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Africa: Firm to Manufacture ATM Cards in Rwanda

By News & Commentary | Published: January 31, 2010
TradeInvest Africa (Cape Town) January 26, 2010 SIMTEL has hinted it is in the final stages of a project to produce Visa chip cards in Rwanda. East African Business Week quoted SIMTEL chief executive officer, Sigrid Bruch, saying the company is currently “in talks with banks”. According to the newspaper, SIMTEL is a consortium owned by both the private [...]
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Rwanda: Commonwealth to Support Vision 2020

By News & Commentary | Published: January 24, 2010
Gashegu Muramira – allafrica.com January 21, 2010 Kigali — The Commonwealth Secretary-General, Kamalesh Sharma yesterday arrived in the country, and from the onset, said that the organization would like to partner with Rwanda in achieving its Vision 2020. “I see a very large area in the Vision 2020 where we can work together in the years to come,” [...]
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Rwanda: Kagame Urges Youth to Excel

By News & Commentary | Published: January 19, 2010
Irene V. Nambi – allafrica.com January 17, 2010 Kigali — President Paul Kagame, Friday, challenged the youth to be major achievers, saying that there is a lot they can offer that other people in the country or continent are looking up to in order to attain their own aspirations. Kagame made these remarks at the award-giving ceremony dubbed [...]
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Rwanda: Kagame Receives Harvard Team

By News & Commentary | Published: January 16, 2010
Gashegu Muramira – allafrica.com January 15, 2010 Kigali — President Paul Kagame yesterday held talks with a visiting delegation from the Harvard Business School (HBS) which was in the country to carry out consulting work with various organizations. During their ten-day visit, the 41 member team partnered with several organizations, including the School of Finance and Banking (SFB). Speaking [...]
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Rev. Dr Laurent Mbanda elected as the Bishop of the Shyira Diocese

By Dale Dawson | Published: January 9, 2010
We are pleased to announce that the Anglican House of Bishops in Rwanda have unanimously elected Rev. Dr Laurent Mbanda to succeed Bishop John as theBishop of the Shyira Diocese in Musanze Rwanda. Mbanda (he’s called by his last name) will be consecrated as an Anglican bishop on March 28, 2010, and will assume responsibility [...]
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Bill Clinton Picks President Kagame as a Top World Leader to Watch

By News & Commentary | Published: January 8, 2010
December 2009 Foreign Policy interviews Bill Clinton In a recent interview with Bill Clinton, President Paul Kagame is mention in this excerpt as one of the top leaders to watch according to President Clinton…to read full article visit http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/11/19/bill_clintons_world?page=full Foreign Policy: Top three leaders that people should pay attention to, other than Obama. Bill Clinton: The prime minister of [...]
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Rwanda: Kagame Among 50 Faces That Shaped the Decade

By News & Commentary | Published: January 8, 2010
Gashegu Muramira 5 January 2010 http://allafrica.com/stories/201001050007.html Kigali — President Paul Kagame has been listed among the world’s 50 most influential people who shaped the last decade, alongside some of the renowned global heavy weights in the areas of politics, business, economics and culture. The survey carried out by The Financial Times (FT) attracted a debate with contributors saluting [...]
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