{"id":40569,"date":"2019-12-20T17:13:05","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T17:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/eac-trade-fair-exhibitors-commend-rwanda-s\/"},"modified":"2019-12-20T17:04:24","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T17:04:24","slug":"eac-trade-fair-exhibitors-commend-rwanda-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/eac-trade-fair-exhibitors-commend-rwanda-s\/","title":{"rendered":"EAC trade Fair exhibitors commend Rwanda\u2019s hospitality"},"content":{"rendered":"

The annual exhibition that kicked off on Monday, December 16, at Gikondo Expo Grounds in Kigali will close Sunday 22nd December 2019. <\/p>\n

IGIHE journalists have talked to different participants to share their experiences and appreciation of the East African Community Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSMEs) trade fair.<\/p>\n

Nsobora Margaret, a herbalist, and nutritionist from Uganda operating under MOHPANS explained that they have had a good experience in Rwanda as they exhibited and sold products made from different herbs. <\/p>\n

Nsobora who arrived in Kigali on 16th December has commended Rwanda\u2019s unreserved hospitality saying she was received utmost warmth. <\/p>\n

\u201cAbout hospitality, we were received warmly\u201d, she said adding that the exhibition is going well though the number of people that are turning up is still low. <\/p>\n

Nattabi Ruth from ENGO, presenting Tour and travel companies from EAC also operating in Uganda said that though people are coming to the exhibition, those that are coming are not buying much.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am thinking we should really support our own products as compared to western products; you will find that Italian people come and buy our soap and use it, and even say it is better than their own products. We should be more proud of our products,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

On hospitality, Nattabi said Rwandans are very hospitable people. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey are good at bargaining, I thought us Ugandans are the best but I have realized Rwandese are better. So we haven\u2019t had a problem, it\u2019s really welcoming, everything is good,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

David G Gitonga, trading as Ng\u2019arua Rural Millers from Kenya has appreciated the Government of Rwanda for the welcome given to the participants.<\/p>\n

Gitonga says they have encountered some language barriers.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost people don\u2019t speak English, the Government needs to improve on that but they are buying.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked his thought on what should be done to improve the exhibition, Gitonga said that the organizers could invest more in advertisement to the local communities.<\/p>\n

Elias Khamis Barnaba, who works for the Gum Entreprises CO Ltd from South Sudan, said that he loves Kigali; \u201cThe accommodation and food are good. We thank the government of Rwanda for the hospitality,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Khamis said that though it is their first time in this trade fair they had a good experience, and that the challenges faced are great lessons for the next show.<\/p>\n

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Exhibitors in the 20th edition of the East African Community Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSMEs) trade fair have commended Rwanda\u2019s hospitality, urging Rwandans to attend the show in big numbers and experience as they buy commodities at fair prices.<\/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-40569","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\/40569","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=40569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40569\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40569"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=40569"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=40569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}