{"id":39308,"date":"2019-05-11T15:55:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-11T15:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/chinese-modern-garment-factory-to-provide-7-500\/"},"modified":"2019-05-12T11:50:39","modified_gmt":"2019-05-12T11:50:39","slug":"chinese-modern-garment-factory-to-provide-7-500","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/chinese-modern-garment-factory-to-provide-7-500\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese modern garment factory to provide 7,500 jobs to Rwandans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pink Mango C&D is expected to provide 7,500 jobs to Rwandans by the fifth year and cumulative export earnings of US$ 20 million over the next five years.<\/p>\n

Pink Mango C&D is also expected to build capacity and encourage skills transfer to 500 workers of local garment cooperatives who will also benefit from some of their supply contracts through an outsourcing model.<\/p>\n

Speaking after the signing, RDB Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer, Emmanuel Hategeka said: \u201cThe investment of Pink Mango C&D will upskill Rwandans giving them access to productive jobs and hence ensuring a better standard of living. Secondly, the investment will not only enable us to increase our exports but also reduce imports of clothing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been using fiscal measures to progressively discourage the importation of second-hand clothes because it was hurting the growth of the domestic textile and garment industry. Therefore, we are attaining a double objective by signing this deal,\u201d added Hategeka. <\/p>\n

Pink Mango C&D establishment will support the build-up of a garment industry ecosystem attracting other players in dyeing, knitting, and weaving as well as accessories suppliers to open up shop in Rwanda.<\/p>\n

Hategeka noted that the move is an exciting addition to this growing industry.<\/p>\n

Gordon Gu, the Director of Pink Mango C&D Garments said: \u201cI am very appreciative of RDB\u2019s investor facilitation and the vision to develop the country and we want to be a part of it. We are glad this business makes economic sense for the country and we will ensure that Rwandans work in good conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ms. Maryse Gallagher, a business partner with Mr. Gordon Gu in Pink Mango C&D on her part said, \u201cThis is an exciting day to see the conclusion of this investment deal in Rwanda and I thank the Government for the enabling environment and incentives that will make our products competitive in the global market.\u201d<\/p>\n

Witt-Gruppe part of the Otto Group, a leading specialist chain in fashion and garments retail trade in Europe, will source products from the new factory.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the signing ceremony, Jacques Bathiat, the Witt-Gruppe Commercial and Operations Director said: \u201cOne of the main concerns of our group is the conditions in which the products are manufactured, which includes the treatment of workers. I am very impressed with the way Pink Mango C&D treat their workers and how they are going to operate here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pink Mango C&D enters Rwanda\u2019s market shortly after the signing of cooperation agreements by another Chinese firm \u2018Jiangyin BaoRui Textile\u2019 with Apparel Manufacturing Group (AMG) running operations in Rwanda.<\/p>\n

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Rwanda Development Board (RDB) yesterday signed an agreement with Pink Mango C&D, a Chinese garment firm for the establishment of a modern garment factory in Kigali Special Economic Zone that will produce garments for both the domestic and export markets.<\/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-39308","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\/39308","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=39308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39308\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39308"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=39308"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=39308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}