{"id":47966,"date":"2023-04-07T11:21:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T11:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/iprc-kigali-receives-equipment-expected-to-boost-gemstone-value-chain-in-rwanda\/"},"modified":"2023-04-28T11:28:10","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T11:28:10","slug":"iprc-kigali-receives-equipment-expected-to-boost-gemstone-value-chain-in-rwanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/iprc-kigali-receives-equipment-expected-to-boost-gemstone-value-chain-in-rwanda\/","title":{"rendered":"IPRC Kigali receives equipment expected to boost gemstone value chain in Rwanda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The equipment presented on April 4, 2023, was purchased at a tune of more than Rwf44.6 million through the cooperation between ICGLR and the German Agency for International Cooperation, GIZ.<\/p>\n<p>The equipment will facilitate the production of jewelleries, rings, earrings and other ornaments.<\/p>\n<p>This event which took place at Rutongo Campus in Rulindo District, was attended by Amb.Joao Samuel Caholo, Executive Secretary of the International Conference of the Great Lake Region, Ms. Christina Liesegang, Deputy Head of Cooperation German Embassy Kigali, Dr. Alice Ikuzwe, Deputy Principal in Charge of Academics and Training, Dr. Ivan Twagirishema, Chief Operating Officer at Rwanda Mines, Petroleum and Gas Board (RMB) and other stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>The Deputy Principal in Charge of Academics and Training, Dr. Alice Ikuzwe, thanked ICGLR, GIZ and other partners for providing the equipment, saying that it will help in providing training especially youth and women in order to encourage them to join the  mining sector as they number ( of women ) is too small.<\/p>\n<p>She went on saying that in partnership with MIGEPROF, IPRC Kigali\/ Rutongo campus started training women with the aim of increasing and promoting gender diversity in the mining sector by equipping beneficiaries with knowledge and skills to increase employability opportunities in mining.<\/p>\n<p>Executive Secretary of the International Conference of the Great Lake Region (ICGLR), Amb. Joao Samuel Caholo said that investing in mining using modern equipment in Rwanda will create jobs in the region and attract different investors.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Christina Liesegang, Deputy Head of Cooperation German Embassy in Rwanda said that this program is important for Rwanda as a country which wants to be a center for mining in the region.<\/p>\n<p>She went on saying that her country is very proud to see the mining sector in Rwanda develop in a sustainable way, saying that Germany will cooperate with Rutongo Campus to provide training to trainers who will participate in training others.<\/p>\n<p>The equipment which was handed over to IPRC Kigali\/ Rutongo campus is composed of machines and their accessories including 4 gemstone performing and sawing machines and their accessories and 3 faceting machines and their accessories.<\/p>\n<p>Figures from RMB indicate that Rwanda generated US$585 million (over Rwf630 billion) from minerals in the first nine months of 2022.<\/p>\n<p>As at December 2022, the mining sector in Rwanda currently employed around 46,000 people with a target to increase the number to more than 100,000 by 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Minerals present in Rwanda include Coltan, Cassiterites, Wolfram, Lithium and Gold among others.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-47521 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/1-183.jpg\" alt=\" Dr Ikuzwe Alice receiving and Amb. Joao Samuel Caholo exchanging an acknowledgment receipt at the event. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-47522 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/2-186.jpg\" alt=\"Ms. Christina Liesegang, Deputy Head of Cooperation German Embassy in Rwanda said that this program is important for Rwanda.  \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-47523 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/3-160.jpg\" alt=\"The handover ceremony took place at Rutongo Campus in Rulindo District. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-47524 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/4-153.jpg\" alt=\"The gemstone equipment were donated through the cooperation between ICGLR and the German Agency for International Cooperation.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-47525 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/5-119.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-47526 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/6-105.jpg\" alt=\"Dr Ikuzwe Alice also  acknowledged the receipt of equipment expected to boost gemstone value chain. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-47527 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/7-85.jpg\" alt=\"The Executive Secretary of the International Conference of the Great Lake Region ICGLR, Amb. Joao Samuel Caholo signing the document acknowledging receipt of equipment from GIZ. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-47528 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/8-72.jpg\" alt=\"The equipment will be used to produce various items including jewelries. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-47529 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/9-60.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-47530 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/10-58.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-47531 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/11-77.jpg\" alt=\"The equipment were handed over to the school on 4th April 2023. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-47532 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/12-46.jpg\" alt=\"Gemstones appear in different colours. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-47533 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/13-41.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{The German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) through the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) recently donated gemstone equipment to IPRC Kigali\/ Rutongo Campus for supporting the creation of the gemstone value chain in Rwanda.}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"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-47966","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\/47966","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\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47966\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47966"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=47966"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=47966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}