{"id":34403,"date":"2017-05-06T18:12:40","date_gmt":"2017-05-06T18:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/banking-is-more-than-numbers-kagame\/"},"modified":"2017-05-09T13:18:44","modified_gmt":"2017-05-09T13:18:44","slug":"banking-is-more-than-numbers-kagame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/banking-is-more-than-numbers-kagame\/","title":{"rendered":"Banking is more than numbers-Kagame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{President Paul Kagame has said that the importance of a dynamic and competitive banking sector for Rwanda\u2019s development cannot be emphasised enough. He made the remarks last evening at a Gala dinner to celebrate Bank of Kigali\u2019s 50-year anniversary.}<\/p>\n<p>In his address, President Kagame highlighted that the story of Bank of Kigali, which is one of the oldest and largest banks in the country, is the story of Rwanda\u2019s financial sector as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSurviving for 50 year is not the real achievement. It is what the Bank of Kigali has become in that time that we are here to celebrate,\u201d President Kagame said.<\/p>\n<p>The Head of State further pointed out that investment requires confidence in stable and reliable financial institutions, able to supply adequate capital at affordable rates. He pledged Government\u2019s support in creating a level playing field through sound regulation and an attractive business climate. <\/p>\n<p>President Kagame reminded Bank of Kigali staff management, staff and shareholders that banking is not just numbers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBanking is really about the hopes and dreams of real people. It is about building home for our families, saving for our children\u2019s education. It is also about having the personal financial security to be able to face life challenges without undue anxiety,\u201d President Kagame emphasised.<\/p>\n<p>The President called on the Private Sector to continue working together with Government towards making credit products more plentiful and affordable.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-19853 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/2-1426-610bf.jpg\" alt=\"President Paul Kagame in a group photo with BK staff yesterday. \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{President Paul Kagame has said that the importance of a dynamic and competitive banking sector for Rwanda\u2019s development cannot be emphasised enough. He made the remarks last evening at a Gala dinner to celebrate Bank of Kigali\u2019s 50-year anniversary.} In his address, President Kagame highlighted that the story of Bank of Kigali, which is one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[72,75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-34403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-featured-news-home","tag-homenews","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":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34403","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=34403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34403\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34403"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=34403"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=34403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}