{"id":55978,"date":"2025-10-16T13:42:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T13:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/bpr-gears-up-to-host-third-edition-of-kcb-east-africa-golf-tour\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T13:49:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T13:49:23","slug":"bpr-gears-up-to-host-third-edition-of-kcb-east-africa-golf-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/bpr-gears-up-to-host-third-edition-of-kcb-east-africa-golf-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"BPR Bank gears up to host third edition of KCB East Africa Golf Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The competition scheduled for Saturday, October 18, 2025, will take place at Kigali Golf Resorts &#038; Villas. This year\u2019s edition has attracted around 200 registered golfers, including 120 Rwandans.<\/p>\n<p>BPR Bank\u2019s Chief Operating Officer, Godfrey Kariuki Kamau, said the bank remains committed to contributing to community development through sports, particularly golf.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur continued involvement demonstrates the positive impact it has on Rwandans, especially among sports enthusiasts,\u201d he said.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBest performers will earn the opportunity to compete against players from other East African countries, which also helps strengthen regional ties,\u201d added Kamau. <\/p>\n<p>The Head of Golf at Kigali Golf Resorts &#038; Villas, Rama Donneur, praised BPR Bank\u2019s role in popularizing the sport in Rwanda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe appreciate BPR for bringing this tournament to Rwanda. It is one of the events that has helped promote golf locally and marks an important step in attracting international-level competitions,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese tournaments also give Rwandan golfers visibility across Africa. We are proud that our own player, Celestin Nsanzuwera, ranks among the continent\u2019s best,\u201d added Rama. <\/p>\n<p>The BPR-KCB East Africa Golf Tour will feature several categories, including men, women, seniors, and a special category for tournament organizers.<\/p>\n<p>Winners from the Kigali leg will advance to the grand finale in Nairobi, Kenya, in December 2025, where they will compete against top players from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Burundi.<\/p>\n<p>The winning team at the regional final will receive a cash prize of one million Kenyan shillings, equivalent to approximately 11.2 million Rwandan francs.<\/p>\n<p>Rwanda\u2019s previous representatives in the regional finals included Nganga Barnabas Kariuki, Olwit Anthony Robert, Murekatete Alphonsine, and Mukisa Benjamin, who all performed impressively and helped raise the country\u2019s golfing profile in the region.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-96275\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/fe-6.jpg\" alt=\"BPR Bank attaches great relevance to supporting golfers&#039; growth.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-96276\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/1-322.jpg\" alt=\"BPR Bank\u2019s Chief Operating Officer, Godfrey Kariuki Kamau, said the bank remains committed to contributing to community development through sports, particularly golf.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-96277\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/play.jpg\" alt=\"The competition will bring together golfers from different East African countries. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-96278\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/head.jpg\" alt=\"The Head of Golf at Kigali Golf Resorts &amp; Villas, Rama Donneur, praised BPR Bank\u2019s role in popularizing the sport in Rwanda.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-96279\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ra-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-96280\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/vil.jpg\" alt=\"The competition scheduled for Saturday, October 18, 2025, will take place at Kigali Golf Resorts &amp; Villas. \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BPR Bank is gearing up to host the third edition of the BPR-KCB East Africa Golf Tour, a regional tournament that unites golfers from across East Africa and promotes the growth of the sport in Rwanda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000096274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-55978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","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":{"id":2000096274,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/nb.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/nb.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/nb.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/nb.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/nb.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/nb.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55978","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=55978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000096274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55978"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=55978"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=55978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}