{"id":243,"date":"2011-05-24T12:45:45","date_gmt":"2011-05-24T12:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/minicom-launches-rwanda-s-first-economic-and\/"},"modified":"2011-05-24T12:44:32","modified_gmt":"2011-05-24T12:44:32","slug":"minicom-launches-rwanda-s-first-economic-and","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/minicom-launches-rwanda-s-first-economic-and\/","title":{"rendered":"MINICOM launches Rwanda\u2019s first Economic and Trade Atlas"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ministry of Trade and Industry yesterday launched a distinctive economic and trade atlas. The Atlas that was published by German Development cooperation in partnership with the government.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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During the launch, the Minister of Trade and Industry, Francois Kanimba<\/span>, pointed out that the new Economic and Trade Atlas is a fundamental tool that will facilitate both foreign and local investors. Present during the launch was MINICOM<\/span> P.S<\/span>. Emmanuel Hategeka<\/span> and Dr. Fand<\/span> Hegazy<\/span>, an expert from the German Development Cooperation .<\/p>\n

 \u201cIt\u2019s an extremely useful book containing information about the economy of the country, it will provide detailed information and guide especially those looking for investment opportunities in the country,\u201d Kanimba<\/span> said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe shall distribute copies to different government institutions and to our embassies for the world to read and understand the picture of our economy. \u201d \u201cIt is a unique document with a mapping of economic activities with useful information for those interested in the Rwandan economy say Minister Francois Kanimba<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The project took one and a half years to complete.<\/p>\n

The Atlas is made up of a wide-ranging compilation of information on sectors in the Rwandan Economy and its performances in those departments. The document acts as a powerful tool of reference for investors or anybody interested in economic activities in Rwanda.<\/p>\n

It is based on an official secondary validated source of information represented in a visual and graphical way through the use of cutting edge methods such as Geographical information systems (GIS). GIS is used to capture and present data linked to a geographical location.<\/p>\n

The Atlas consists of 110 pages and 77 chapters and contains comprehensive, relevant and up to date information covering all sectors of the economy presented in a visual way.<\/p>\n

Fand<\/span> Hegazy<\/span> elaborates. \u201cIt profoundly covers areas within the economy such as demographics, foreign trade, agriculture, investment, regional integration, communication, tourism, energy and even areas less related to economy but which have a certain impact such as health.\u201d<\/span> It is so rich that it contains information that goes beyond the scope of economics covering other sectors such as health and education.<\/p>\n

The atlas was produced with the aim of putting together an atlas that provides and visualises<\/span> information about the contemporary Rwanda.<\/p>\n

The book has been designed as a tool for anybody within the business community such as investors and the general public. The atlas will be available for sale at Ikirezi<\/span> bookstore.<\/p>\n

Information is key in carrying out any economic activity. The Atlas facilitates the process of obtaining data thus contributing to a more efficient way of carrying out economic activities. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The ministry of Trade and Industry yesterday launched a distinctive economic and trade atlas. The Atlas that was published by German Development cooperation in partnership with the government. During the launch, the Minister of Trade and Industry, Francois Kanimba, pointed out that the new Economic and Trade Atlas is a fundamental tool that will facilitate both […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[75],"byline":[276],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","tag-homenews","byline-christian-bizimana"],"bylines":[{"id":276,"name":"Christian Bizimana","slug":"christian-bizimana","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":null}],"contributors":[{"id":276,"name":"Christian Bizimana","slug":"christian-bizimana","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":null}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=243"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}