{"id":2000128416,"date":"2026-10-08T11:56:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T09:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/?p=2000128416"},"modified":"2026-10-08T11:59:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T09:59:25","slug":"rwanda-senegal-sign-agreements-to-boost-investment-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwanda-senegal-sign-agreements-to-boost-investment-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda, Senegal sign agreements to boost investment cooperation\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The agreements were signed during a business forum held in Kigali on October 7, 2026, on the sidelines of the inaugural session of the Rwanda-Senegal Joint Commission for Cooperation. The forum brought together government officials, investors, businesses and other stakeholders from both countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Participants explored opportunities in transport and logistics, construction, agriculture and agro-processing, textiles, leather, services, tourism, health and education, while business-to-business meetings provided an opportunity to discuss potential trade deals, joint ventures and investment projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RDB Deputy Chief Executive Officer Juliana Kangeli Muganza urged businesses to turn the strong political ties between Rwanda and Senegal into lasting economic partnerships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She highlighted Rwanda\u2019s 9.4% economic growth in 2025 and the second quarter of 2026, as well as $2.62 billion in investments registered through 799 projects in 2025, expected to create more than 38,000 jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Muganza said the RDB supports investors through its One Stop Centre, streamlined procedures and connections with relevant institutions and partners and urged the private sector to trade, invest, build partnerships and create jobs.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

APIX Deputy CEO Moustapha Ciss\u00e9 said cooperation should move beyond institutional relations to generate more investment, trade and private-sector partnerships. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He identified agriculture, industry, innovation, infrastructure, logistics, services, tourism, health and education among the priority areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rwanda\u2019s Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe said the forum should lead to concrete business partnerships rather than remain a platform for dialogue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe want this forum to be not simply a space for dialogue, but the starting point for a new phase of cooperation between the business communities of Rwanda and Senegal,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senegalese Foreign Minister Cheikh Niang said both countries have complementary strengths that could support stronger economic ties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRwanda and Senegal each have their own strengths. Our collective responsibility is to ensure that these strengths can complement each other more,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The forum comes amid strong political ties between Senegal and Rwanda, based on mutual respect and a shared commitment to strengthening cooperation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rwanda\u2019s Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe has called for the Rwanda-Senegal business forum to lead to concrete partnerships between the two countries\u2019 business communities.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Senegal\u2019s Foreign Minister Cheikh Niang has said the two countries\u2019 complementary strengths can create new opportunities for economic cooperation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Senegal\u2019s APIX Deputy CEO Moustapha Ciss\u00e9 has urged the two countries to translate institutional cooperation into increased investment, trade and private-sector partnerships.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rwandan and Senegalese business leaders have explored opportunities for trade, investment and partnerships across sectors including agriculture, logistics, tourism, health and education.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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RDB Deputy CEO Juliana Kangeli Muganza has called on businesses to turn Rwanda-Senegal political ties into lasting commercial partnerships.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Rwanda Development Board (RDB) and Senegal\u2019s Agency for Investment Promotion and Major Projects (APIX) have signed agreements to strengthen institutional cooperation, facilitate business links and promote investment and trade partnerships between the two countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2000128471,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[151,69],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000128416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-40","tag-editors-choice","tag-homehighlights","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000128471,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-10-07-at-14.10.34-4.jpeg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1280,"height":1024,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-10-07-at-14.10.34-4.jpeg","width":1280,"height":1024},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-10-07-at-14.10.34-4.jpeg","width":1280,"height":1024},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-10-07-at-14.10.34-4.jpeg","width":1280,"height":1024},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-10-07-at-14.10.34-4.jpeg","width":1280,"height":1024},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-10-07-at-14.10.34-4.jpeg","width":1280,"height":1024}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000128416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000128416"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000128416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000128474,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000128416\/revisions\/2000128474"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000128471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000128416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000128416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000128416"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000128416"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000128416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}