{"id":53851,"date":"2025-04-13T11:28:55","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T11:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rwanda-inks-deal-with-chinese-automotive-giant-chery\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T16:50:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T16:50:22","slug":"rwanda-inks-deal-with-chinese-automotive-giant-chery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwanda-inks-deal-with-chinese-automotive-giant-chery\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda inks deal with Chinese automotive giant Chery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The agreement was sealed at the conclusion of a two-day visit by Chery\u2019s Chairperson, Xu Hui, and his delegation on Saturday, April 12. They were received by RDB CEO Jean-Guy Afrika, who signed the MoU on behalf of Rwanda.<\/p>\n<p>The partnership aims to accelerate Rwanda\u2019s transition to a green economy and boost strategic sectors aligned with the country\u2019s development agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Chery Automobile Co. Ltd, founded in 1997 and headquartered in Wuhu, Anhui, China, is one of China\u2019s leading automakers, known for its focus on independent innovation and global expansion.<\/p>\n<p>Chery has been China\u2019s number one passenger vehicle exporter for 22 consecutive years, maintaining the top spot in 2024. In 2023, it ranked first in export volume among Chinese automakers, surpassing SAIC Motor.<\/p>\n<p>With a revenue of $39.09 billion, the group ranked 385th on the 2024 Fortune Global 500 list, which ranks the top 500 corporations worldwide by revenue.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-85543 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/gov7eazxoaatc0-.jpg\" alt=\"RDB Chief Executive Officer, Jean-Guy Afrika, and Chery Holding Group Chairperson, Xu Hui sign the agreement in Kigali on Saturday, April 12, 2025.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-85544 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/gov7didx0aappb6.jpg\" alt=\"Chery Holding Group Chairperson, Xu Hui, during the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-85545 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/gov7injwaaa10k9.jpg\" alt=\"RDB Chief Executive Officer, Jean-Guy Afrika, during the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-85542 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/gov7ilpw0aa89u9.jpg\" alt=\"The agreement was sealed at the conclusion of a two-day visit by Chery\u2019s Chairperson, Xu Hui, and his delegation on Saturday, April 12.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rwanda Development Board (RDB) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Chinese automotive and technology powerhouse Chery Automobile Co. Ltd, marking a major step toward collaboration in key development sectors including electric mobility, green energy, agriculture, and mining.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000085547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[72,75],"byline":[192],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-53851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-featured-news-home","tag-homenews","byline-wycliffe-nyamasege"],"bylines":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","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":131}],"contributors":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","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":131}],"featured_image":{"id":2000085547,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gov7eazxoaatc0-.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gov7eazxoaatc0-.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gov7eazxoaatc0-.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gov7eazxoaatc0-.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gov7eazxoaatc0-.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gov7eazxoaatc0-.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53851","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\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000085547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53851"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=53851"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=53851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}