{"id":38768,"date":"2019-01-16T16:23:36","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T16:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rdb-to-recognize-outstanding-investors-on-friday\/"},"modified":"2019-01-16T16:23:17","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T16:23:17","slug":"rdb-to-recognize-outstanding-investors-on-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rdb-to-recognize-outstanding-investors-on-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"RDB to recognize outstanding investors on Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The awards giving ceremony to be held for the sixth time in a row are celebrated a bid to recognize the private sector\u2019s essential role in growing Rwanda\u2019s economy according to RDB.<\/p>\n<p>Both local and foreign investors in Rwanda were encouraged to participate in this year\u2019s awards.<\/p>\n<p>The awards will see entrepreneurs be rewarded in different categories including the Investor of the Year, Exporter of the Year, Innovator of the Year, Woman Entrepreneur of the Year, Young Entrepreneur of the Year, Made in Rwanda Enterprise of the Year and the SME of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>Launching the awards in November last year, RDB Chief Executive Officer, Clare Akamanzi, said; \u201cExports in Rwanda increased by 30% last year and GDP grew by over seven percent. This is clear evidence that the Rwandan private sector has been thriving. The \u2018Made in Rwanda\u2019 initiative, which aims not only to increase local employment but also reduce the country\u2019s trade deficit, is possible because local businesses are playing their role and with the RDB Business Excellence Awards we are recognizing this fact\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Akamanzi said reducing the trade deficit is very much possible owing to the will the Rwanda\u2019s private sector members have.<\/p>\n<p>Africa Improved Foods (AIF) was awarded as the Investor of the Year in the 2017 RDB Business Excellence Awards.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-28003 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/rdb_awardees_for_the_year_2017.jpg\" alt=\"Outstanding investors who won RDB Business Awards 2017\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rwanda Development Board (RDB) will reward investors that stood out in 2018 in RDB Business Excellence Awards in ceremonies to be held on the evening of Friday, January 18th, 2019 at Kigali Convention Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-38768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","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\/38768","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38768\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38768"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=38768"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=38768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}