{"id":37298,"date":"2018-04-13T07:11:15","date_gmt":"2018-04-13T07:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/aif-proud-of-earning-rwanda-an-award-on\/"},"modified":"2018-04-13T11:01:16","modified_gmt":"2018-04-13T11:01:16","slug":"aif-proud-of-earning-rwanda-an-award-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/aif-proud-of-earning-rwanda-an-award-on\/","title":{"rendered":"AIF proud of earning Rwanda an award on investment attraction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the Annual Investment Meeting (AIM) conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, investment promotion agencies from nine regions across the world were awarded on Monday basing on feedback from a major investor already operating in the country and RDB emerged the second best in East African region after Ethiopia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the case of Rwanda, the major investor that nominated Rwanda was AIF. This award is further evidence of Rwanda\u2019s pro-business focus,\u201d said RDB\u2019s Chief Operations Officer, Emmanuel Hategeka, upon receiving the award.<\/p>\n<p>Expressing the company\u2019s pride in the award on Thursday, Amar Ali, the Chief Executive Officer of Africa Improved Foods, appreciated Rwanda\u2019s support to AIF for delivering its mission and encouraged other investors to take their businesses to Rwanda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe, at Africa Improved Foods, are very proud to have helped Rwanda win this award. To build and operate a world class facility like we have in such a short period of time would not have been possible without the strong support of the Rwanda Government and in particular the Rwanda Development Board. They have helped us deliver our mission of helping people maximize their potential through improved nutrition with affordable, high quality locally sourced foods,\u201d reads Ali\u2019s statement to IGIHE.<\/p>\n<p>AIF recently emerged Winner of the Best Investor of the Year 2017 Award at the RDB\u2019s 5th edition Business Excellence awards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRwanda is becoming a key player in the African investment landscape, and we encourage other investors to come to Rwanda and see what can be achieved here,\u201d added Ali.<\/p>\n<p>From a market point of view, Rwanda\u2019s strategic location offers the opportunity of a commercial centre to the neighboring countries. Its economy is growing fast in terms of industrialization, foreign investor participation and commercial engagement thus currently ranked second in Africa in the latest World Bank Doing Business report and 41st globally.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last 15 years, Rwanda has implemented 52 pro-business reforms, the highest number of business reforms in sub- Saharan Africa.<\/p>\n<p>AIM is the world\u2019s leading gathering of the international investment community, leading academics and experts showcasing up-to-date information, strategies and knowledge on attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI).<\/p>\n<p>Widely known for its \u201cNootri\u201d and \u201cShisha Kibondo\u201d flour brand, Africa Improved Foods is a joint venture between the Government of Rwanda and a consortium of Royal DSM, FMO, CDC and IFC. The objective of AIF is to improve the nutritional status of the population in Rwanda and Africa as a whole by manufacturing fortified nutritious foods for vulnerable groups and consumers across East Africa.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-24767 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/1-chief_executive_officer_of_africa_improved_foods_amar_ali_encourages_investors_to_take_their_businesses_to_rwanda.jpg\" alt=\"Chief Executive Officer of Africa Improved Foods, Amar Ali\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-24730 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/emmanuel_hategeka_receiving_rwanda_award_during_the_annual_investment_meeting_aim_.jpg\" alt=\"Emmanuel Hategeka receiving Rwanda award during the Annual Investment Meeting (AIM)\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>{{Also read: [Rwanda awarded for attracting transformational Foreign Direct Investments ->http:\/\/en.igihe.com\/news\/rwanda-awarded-for-attracting-transformational.html]<\/p>\n<p>[Best Investor of the Year AIF shares award worthy deeds, plans for 2018<br \/>\n->http:\/\/en.igihe.com\/news\/best-investor-of-the-year-aif-shares-award-worthy.html]}}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Improved Foods (AIF) has expressed contentment in giving a hand in the award that Rwanda Development Board (RDB) scooped in Dubai early this week as the second best investment promotion agency in the East African region in attracting transformational projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-37298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","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\/37298","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\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37298\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37298"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=37298"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=37298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}