customer Service at Mercedes-Benz Trucks said that more than 120 years after investing in the first truck and now after 20 years of the proven Actros, it is time to enter into a new dimension of heavy-duty trucks in Rwanda’s market. “We are proud to present our newly developed product range to you. The new Actros, a synonym with efficiency and reliability and robustness worldwide but especially in Africa,” he said.
He explained that the Actros are equipped with new standards, displaying beauty with complete new functional and aerodynamic cabins, which is the biggest change inside. The Actros stands for robustness, versatility, high residual values, user-friendly and genuine spare parts availability which makes Mercedes-Benz a worldwide and in Africa and in Rwanda known and valued.
Bauerheim commended the strong partnership with ABG facilitating access to Mercedes-Benz vehicles in Rwanda.
“All together we deliver you the best to the cost of ownership. You prove every day that business and our trucks are successful together. All this would not be possible without great cooperation with AKAGERA MOTORS our valued distributor for Rwanda. We are proud of our relationship with ABG as a strong network is the basis of our business. We move to enter into a new dimension,” he noted.
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Rodrigue Kajio, Regional Sales Manager at Mercedes-Benz Trucks covers sales of Mercedes-Benz in 20 countries. West and Central Africa took participants through Mercedes-Benz journey, which in 1995 was the first truck manufacturer to test and introduce a truck electronically controlled, Actros MP1 and kept upgrading with the launch of MP2 in 2002 and MP3 in 2008.
Kajio described the Actros truck as reliable and provides economic advantages in addition to its reliability, efficiency, and robustness.
“After 20 years of classic Actros, Mercedes-Benz has decided to move into a new dimension. Today what we are presenting in Rwanda are the new Actros and Arocs. The Actros stands for long transport and the Arocs is set for the construction industry. These are the two trucks we are bringing today into Rwanda.”
“We are in a world where the transport and fuel cost is going high. So the transporter is not able to make profit anymore. The promise of Mercedes-Benz is to provide a more profitable truck for the transporter.”
“The new Actros and Arocs are trucks consuming less fuel, more reliable, feature the Power Shift 3 engine and eliminates all negative influences of the drivers on the truck. So the maintenance costs are improved. This is the way Mercedes-Benz as a company can allow the transporter to save more money in their pocket.”
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Ravi Gorajia, the Vice President and Technical Director of AKAGERA BUSINESS GROUP told Hope Magazine that the launched Actros is updated with a new design, technologies and is different from the previous Actros models; being fuel-efficient, robust and promising return on investment.
“They are specifically designed for heavy loads and for transporting short and long distances. It is very powerful and fuel-efficient. It has the new Mercedes-Benz Power Shift 3, the engine management system and the computer that controls the system knows the terrain,” he said.
Mr. Gorajia explained that 8 to 10% of the fuel is saved hence reflecting one’s finances.
The end result for your business is an economical mode of transport that one can have. It is technologically advanced, new designs, robust, strong and has a very beautiful ergonomic design inside and outside with top balance sides. “There are several factors making this vehicle unique. Mercedes-Benz gives you a product for the right application that is going to last practically as long as you want it to last,” said Mr. Gorajia noting that the new development eases servicing to new and existing owners.
“We have many transporters here in Rwanda who have a good fleet of Mercedes-Benz. We would like to partner with them and support them in after sales service and we cannot do that if we are not authorized, distributors. That is why we have been working with Mercedes-Benz to create a joint venture between the two companies to give our customers who have been using Mercedes-Benz for a long time in Rwanda but have been lacking after sales service support, now they can buy them here in Rwanda.”
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AKAGERA MOTORS also has passenger vehicles and plans to bring more models in the future based on customer needs. “It is a long-term investment and relationship we want to create with our customers. We are here for the customers and whatever they need we will provide them,” explained Mr. Gorajia.
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The Actros enables you to make more profits when out and on the road with many fuel-saving technical innovations and custom made service offers such as Service Contractors or Extended Warranty packages. The Actros is easier and safer to drive and more outstandingly capable than any other truck that’s gone before.
The truck has been built to deliver top performance even in the most extreme conditions with reliability expected from Mercedes-Benz.
The Actros is equipped with leading Mercedes-Benz vehicle technology and components tested under the toughest conditions. This applies to engines, gearshifts, transmissions and drives axles as well as frames, chassis, suspension, and cabins. Everything is perfectly coordinated in order to meet all requirements reliably even in extreme conditions and difficult terrain. Compelling the quality that is immediately apparent the first time you take to the wheel and which will continue to bring benefits for many years to come.
All components of the powertrain on the Actros are ideally coordinated and produced exclusively by Mercedes-Benz.
The Actros has a powerful cylinder in-line engine: the 12.8-liter OM 460.
Mercedes-Benz Power Shift 3: The Actros enables superior dynamic response, simple handling and low fuel consumption: the automated transmission comes as standard. It ensures precise gear selection, short shift times, high driving comfort and optimal economy. Various driving programs provide a convincing shifting strategy appropriate to the individual driving situations and the load carried at the time. Each driving program consists of three transmission modes: standard, manual and the specific mode selected with the driving program.
With its automated and intelligent shifting, Mercedes-Benz Power Shift 3 protects the powertrain, significantly reducing maintenance and operating costs and thus contributing to the profitability of your business.
{{Clutches:}} The Actros features a new single or double-disc clutch incorporating overload protection with a warning system which is designed for vast levels of torque up to 3,000 Nm. The wear-free turbo retarder clutch is also available. This offers maximum performance when moving off maneuvering with particularly high gross combination weights.
{{Rear Axles:}} The weight optimized drive axles on the Actros boost low frictional loss and extremely smooth running. Fuel-efficient hypoid drive axles are designed for axle loads of up to 13 tons or further optimized planetary axle loads of up to 16 tons. Vehicle and powertrain configurations are additionally available ex-factory, which enable permissible weights of up to 68 tons, 80 tons and 120 tons or as a heavy haulage vehicle up to 250 tons.
{{Engine}}: Boost not only high power but also a reliable and durable design. The OM 460 features particularly robust technology with pump-line-nozzle injection system.
The high power of the engine brake and retarder boost the available brake power, reduce wear and improve economic efficiency.
The Actros is equipped with an improved engine cooling system, which keeps you going no matter the heat. Due to this asset, the truck receives a higher engine output even during high ambient temperature or altitude.
{{Protection:}} The air intake was dust optimized with a cyclone air filter, which collects up to 80 percent of dust and large particles inside the rubber valves. This means a reduction in maintenance cost due to reduced soiling of the paper filter and longer filters change intervals.
{{Extensively Tested:}} All Actros components come in particularly durable, repair and maintenance-friendly design and boost the high degree of reliability. This is ensured by extensive testing at the Mercedes-Benz Development and Testing Center in Worth for example where worldwide road conditions are simulated, enabling trucks to be tested under the toughest conditions.
{{Low Fuel & High Efficiency:}} With significant fuel savings, the Actros with its new 6–cylinder in-line engine is a particularly economic proposition. Further fuel savings can be achieved by changing from a manual shift to Mercedes-Benz Power Shift 3.
{{Euro III:}} Concealed beneath the cabins are heavy-duty 6-cylinder in-line engines with a displacement of 12.8 or 15.6 I. Their closely graduated outputs range from 265Kw (360 hp) to 425 (578 hp). All of the engines are durable, perform highly efficiently and accelerate impressively from low revs. On top of this come technical highlights such as full electronic control and with the OM 473, the unique X-pulse injection system with pressure boosting and the asymmetric turbocharger.
{{Brakes:}} In addition to the proven electronic braking systems with dis-engage-able ABS, ASR, Brake Assist and hill holder, powerful, wear-free engine brakes provide added safety. The Actros can additionally be fitted with the wear-free continuous High-Performance Engine Brake. This three-stage brake system offering up to 480kW of brake power reduces wear on the service brake while enhancing safety, the Actros can be equipped with the new high-performance secondary water retarder. This retarder offers increased brake power, higher average speeds on downhill stretches and less weight than conventional oil retarders.
{{Aerodynamically Efficient}}: The design of the Actros has been optimized right down to the finest details in order to reduce wind resistance. Engineers have developed a special cabin variant with an aerodynamically-optimized design and therefore low fuel consumption: The Streap Space cabin features such as the door extensions, aerodynamic attachments and tire pressure monitoring also save fuel.
{{Body Mounting Capability:}} The frame with the consistent 50mm hole pattern provides the basis for the Actros’s high body mounting capability. Other assets include a wide range of wheelbases, frame overhangs and end cross-members selectable ex-factory and a broad selection of tank variants. These include the combination tanks for diesel and hydraulic oil. Good body-mounting capability is additionally supported by the parameterizable special module and pre-installations and consoles, which are available ex-factory.
{{Safety & Assistance}}: In addition to the electronic braking system with dis-engage-able ABS, ASR, Brake Assist and hill holder, the high standard of safety is also supported by Stability Control Assist, Lane Keeping Assist, Attention Assist and Roll Control Assist Systems such as Active Brake Assist, the bi-xenon headlamps, the rain/light sensor, the co-driver mirror with a maneuvering function and the tire pressure monitoring system help the drive to mitigate accidents.
{{Active Brake Assist:}} The fourth generation of the system assists the driver by carrying out a full brake application in response to stationary and moving objects and partial braking in response to pedestrians in motion; in this way, it can reduce the severity of accidents or even prevent them.
{{Diverse Cabins:}} The cabins combine especially fuel-efficient aerodynamics with outstanding interior space and storage space. Up to 22 cabin variants in widths of 2,300mm or 2,500mm, three cabin lengths (S, M and L cabins), a level floor or an engine tunnel height of 170 or 320mm, headroom of up to 2,130mm and six roof shapes – the Actros is always able to offer a suitable cabin for your needs.
{{State–Of-The-Art:}} The newly designed workplace, with a cockpit that is ideally suited to the driver’s needs, offers optimum working conditions because everything is arranged ergonomically and within easy reach. From switches and stowage compartments in the dash support to the gearshift, which is now operated via the steering-column lever. The multifunction steering wheel can be adjusted via a foot-operated switch and moved to a virtually vertical position for getting in and out.
Other cases include people who tamper with meters to steal electricity or use illegal methods to connect households.
Besides dangers exposed on them as it can cause accidents that sometimes result in deaths, electricity accessories items thefts also cause losses in public revenues as money invested in connecting the nation to electricity is not returned which impedes the general population from getting benefits of taxes they pay adequately.
It also often causes unexpected power outages which affect the population’s daily works and businesses.
Stanley Nkubito Kamugisha, Head of Energy Efficiency and Revenue Protection Unit at REG told IGIHE that in the last 10 years, over 3000 people were arrested over electricity accessories theft and meter by-pass and recovered stolen power items worth Rwf3 billion.
Despite the item recovery, the electricity items can no longer be reused as they were damaged.
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Last year, 20 people were arrested in Kayonza District in connection with the theft of electricity but only five of them are in prison while all the others fled justice, according to the REG Manager in Kayonza, Jackson Muhoza.
These include those who used to illegally connect households to electricity and meter bypass. Kayonza District lost Rwf22 million to electricity theft while stolen power items including cables resulted in a Rwf40 million loss.
Martin Mutsindashyaka, the REG Branch Manager in Nyarugenge District of Kigali City says that arrested in electricity theft activities were seven people in 2016, three in 2017 while another five people have been so far arrested in this year.
Stolen electrical items in Nyarugenge in 2017 were worth Rwf 1.687 billion while electricity stolen in August this year was worth Rwf15 million.
This year has seen 21 individuals in Musanze District accused of a role in the theft of electricity and power items with two of them handed imprisonment sentences while three others are still being investigated by Rwanda Investigation Bureau.
Electricity thefts have seen Musanze District lose over Rwf6 million this year according to REG Branch Manager in the District, Joel Nsabimana.
The REG Branch Manager in Gicumbi District, Fulgence Nkundabakuze said this year, six people were caught in thefts of electricity as they consumed power they didn’t pay for a year while two months ago, four people were caught stealing power items.
Gicumbi District lost over Rwf2,5 million to power thefts while items including 11 meters stolen were worth Rwf11 million.
Nkubito says REG connects every household located in 37 meters from the electricity crossbar and consumers pay in installments in case they can’t afford power lumpsum payments which should stop people from stealing electricity.
He urged people to stop stealing electricity as REG has got the technology that detects thefts.
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The Head of Commercial Cycle Performance Unit, Aime M.Uwanyirigira, said “REG has taken measures to stop losses caused by the theft of electricity and its accessories working closely with local leaders and customers.
Uwanyirigira said REG has set Rwf50,000 amount as a reward for someone who will share information about power thefts.
“We will keep working with local leaders as they are the ones who mostly give us information. We will also work with security agents not forgetting the general public so that offenders should pay for their wrongdoings,” says Joel Nsabimana, the Branch Manager in Musanze District.
Nsabimana urged Rwandans to seek electricity services only from Rwanda Energy Group and pay all the fees on its official bank account and know that all the money paid for electricity services in cash is a bribe. He urged people to report corruption attempts by calling the free line 3535 or send SMS to +250788310606.
Article 51 of the new law determining general offenses and penalties that was recently published in the official gazette punishes fraudulent consumption of electricity.
Kagame and Mushikiwabo made it to the annual list of most influential Africans who contributed in shaping the African narrative in the concluding year and also those envisaged to play a big role in the coming year, both on the continent and in the diaspora.
The list which has been revealed in New African magazine December 2018 edition includes Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize co-winner DR Congo’s Dr. Denis Mukwege; Botswana’s 31-year old Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry Bogolo Joy Kenewendo and Egypt’s football star, Mo Salah among others.
“Rwanda revolutionary shift from a past of shame has been astounding. In the last two decades, Rwanda has leaped from least developed status to middle-income nation thanks to President Kagame’s fixation with what he terms the ‘developmental state’ model,” New African Magazine, commented on Kagame.”
Every developed economy without exception is the fruit of a free market and a strong developmental state working in tandem. The orthodoxy of shrinking the state to the bare minimum and replacing it with externally funded non-state actors, left Africa with no viable path out of poverty, Kagame says, as quoted in the New African Magazine.
“Democracy and development both depend on good politics, in which there is no room for the powerful interests who benefited most from the predatory states created by colonialism and prompted up by Cold War cynicism. Our democratic advances are constantly negated and in actual fact subverted,” he adds.
“With Rwanda’s stability achieved, Kagame has now focused his energies towards reforming the African Union,” the New Africa Magazine concludes on Rwanda’s President Kagame who also doubles as the current Chairman of the African Union.
On the list is also Louise Mushikiwabo, Rwanda’s long-serving Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation was elected as the new Secretary General of the Organization Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), “interestingly, in what looks like a change of tack in terms of the France-Rwanda relationships.”
Mushikiwabo assumes the new office in January 2019, becoming the second woman to head this international organization that represents nations and regions that speak French as a customary language after nine years heading Rwanda’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
In the region, popular Ugandan Member of Parliament and Musician, Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu known as Bobi Wine made it to the list with other musicians including Nigerians, David Adedeji Adeleke ‘Davido’ and Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun ‘Wizkid’ while other Heads of States on the list include South Africa’s President, Cyril Ramaphosa and Abdel Fatah el-Sisi, President of Egypt.
President Kagame made to the New African Magazine’s list of 100 most influential Africans after he was last week awarded the ‘African of The Year” award at the finale of the All Africa Business Leadership Awards held in Johannesburg South Africa.
The award celebrates and honors leaders who have contributed and shaped the African economy. President Kagame is also on the cover of the Forbes Africa December and January issue.
That freedom of movement is inextricably tied to the Bank’s vision to create the next global market in Africa. As the Africa Economic Conference opens in the Rwandan capital Kigali, the theme this year: Regional and Continental Integration for Africa’s development,” also aligns with another major Bank priority – placing infrastructure development at the centre of Africa’s regional integration efforts.
Host nation Rwanda has taken bold leadership steps to champion regional integration, announcing at the beginning of this year an entry visa on arrival for travelers from all African countries.
The third edition of the Bank’s Visa Openness Index, to be launched on day two of the meeting, will be an important opportunity to measure which countries are making improvements that support free movement of people across Africa.
“The Index has helped raise awareness and drive visa policy reforms across the continent to ease movement of people, unlocking opportunities for intra-African tourism, trade, and investment. In so doing, the Bank is directly contributing to the objectives of the AU initiative for a Single African passport,” Gabriel Negatu, Bank Director General, East Africa Regional Development and Business Delivery Office said in his remarks during the opening plenary.
Speaking on behalf of Rwandan President Paul Kagame, Hon. Claudine Uwera, Minister of State in charge of Economic Planning said the conference addressed a theme “close to our hearts.” “This conference is important to chart the way for inclusive integration…that would benefit all,” Uwera said.
“Governance will determine the development path for our countries,” Uwera added, noting the equally important role of political will and commitment from African leaders.
The annual Africa Economic Conference is the continent’s leading forum fostering dialogue and knowledge exchange in the search for solutions to the development challenges of Africa. It brings together leading academics, high ranking government representatives and development practitioners from across the globe.
AEC 2018 will highlight “transformative initiatives for accelerating progress in infrastructure integration that is inclusive and promotes equity, including the removal of barriers for movement of people, goods, and services across borders.”
Other convening partners to the Conference, the United Nations Development Programme UNDP) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), commended Rwanda’s role as a front-runner for integration efforts in Africa and spoke on the urgent need to build on the momentum for an inclusive and equitable integration.
“The government of Rwanda is walking the talk and continues to set the pace,”Ahunna Eziakonwa, Assistant Administrator, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Regional Bureau for Africa, said.
Also speaking at the plenary, Giovanie Biha, Deputy Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), said while there were still major steps ahead, “we are moving in the right direction.”
Highlighting the Bank’s emphasis on research and knowledge management as important drivers of policy dialogue, good policy planning and implementation, participation this year’s AEC is being organized under the leadership of the Bank’s Research Department and Regional Integration Complex.
Sessions over the three-day meeting will examine the social, cultural and political frameworks for successful integration, building on the landmark signing this year of the Africa Free Trade Agreement the world’s potentially biggest free trade agreement, which aims to create a single continental market for goods and services, with free movement of business persons and investments across Africa.
Participants will also look at the role of the private sector and civil society institutions.
Given the urgency of regional integration – “no longer a choice,” according to its organizers, this year’s meeting is a must attend for those interested in Africa’s Development Agenda.
“Important pages of our continent’s development history are being written,” Uwera said. “Let’s take this opportunity to move the continent ahead.”
The 2018 Africa Economic Conference is taking place at the Marriot Hotel in Kigali, from 3-5 December.
This followed Kigali Marriott Hotel’s initiative to raise Rwf10 million to support activities at SOS Rwanda to help vulnerable children.
Claudine Uwamahoro, an associate at Kigali Marriott Hotel Human Resource Department, said the activity was done in a bid to help the community and support in improving children’s lives.
“We thought of an activity we could do to improve the children’s lives and support their education. We raised the funds given today through sales of T-shirts we made and sold to our staff and visitors and all the other people we met,” Uwamahoro said.
Uwamahoro added that they will raise more funds through T-shirt sales in support of the SOS Children Village cause.
The SOS Children’s Village, Kigali Director, Mr. Louis Ntabana commended Kigali Marriott Hotel for joining Rwandans and other international benefactors for contributing to the education of orphans and other vulnerable children.
“For 10 years now, we have been calling upon all people to support us to decently raise Rwandan children. We appreciate Kigali Marriott Hotel gesture and invite all other good-hearted people to follow suit,” he said.
Shakira Iradukunda, 11, is one of the 30 children who was given gifts by Kigali Marriott Hotel team. She says she was happy to see there are people who think about them and strive for their joy.
“I am happy they will keep supporting us. I ask them to keep up these good activities and we will never forget them,” she said.
SOS Rwanda started operations in Rwanda in 1979 and it now has branches in Kacyiru, Kigali, in Gicumbi District, Nyamagabe and Kayonza Districts, supporting 635 vulnerable children.
SOS Children’s Village, Kigali located in Kacyiru, Gasabo District, is home to 77 children. SOS also supports 144 children in secondary and tertiary studies, 73 were integrated in ordinary and 1,438 children are supported from their biological families.
Africans have been urged to free themselves from mentalities of waiting for solutions from outside their own inventions.
The call was made by the Chairperson of the Pan African Movement (PAM) Rwanda Chapter, Protais Musoni as the Movement welcomed new staff and elaborating the program they will work on in the next three-year tenure.
During the meeting, it was said that some high officials send their children to European countries as they don’t have confidence in local education systems.
Speaking to IGIHE, Protais Musoni said it is sad that some Africans including leaders consider the European continent as a better place than Africa.
He said Africans should wake up and defeat their weaknesses, insecurity and the ‘poor’ mindsets learned from colonial occupation of not loving their traditions.
Musoni said that some African countries save all their money in foreign banks which use it for their business benefits while this would serve more economic benefits if it was used inside local economic circles.
“You will always find Africans waiting for their problems’ solutions from away. When you lose confidence in yourself and wait for others to get solutions for problems you face, that is a problem itself. That we copy methods from away and paste them in our countries will bring us more problems. This only means we have not yet become people who can find solutions among us,” Protais Musoni said.
“It is bad when you have members of the society with such mentalities that good things are only got from elsewhere and it becomes worse if leaders born in that society do not change and love their mother continent. We need to improve mindsets of our population and work with political parties that every leader elected to an African country understands Africa’s problems and strive to resolve them,” Musoni added.
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The exhibition which will start on 13 -27 December 2018, is expected to benefit many businesses and investors and young people who will have an opportunity to get jobs.
It is organized by the district’s authority, Private Sector Fund (PSF) Rubavu and Joint Action Development Forum (JADF).
PSF Director in Rubavu District, Jeannette Kayumba Nyota confirms that the uniqueness of the exhibition is that it will last for many days and it will be organized by in a different way like never before.
“There are a lot of expectations and high participation because the Congolese will also exhibit and neighboring countries will be represented as well,” she said.
“Moreover, aside from the fact that exhibitors, particularly of products made in Rwanda, will attend a big number because they have been encouraged to do so, it will also be for the first time that JADF will participate in such a way that even those who will not buy, will at least be satisfied with knowing what is being done for them. That is something to be proud of because we are faring well with the preparations,” she added.
Innocent Mwiseneza, one of the businessmen who will participate in the exhibition says that they are more likely to earn more benefits based on the preparations by even the Congolese people, who will be privileged to join them.
“We have prepared ourselves because we were informed earlier. It is good that the exhibition is going to take place towards the end of the year at the same time that many people are having fun with their families. We are ready and expecting more than we have seen over the years,” he said.
Rubavu District Vice mayor, Janvier Murenzi in charge of economic affairs says that the activity has more benefits for the residents of Rubavu District because they will earn a lot of money, especially the youth, and at the district level in general.
PSF authority in Rubavu District announces that they earned over Rwf20 million in the previous exhibition from the services provided to participants including tickets and renting exhibition stands. This time around, they expect about Rwf30 million.
Selected through a competition that was announced by RDB during this year’s Liberation Day celebrations, the teenagers left Kigali on Saturday afternoon to participate in an early morning trek on Sunday.
RDB’s Chief Tourism Officer, Belise Kariza, urged them to be the next generation of conservationists in the country.
“We need to impart the importance of conservation among the youth in order for them to carry on the mountain gorilla conservation efforts that have seen the number of mountain gorillas’ increase. Through gorilla conservation and tourism, we are directly benefiting from these wonderful species. Over the last nine years, revenues from mountain gorilla conservation and the resulting tourism have brought US$107 million to the national coffers,” Kariza noted.
Following the trek, Lelia Gasaro, one of the young trekkers, said that she found the trip educative.
“This trip is good because it helps us to see for ourselves what we learn in school and what the country is doing to conserve the gorillas. The information I received from the guides was good because I knew some of it and also learnt new details that I will share with my friends,” Gasaro noted.
From 15th-16th December, the second group of 15-year olds will travel to Volcanoes National Park courtesy of RDB’s Liberation Day giveaway.
According to a recent census by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), conservation efforts have resulted in an increase in the number of mountain gorillas in the Virunga Massif region to more than 1000 gorillas, from 242 in 1981 and 480 in 2010.
