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{Call Rwanda is an institution which continues to grow with tremendous speed in using mobile phones, delivering good decentralize services, and expanding its geographical reach across the country. {}}

It has offered 30% discounts for people using BULK SMS.

Call Rwanda is offering 30 % discount for people using SMS in following services:

• Wedding meetings,
• Opening accounts for institutions and individuals set to receive SMS
• Placing announcements
• Advertizing sales and services among others

Call Rwanda encourages all interested individuals to join its agents to use such services since they are fast, credible and updated. These include individuals, service providers, government institutions and churches among others.

Open an account in Call Rwanda and start enjoying benefits of technology.

If you want these services you can contact Call Rwanda at its headquarters in Kigali city or call 0788302371 or send email : crispin@call-rwanda.com.

{Local debit card scheme SmartCash recently initiated a campaign aimed at promoting the usage of the card, highlighting convenience and ease. IGIHE caught up with JULES SENTORE, renowned local artist and Primus GumaGuma Super Star and also the Face of the campaign dubbed Ndayigendana to tell us more about it.}

{{QN: As the face of SmartCash kindly tell us more about it}}

{{Jules: }} SmartCash is Rwanda’s local debit card made in Rwanda aimed at facilitating customers to access their money and make payments anywhere they may be in the Country. It’s basically a tool for easy, safe and convenient transactions.

{{QN: Tell us more about what this card can do and what are the benefits of having it?}}

{{Jules:}} The SmartCash card packs in so much more; it can be used for a number of transactions majorly, payments on all Points of Sale (POS) terminals in Rwanda, transactions on all ATMs and online payments as well. It is in fact the only card in Rwanda that can be used on any POS and any ATM in Rwanda no matter where you are whether in a supermarket in Musanze or a fuel station in Cyangugu or dinning in some of the fancy restaurants in Kigali.

{{QN: That indeed sets the card apart. So we have also been seeing the billboards and TV/ Radio commercials on your social media about Ndayigendana.Tell us more about this big campaign.}}

{{Jules:}} Ndayigendana as you know means ‘I carry it with me’ so we are telling Rwandans to live a hassle and cash free life as they carry their SmartCash card with them.

Basically what we are saying is if you are going to take your wife, girlfriend or friends for dinner or go out with your boys, carry your SmartCash card, going to the supermarket or pharmacy or anywhere you may need to make a payment, carry your SmartCash card with you like you would your phone or anything that you can’t leave the house without.

{{QN: Where can any Rwandan that wishes to have a Smart Cash card get one?}}

{{Jules:}} Thank you for asking. Customers can get their SmartCash card at any of the SmartCash partner banks by simply requesting for it.These include: BPR and BRD which have now merged, Urwego Opportunity Bank, Crane Bank, I&M Bank and Zigama. All they have to do is request for it from their banks and enjoy the cashless life and convenience that comes with using SmartCash.

{{QN: Anything else you would like to share with our readers regarding the card?}}

{{Jules: }} Well… I will emphasize that SmartCash transactions on POS for payments are free and customers get to be charged only what they are paying for. SmartCash also is the only card in Rwanda that can be used on any ATM and POS. So I encourage all people to use a SmartCash card and enjoy the cashless life.

{{ {The race to end malnutrition requires clean water and sanitation

WaterAid Rwanda calls for action ahead of Rio Olympics
} }}

The race to end malnutrition requires clean water, good sanitation and good hygiene, WaterAid said today, calling for action as world leaders meet in Rio to open the Olympic Games. WaterAid’s new report, ‘Caught Short’, looks at stunting from malnutrition around the world and the links to low rates of access to clean water and good sanitation.

Currently 159 million children in the world are stunted as a result of malnutrition, their cognitive and physical growth damaged irreversibly by their inability to obtain and absorb the nutrients they need. Some 50% of malnutrition is linked to infections, worm infestations and diarrhoeal illnesses caused by dirty water, poor sanitation and a lack of hygiene including handwashing with soap.

In Rwanda 38% of children under five are suffering from stunted growth. Some 24% of the population does not have access to clean water and 38.4% are without access to sanitation.

WaterAid’s Country Manager in Rwanda, Maurice Kwizera, said: “The evidence is clear: children’s health and future potential are compromised when they have no choice but to grow up without clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene practices. Even if children survive their dangerous early years, repeated bouts of diarrhoea early in life are likely to leave them stunted, leaving Rwanda and Africa as a whole deprived of a new generation of great leaders, thinkers and athletes. World leaders have promised to end malnutrition and deliver water and sanitation to everyone, everywhere by 2030. They must keep their promises – one cannot be met without the other.”

Ahead of the Olympics, leaders and prominent current and former Olympians will meet in Rio on 4th August to bring attention to the importance of good nutrition.

WaterAid’s vision is of a world where everyone has access to safe water and sanitation. The international organisation works in 37 countries across Africa, Asia, Central America and the Pacific Region to transform lives by improving access to safe water, hygiene and sanitation in some of the world’s poorest communities. Since 1981, WaterAid has reached 23 million people with safe water and, since 2004, 21 million people with sanitation.

Around 315,000 children die each year from diarrhoeal diseases caused by dirty water and poor sanitation. That’s nearly 900 children each day, or one child every two minutes.

{{For more information or to arrange interviews please contact}}

Fiona Uwera Mugabe, Head of Policy Research and Advocacy on fionauweramugabe@wateraid.org

{As the 27th African Union summit to be held in Kigali, Rwanda from 10th to 18th July 2016 draws closer, various stakeholders including organizers and institutions are in high-gear preparations for quality service delivery.}

Call Rwanda, an institution that works with thousands of Rwandans has also committed to be part of providers of services to guests during the upcoming AU summit. A guest will dial to the information center of Call Rwanda by dialing 5000 to be informed and directed where any particular services in Rwanda can be accessed, a service to be offered at no cost.

Guests shall be given information on;

• Telephone numbers of all institutions operating in Rwanda

• Airway companies and hotels

• Banks and insurance companies

• Public and luggage transport companies

• Hospitals ,Pharmacies and Doctors

• Appreciating or lodging a complaint

• Entertainment services

• Districts’ services

• Job delivery services

Such services are available in Kinyarwanda, English and French and are reserved for everyone from 7:00 am to 22:00 pm. Call Rwanda expects to work 24 out of 24 hours in the near future.

Talking on the facilitation for AU summit guests, the Chief Executive Officer of Call Rwanda, Aimé Crispin Nsengiyumva said: “ We want to create an impression of Rwanda’s development among participants of the 27th AU summit along with speed and improving service delivery through dialing 5000. Whoever calls will share the good experience with others,” he said.

Call Rwanda is an institution launched by youth .It plans to improve service delivery in Rwanda and has developed partnership with Rwanda Development Board, Rwanda Utility Regulatory Authority, MTN, Airtel, Tigo, IFDC, and Startimes in telecommunication services and Customer care.

Call Rwanda s the leading company in offering BULK SMS services and has various branches in Rwanda with an aim of speeding up the development and utilization of mobile phone. Any person in need of more information can get in touch with Call Rwanda offices facing City of Kigali headquarters or call 0789533616.

{As a bid to promote cashless payments,leading local debit card scheme, SmartCash has embarked on a drive to push for more payments on Point of Sale (POS) terminals across the country.}

The development comes as a move to boost Rwanda’s economic and financial ecosystem strategy of growing e-payments and paving the road for a cashless economy.

During the drive, SmartCash will carry out extensive communication on card payments, its benefits to users and the economy in general.

Speaking about the campaign, Mr. Jean Claude Gaga, Ag. Chief Executive Officer of RSwitch, said, “Beyond boosting e-payments, the goal of this is to meet the needs of our partner bank customers who will benefit relevant accessible services through the use of their SmartCash card to pay for their goods and services on any Point of Sale terminal in the country. It is the ease and convenience of a cashless life.”

“The growth of cashless payments has been pinned on developing countries and as an electronic payments enabler, we are happy to support the country’s agenda towards a cashless Rwanda,” Gaga added.

SmartCash cards payments on POS are free of charge and merchants canbe found at supermarkets, fuel stations, restaurants, pharmacies among others.

{{How do Point of Sale (POS) payments work? }}

In a three step process, SmartCashcustomers can make payments through:
Step 1: Hand card to merchant to enter bill, Step 2: Customer enters PIN and presses button ‘OK’ Step 3: Return the POS to the merchant to finalize the process. Once the payment is finalized, the customer will get a receipt from the merchant confirming payment.

According to the central bank, a lot of progress was achieved in card based payments which remain one of the major avenues for promoting a cashless economy.

Additionally, POS increased from 1009 in 2014 to more than 1700 in 2015 with 83% of these being in Kigali alone.The number of POS remains low but its usage grew to 124% between 2013/14 and 2014/5.

As a result of the central bank’s drive for interoperability, 97% of SmartCash cards transacted on all POS countrywide in 2015. The number of debit cards also increased by 23% from 532,000 in 2014 to 654,000 by June 2015.

{Guaranty Trust Bank (Rwanda) Ltd, a subsidiary of Guaranty Trust Bank; with presence in West Africa, East Africa and the United Kingdom, is a bank committed to creating enduring partnerships for sustainable development whilst adding immense value to the diverse communities in which it operates.}

At Guaranty Trust Bank (Rwanda) Ltd, we passionately believe that Corporate Social Responsibility embodies an ardent commitment and social pact with all our esteemed stakeholders.

To support the government’s policy of promoting science and technology with particular focus on ICT, Guaranty Trust Bank (Rwanda) Ltd is donating computers to schools starting with Ecole Privee Marie Auxiliatrice on Tuesday, 22nd March 2016.

Ecole Privee Marie Auxiliatrice is a catholic primary school located in Nyarugenge District, with more than 900 Students. The school offers free education and hospitality to vulnerable children.

As an IT-savvy bank which has invested a lot in Technology & Innovation, Guaranty Trust Bank (Rwanda) Ltd believes in the importance of science and technology at every level including nursery, primary, secondary and tertiary education.

Guaranty Trust Bank (Rwanda) Ltd will continue embarking on Corporate Social Responsibility activities as it is one of the 8 Orange rules of the Bank.

{Transport is an essential service in commerce, social interaction and mobility across geographical expanses. }

East African Drivers-Vehicles Ltd (EADV Ltd) offers various transport services to groups of people in private institutions, public institutions or non-governmental organizations joining Rwandans during commemoration activities of 1994 genocide perpetrated against Tutsi. EADV reduces 15% of normal prices for hire of Jeep VIP cars and 15% for hire of Coaster VIP buses during commemoration events.

In an interview with IGIHE, Mutambuka Jean de Dieu, Operations Manager of EADV Ltd has demonstrated that EADV is an institution which usually hires out buses.

“Reducing the cost of hiring buses by 15% is meant to join the rest of Rwandans during commemoration events so that staff of public institutions, private institutions, non-governmental organizations, individuals or faith-based organisations can be facilitated to reach places of remembrance together, safely and cheaply,” he said.

“Commemoration touches everyone; as EADV it also our responsibility to ensure safety and mobility. That is why people will be helped to hire our cars with a discount of 15%. We will also provide a bottle of water and scarfs used as uniforms of people attending commemoration events,” added Mutambuka .

Mutambuka also expressed condolences to people who lost relatives during the 1994 genocide and Rwandans in general.

EADV Ltd is located opposite former ETO headquarters, Avenue de la Justice, at the storied building No12, KN Av.12.

For more details you can call 0788355551/ 0788870740 or email info@eastafricandv.com and www.eastafricandv.com.