{"id":1667,"date":"2012-01-29T15:09:30","date_gmt":"2012-01-29T15:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rdb-recognises-entrepreneurs\/"},"modified":"2018-11-09T15:59:10","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T15:59:10","slug":"rdb-recognises-entrepreneurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rdb-recognises-entrepreneurs\/","title":{"rendered":"RDB Recognises Entrepreneurs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{{The Rwanda Development Board (RDB) for the fourth time held its annual Business Excellence Awards ceremony aimed at recognising entrepreneurs and institutions that enhance both innovation and better service delivery.}}<\/p>\n<p>According to RDB\u2019s Chief Executive Officer John Gara, \u201cthe awards are in line with our continuation of honoring investors in the country and foreign ones.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>He noted that this year\u2019s awards had three new entries including, Woman and young entrepreneur of the year as well as a district which performed better in doing business.<\/p>\n<p>The guest of honor Prime Minister Pierre Damien Habumuremyi noted that the government has a will to promote better service delivery and infrastructure development. <\/p>\n<p>He added that as far as the awards are concerned entrepreneurs should put much effort into innovation since it facilitates the use of latest technology for instance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m happy that we are awarding entrepreneurs who strive hard to promote wealth creation and employments at the same time improve the welfare of their employees,\u201d he pointed out. <\/p>\n<p>{List of the winners}<\/p>\n<p>\uf0d8 ICT sector:Large Company : Tigo (Winner) SMEs : Hoziana (Winner)<\/p>\n<p>\uf0d8 General Manufacturing sector : BRALIRWA (Winner) SMEs : Soft Group (Winner)<\/p>\n<p>\uf0d8 Agro-Processing : Ese Urwibutso (Winner) SMEs : Coproviba (Winner)<\/p>\n<p>\uf0d8 Finacial Sector : Bank of Kigali (Winner) SMEs : COMICOKA (Winner)<\/p>\n<p>\uf0d8 Mining sector : Wolfram (Winner) SMEs : ALICOMEC SARL (Winner)<\/p>\n<p>\uf0d8 Tourism sector : Tourism Promotion Services Ltd- Serena Hotel (Winner) SMEs : RTUC (Winner)<\/p>\n<p>\uf0d8 Real Estate : Real Contractors SMEs : Ujenge (Winner)<\/p>\n<p>\uf0d8 Best Business Friendly District : Ruhango (Winner)<\/p>\n<p>\uf0d8 Customer care Service : Directorate General of Immigration and Emigration<\/p>\n<p>\uf0d8 Woman entrepreneur of the year : Mukarubega Zulfat<\/p>\n<p>\uf0d8 Young entrepreneur of the year : Jean de Dieu<\/p>\n<p>\uf0d8 SME of the year : COPROVIBA (Winner) Soft Group (1st Runner up)<\/p>\n<p>\uf0d8 Exporter of the year : BRALIRWA (Winner) Ese Urwibutso (1st Runner up)<\/p>\n<p>\uf0d8 Investor of the year : Banque Populaire du Rwanda (Winner) Nakumatt (1st Runner up).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{{The Rwanda Development Board (RDB) for the fourth time held its annual Business Excellence Awards ceremony aimed at recognising entrepreneurs and institutions that enhance 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