{"id":41477,"date":"2020-06-02T14:56:52","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T14:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/25-outstanding-women-entrepreneurs-selected-for-bk-urumuri-4th-edition\/"},"modified":"2020-06-02T14:56:39","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T14:56:39","slug":"25-outstanding-women-entrepreneurs-selected-for-bk-urumuri-4th-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/25-outstanding-women-entrepreneurs-selected-for-bk-urumuri-4th-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"25 Outstanding Women Entrepreneurs selected for BK Urumuri 4th Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The selected 25 include women entrepreneurs from Rwanda\u2019s fast-growing sectors: Light Manufacturing, Agribusiness, Fashion, Hospitality \/ Tourism, Professional Services, Healthcare, Handicrafts, Media &#038; Advertising Construction, Publishing, and software development.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s BK Urumuri launch was done virtually due to the covid-19 pandemic, but participants were assured of the efficiency of the services they will receive even in these unusual circumstances. <\/p>\n<p>In her congratulatory message to the selected entrepreneurs, Bank of Kigali\u2019s CEO, Diane Karusisi mentioned that this year, BK chose to focus on unleashing the economic power of women because women contribute significantly to the economic development of the country. <\/p>\n<p>She also encouraged the selected women to use this opportunity for recovering their businesses from the covid-19 pandemic, because even in crises there are also opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur partnership with Inkomoko this year will focus on helping businesses to recover. So, to all the women who are starting this journey with BK Urumuri, we want to tell you that it\u2019s time to strengthen your businesses because we believe that in periods of a crisis, there are also opportunities. Work with us, work with Inkomoko, learn, don\u2019t give up; I know it can be tempting to give up in these periods, but work hard and know that we will succeed together\u201d, says Diane, CEO, Bank of Kigali. <\/p>\n<p>In her welcome message, Inkomoko Managing Director, Nathalie Niyonzima assured entrepreneurs of Inkomoko\u2019s commitment to offering them quality services during the program through a team of experts assigned to them. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re pleased to partner with BK again to bring these Urumuri resources to women in all districts of Rwanda. Even if we are operating in unusual circumstances, at Inkomoko we are committed to providing quality services. The learning that you will get from this accelerator program will not only support you to seek Bank of Kigali\u2019s 0% interest loan but will also prepare you for seeking investment from other sources of finance\u201d, says Nathalie. <\/p>\n<p>Inkomoko has been offering business skills and consulting services to more than 5000 entrepreneurs in Rwanda for over 7 years, and among them are 100 BK Urumuri winners of the past three editions who have commended the program for having contributed tremendously to their business growth. <\/p>\n<p>These include the famous House of Tayo, Moshions, Murukali Smart, Yummy and Fresh, Mudacumura, Karisimbi wines, Ki-pepeo Kids, Ishyo Foods, and many more. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve had the opportunity to witness the past entrepreneurs\u2019 growth first hand, and we expect this year\u2019s Urumuri participants to push even beyond what we have seen possible\u201d, says Nathalie.  <\/p>\n<p>{{THE 25 SELECTED WOMEN-LED BUSINESSES:}}<\/p>\n<p>1.\tExalto Engineering and Supply Solutions Ltd<br \/>\n2.\tUzi Collections<br \/>\n3.\tVakman Ltd<br \/>\n4.\tSlice and Cakes<br \/>\n5.\tNova Leather Ltd<br \/>\n6.\tABCD Great Life Ltd<br \/>\n7.\tFarmia Group Ltd<br \/>\n8.\tBee Light Ltd<br \/>\n9.\tDM Bricola Ltd<br \/>\n10.\tLa Fotolia Ltd<br \/>\n11.\tHuza Press Ltd.<br \/>\n12.\tWEYA Creations Ltd.<br \/>\n13.\tJotete Investment Ltd<br \/>\n14.\tFeed The World Company Ltd<br \/>\n15.\tGukora no Gucuruza Inkweto<br \/>\n16.\tSHARAMA Events &#038; Tours<br \/>\n17.\tThe Gold World Company Ltd<br \/>\n18.\tSavior Civil Engineers Ltd<br \/>\n19.\tWork Roselyne Ltd<br \/>\n20.\tBerwa Crochet Ltd<br \/>\n21.\tEndless Trading Company<br \/>\n22.\tData Systems Ltd<br \/>\n23.\tMugisha Timber Hub<br \/>\n24.\tBellavitae Medical Clinic<br \/>\n25.\tIwacu Poultry Ltd<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-35802 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ba_rwiyemeza96d0-e3188-eb865.jpg\" alt=\"Following an intensive selection from hundreds of applications, 25 women-led businesses have been announced for this year\u2019s BK Urumuri 4th edition. \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following an intensive selection from hundreds of applications, 25 women-led businesses have been announced for this year\u2019s BK Urumuri 4th edition. These women entrepreneurs will receive a six (6) months business accelerator including business training and consulting from Inkomoko Entrepreneur Development and a chance to win a 0% interest loan from Bank of Kigali. <\/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-41477","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\/41477","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=41477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41477\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41477"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=41477"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=41477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}