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INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN RWANDA IS THE KEY TO SUCCEED IN THE WORLD’S NEXT BIG GROWTH MARKET

Société Pétrolière Ltd

SOCIETE PETROLIERE Ltd

SOCIETE PETROLIERE Ltd (SP Ltd) is a limited liability private company incorporated in the Republic of Rwanda for the importation and distribution of petroleum products within the Great Lakes Region.

SP Ltd was originally established in 1985 as BP Fina Rwanda Sarl. Following a series of mergers and acquisitions it became known, as it is today, SP Ltd. Since 1985, SP Ltd has grown to be a market leader in the petroleum industry with the largest distribution channel of fuel products, LPG and lubricants in Rwanda. The company boosts 52 petrol stations, 6 LPG filling facilities and a state of the art fuel depot with a storage capacity of 22 million litres. SP Ltd has business subsidiaries with SP Tanzania, SP Kenya and RMC.

SP Offers three product lines: Fuels, LPG and Lubricants.

Fuels

SP Ltd is the most reliable fuel supplier in Rwanda. We offer on-site refuelling through our 52 stations nationwide, bulk deliveries to our commercial or industrial customers and exportation throughout the region. You can trust that our high-quality products will arrive safely and on schedule. We deliver the following fuel products: Petrol, Diesel, Kerosene, A1 JET , Bitman, HFO, LFO.

LPG

As environmentally conscious company, we are committed to making a positive impact to our planet by providing carbon offsetting solutions to our customers. We support and encourage our customer to reduce their carbon footprint by suppling Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) in individual Cylinders or Bulk LPG deliveries through our nationwide network of Filling plants. Our LPG cylinders come in various sizes from 6 kg to 20 KG. We additionally sell LPG accessories. We also offer bulk deliveries and LPG tank installations for our commercial customers. SP Ltd is dedicated to empowering our communities through innovative gas solutions that shape sustainable futures.

Lubricants

SP ltd currently has five refilling LPG skids and one depot. Refilling skids

1. Musanze I

2. Remera II

3. Muhanga

4. Rusizi

5. Rubavu Depot

1. Rwamagana

SP Ltd has a state of the art fuel depot with a storage capacity of 60 million litres. The three products stored at the depot are Jet A fuel, AGO and PMS. The depot is currently able stock 3 million litres of JET A fuel (by September 2021 it will be able to store 9 million litres) , 35 million litres of AGO and 20 million litres of PMS.

Hippo Roofing was launched in 2015 as the brand name of products produced by S&H Industries Ltd, the company is the first of its kind in Rwanda to manufacture premium stone coated roofing tiles. It’s currently renowned as the only manufacturer of Made in Rwanda steel roofing tile products.

S&H Industries Ltd with HIPPO as Brand, We are the first manufacturer of Premium stone coated steel roofing tiles in Rwanda and One of the few manufacturers in SubSahara Africa.

MISSION VISSION

To build sustainable and profitable organisations that contribute to the growth and development of Rwanda and the region.

To build a strong future for Rwanda through investments that deliver value, social impact and prosperity.

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G20: President PAUL Kagame Rallies

World To Commit To $100bn ‘Green Fund’

For Developing Countries

President Paul Kagame has called on wealthy countries at the G20 Summit in Rome, Italy, to commit to a $100 billion proposed fund that would help developing countries to develop in a green way and cope with the impact of climate change and COVID-19.

The Head of State made the call during a working session of the G20 RomeSummit on Climate Change and Environment just at the same time the COP26 Climate Change Summit was ongoing in Glasgow, Scotland.

President Kagame said that with the outcome of COP-26 still in the balance, the conversation was timely, particularly regarding financing of development in least countries, which he described as ‘the elephant in the room’. “The commitment to mobilize $100 billion a year for green transition in developing countries has not fully materialized, and there is no tangible action in this direction. This year’s G20 is an opportunity to recall that pledge. We need a delivery plan,” President Kagame told world leaders.

“The world’s largest economies contribute almost 80% of worldwide emissions. Africa is not the main cause of climate change, but we can and must be part of the solution, and we intend to do just that,” he added.

President Kagame said that in July 2021, a new five-year African Union Green Recovery Action Plan was launched, with renewable energy, biodiversity, and climate finance as its pillars.

“There is a need to revise the Nationally Determined Contributions to match this level of ambition. In Rwanda, we have put a National Cooling Strategy in place to phase out the hydrofluorocarbons that contribute so much to global warming,”

“This action is in line with the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol. Fully implementing this agreement is one of the most consequential actions that we can take to slow the pace of climate change. I hope that the urgency of the climate emergency will guide the discussions at COP-26, starting tomorrow,” President Kagame said.

Speaking at a press conference in Rome, Italian Prime Minister, Mario Draghi, said that G20 countries have agreed to “continue the commitment to fight climate change for the benefit of current and future generations”.

PM Draghi noted that the world’s largest economies agreed at the summit in Rome being held before they go to COP26 to “keep the 1.5C target within reach with a series of immediate actions and medium-term commitments”.

They include an international public commitment to eliminate finance for new unabated coal by 2021 while all G20 countries committed to net zero emissions by mid-century. He also added that G20 countries were moving “much closer” to the goal of reaching the $100bn in climate finance to support vulnerable countries.

BRD Head Office

KN 3 (former Boulevard de la Revolution) P.O Box 1341, Kigali – Rwanda

Phone: (+250) 788388168

Toll Free: 3288

Email: brd@brd.rw; secretariat@brd.rw

Website: www.brd.rw

WE SOLVE PROBLEMS

ON BOTH RURAL AND URBAN MARKETS

VISION GARMENT LTD

There is insufficient supply of clothes on rural market after the ban of importation of second hand clothes by the Government of Rwanda 2015. Mukantabana Aline, Managing Director said.

UNIFORMS 35% Distribution

• School uniforms 10%

• Uniforms for Army, Police, DASSO, RCS

• Uniforms, ISCO Security, Top Sec, etc 15%

• Hopsital garments (Uniforms, beddings and others 5%

• Hotels 5%

T-SHIRTS 15% Distribution

• Ordinary class T-shirts 5%

• Medium class T-shirts 8%

• High class T-shirts 2%

Vision

To be a leading manufacturer of textile product in Rwanda that supplies quality, affordable and customer-oriented products to the local, regional and international market.

“ We provide the appropriate solution to the challenges through provision of timely, quality and affordable clothes.

• Quality clothes will be produced and on time.

• Sales agents will be deployed in all districts of Rwanda.

• Six production lines are introduced to meet our customder demands

• customer affordable prices.

MEN WEAR 10% Distribution

• Shirts 5%

• Pair of Trousers 3%

• Underwear 2%

LADY WEAR 40% Distribution

• Kitenge fabrics 15%

• Other Women wear 25%

Mission

To manufacture world class affordable customer-oriented textile products of outstanding quality using the latest technology and innovation.

REACH OUT FOR US

Address: Kigali-Rwanda, Masoro Prime Economic Zone.

Telephone: + 250 78831 05 11 + 250 78830 98 96 Email: visiongarmentrwanga@gmail.com

SOCIETE PETROLIERE AVIATION Ltd (SP AVIATION Ltd)

is a limited liability private company incorporated in the Republic of Rwanda for the importation and distribution of Jet A1 and Avgas. SP Aviation jointly with Total started operations at Kigali International Airport (KIA) fuel depot in April 1998. In 2003, SP Aviation formed a joint venture with Caltex. The Company later partnered with Bakri International and jointly operated the depot for 3 years.

In September 2010,SP Aviation Ltd was fully licensed to solely supply and operate the Aviation depot. Hitherto,SP Aviation Ltd has over 20 years’experience in Aviation storage and into plane services.

SP AVIATION Ltd operates to the latest Joint Inspection Group (JIG) Aviation refueling Standards throughout the supply chain with stringent measures and adherence to quality control and safety requirements. Its operations are run and managed by a team of staff with vast experience in petroleum industry, some of whom have great experience with major multi-national oil corporations.

The company operates the KIA Jet A1 storage facility of four vertical above ground pencil type tanks of 500m3 each with total capacity of 2,000m3. The depot also comprises of one horizontal underground product recovery tank

for a capacity of 25m3. The facility has offloading and loading gantries containing pumping, metering and filtration system meeting EI/API 1581 5th Edition standards. Of the 2,000m3 storage available at KIA, 1,000m3 is used for Government strategic stocks while the other 1,000m3 is for commercial and operative stocks.

Through its sister company

SP Ltd,SP Aviation Ltd has additional storage facility of 4,000m3 at Rusororo depots, of which 3,000m3 is for Government strategic stocks and this brings the total commercial and operative storage capacity for Jet A1 to 2,000m3.

The Product is received by trucks mainly from Tanzania (1,300Km) and from Western Kenya (900Km) and

offloaded into tanks through stringent quality control procedures. The product is delivered to aircrafts with modern refueling trucks. The main activity therefore includes Jet A1 quality management, product reception and storage, loading of refueling trucks and into plane services.

The throughput for the facility is 60 million liters a year and is projected to grow by 10% within the next one year. The serviced clientele includes but is not limited to Rwandair, SN Brussels, Kenya Airways, Ethiopian Airlines, Turkish Airlines, Qatar Airways and a host of cargo flights and chartered aircrafts.

CONTACTS:

KN4 Av,63 St Cogebank Building 5th Floor Pox Box: 144 Kigali Rwanda Emails: info@sp.co.rw and akoura@spaviation.co.rw

Tel: +250 788 303 781 / +250 788 306 232 / +250 0252582975 www.sp.co.rw

Master Steel is a reliable and efficient provider of steel construction products in Africa

WHERE WE STARTED

The story of recovery and growth of Rwanda can not be told without the place of construction, being the main element in infrastructure development. The Rwanda story is also one of boldsteps taken by Rwandese nationals to steer their country to peace and prosperity.

With the zeal and determination to be part of the great dream for Rwanda, Master Steel was founded in 2005 and moved in to fill thegap required for steel construction materials. Rising from a smalloperation playing a part in the growth of infrastructure, Master Steel has risen to be the reliable and efficient provider of steel construction products while upholding the Rwandan dream and extending this dream beyond its borders to the African continent.This has been achieved through use of exceptional high quality raw materials, from selected and ISO 9001:2015 certified world class mills, well trained man power, world class science and technology and continuous innovation.

Resilience, zeal and beneficial co-existence have been the foundation on which Master Steel has built to be an integral part of the steel construction products industry. These attributes have seen the company easily emerge as one of the top producers of steel construction material in the Great Lakes region and the market leader in Rwanda.

Why Us

Looking for a quality steel distributor and manufacturer? A business that can supply high quality steel construction materials? Then you’ve found the right partner in Master Steel.

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THE FUTURE IS RUBiS: REVOLUTIONIZING THE OIL INDUSTRY IN RWANDA.

Kobil Rwanda’s Rebrand Journey To RUBiS.

In March 2021, we announced that RUBIS ENERGIE had acquired Kobil Petroleum Rwanda. Rubis Energy is a French firm with specialized operations in the storage, distribution and sale of petroleum, liquefied petroleum gas, food and chemical product. Since 2000, Rubis has expanded its presence across Africa, Europe and the Caribbean through direct investments & acquisitions and with the group looking to be “To Be a Leading Player in African Petroleum Marketing”.

In line with our group vision to be a leading player on the African Market, this acquisition brings a lot of ambitious plans for us at Rubis Energy Rwanda to continue championing new frontiers in oil marketing in Rwanda. This rebrand will continue to bring about change in our company’s strategy, introduction of new products and services, better customer service, differentiation from our competition, and continue to invest in the modernization of our existing retail outlets into state-of-the-art service stations.

Mrs. Faith Irungu – Country

RUBiS will officially launch its brand in Rwanda in January 2022 and with our continued efforts to rebrand all our stations around the country, we are aiming to have rebranded all our network of stations by end of 2022.

Putting High Quality Products, Services & Customer Experience

We currently have a network of over 40 service stations strategically and widely located across the country, thus we play a key role in delivering quality fuel and gas products and services across Rwanda. Quality products, services and customer services an integral part of the Rubis experi-

To ensure our customers have a top notch Rubis experience all over the country, we will also be launching our store brand, Rubis Express on key rebranded stations and will provide convenience shopping to our customers on the go, saving them time and money. In addition, our customers will also continue to enjoy total control of their fuel-related expenses using the Rubis Card which is a card is based on smart card technology, providing a convenient bill payment service for all RUBiS products and services.

Additionally, with the current challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, we are looking to make the Rubis experience more reliable for our customers through the development of the Rubis Mobile App which will

allow customers to make payments easily from the convenience of your phone, be able to locate our stations, manage their card, order K-gas for home delivery, pay for products at the station and so much more!

Fueling The Rwandan Economy.

Rwanda is currently experiencing an economic boom thanks to the sound economy and the leadership of the

of Electric Vehicle (EV) charging station on one of our stations in Kigali by end of 2021.

Making Your Life’s Journey Better.

RUBiS Energy Rwanda is committed to making our customer’s life journeys better through our high-quality products, extraordinaire customer service, world class services like RUBiS Card to allow for convenient bill payment & RUBiS Express to provide on the go convenience shopping to our customers

With this rebrand journey, we are committed to take care of our customers, partners and the environment. I look forward to extraordinaire Rubis experiences, high quality products and services that our clients will continue to enjoy.

Faith Irungu

Country

Director,

Rubis Energy Rwanda

curent government. We are therefore positioning ourselves to take advantage of the favorable business environment and continue to pave new frontiers in the oil industry in Rwanda. As part of our commitments to fuel the Rwandan Economy and become a company at the forefront of driving change, we will be setting up the first installation

Vivo takes over Engen to build sustainability and market satisfaction

1996

TOTAL opens operations in Rwanda and owns close to 25% of the market share over the next decade.

2008 2019/2020

Engen Petroleum acquires TOTAL and ambitiously expand physical presence and service quality improvement, becoming the most respected petroleum business brand in Rwanda.

Vivo Energy adds Engen Rwanda to its rapidly expanding network of operations and markets in countries across North, West, East and Southern Africa. The Group has a network of over 2,100 service stations in 23 countries operating under the Shell and Engen brands and exports lubricants to a number of other African countries. Its retail offering includes fuels, lubricants, card services, shops, restaurants and other nonfuel services.

Vivo Energy is the culmination of the journey that started with Total and later Engen to build a leading petroleum services and products business in Rwanda since 2008.

The Engen brand has evolved and served Rwanda for 20 years and counting

2021 And beyond 2019/2020

Vivo Energy Rwanda that markets and distributes Engen-branded fuels and lubricants in Rwanda, has acquired Energy Solution (ENES) and GEMECA petroleum assets in a move that will increase in the market share of 3% service station sites across the country.

Introducing Rwanda’s first Fast-charging electric service point at our ENGEN Service stations! With this new service we hope to help cub the anxiety and inconveniences Rwandan electric car user’s face as well as help decrease our carbon emission and offer convenience.

Rwanda’s leading electric vehicle dealership, we hope to increase more service stations where we shall be installing more electric charging points.

Vivo Energy Rwanda is ISO 9001:2015 Certified on June 16, 2021 by Bureau Veritas, a world leader in testing, inspection and certification service.

Vivo’s vision is to become the most respected energy business in Africa, reinforcing business sustainability, customer satisfaction and market growth and contributing to improved lives as envisaged in Rwanda’s Vision2050 to become a high-income country.

Vivo Energy Rwanda Engen Licensee is the Group’s most recent market, joining other new markets including Gabon, Malawi, Mozambique, Reunion, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

The Founders

Lionel Messi wins record seventh men’s Ballon d’Or

PSG forward Lionel Messi was presented with the award on Monday night in Paris after another record-breaking 12 months; Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski - favourite for the prize in 2020 before cancellation due to Covid - came second in the vote with Chelsea’s Jorginho in third

Lionel Messi has won the men’s Ballon d’Or for a record seventh time.

Messi, who left Barcelona as a free agent to sign for Paris Saint-Germain in the summer, was presented with the award for best men’s footballer in the world on Monday night in Paris after another record-breaking 12 months for club and country. He saw off competition from Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski and Chelsea midfielder Jorginho.

“I’m really proud to win the France Football Ballon d’Or once again,” said Messi. “It’s incredible to win it for the seventh time. I would like to thank my family, my friends and all the people who follow me and always support me, because without them I couldn’t have done it”.

Messi, who wore a sparkly dinner jacket at the ceremony in Paris, collected the honour for a record sixth time in 2019 - one ahead of great rival Cristiano Ronaldo - before the awards were cancelled in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Robert Lewandowski has lifted the Bundesliga and Club World Cup in 2021

Poland international Lewandowski, 33, who was widely expected to win last year, finished second after scoring 38 goals in 30 league games for Bayern in 2021.

Jorginho was key to Chelsea’s Champions League win as well as Italy’s Euro 2020 triumph

Meanwhile, Jorginho finished third after a standout year in which he helped Italy to glory at the delayed Euro 2020 after lifting the Champions League trophy with Chelsea in May.

Chelsea also won the club of the year award for having most players nominated across all of the categories.

LuNa Smelter Ltd.

A leading tin metal producer located in East Africa, Kigali, the capital city of Rwanda.

The Company mission is to act as an industry change agent and a diversity trend-setter through ESG-driven investments with a strong focus on traceability, gender equality and unserved communities’ development. Own cassiterite exploration assets, with a fully certified laboratory as well as a modern smelting facility make LuNa a scalable project with a vertically integrated organization.

LuNa Smelter is the only tin smelter in Africa conformant with the Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (RMAP) under OECD guidance, the flagship programme of the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI). LuNa Smelter is also a proud member of the European Partnership for Responsible Minerals and the European Raw Material Alliance. Together with Minespider AG and its international partners, the Company runs a pilot project - implementation of blockchain technology for minerals tracking.

LuNa Smelter investment cornerstones:

• Full vertical integration with upside potential

• Booming tin market

• Responsible production and smart CSR

LuNa Smelter Ltd. products portfolio:

tin metal ingots, coltan concentrate & high tantalum post-production dross. LuNa Smelter is producing high-grade tin metal ingots, of the average quality 99.95% Sn, exceeding LME standard for tin. Current monthly production capacity is 190t of high-quality tin metal ingots.

The Company has also established a fully capable, ISO-certified laboratory unit designed to analyze ores, concentrate and exploration samples in particular for Tin, Tantalum, Tungsten (3Ts) and Lithium.

FIND US Karuruma, Jabana, Gasabo Po. Box. 1011 – Kigali, RWANDA

ENTERPRISE URWIBUTSO

founded in1983 by Gerard Sina has grown from a small shop to multiple business initiatives oriented towards agroprocessing industry.Sina’s model has been unique which has taken his various businesses to greater heights,

SINA GERARD Owner and Managing Director

Gerard Sina is commonly wellknown as Rwanda’s foremost agribusiness entrepreneur. His interests are diverse spanning restaurants, bakeries, a juice and wine factory, a school and extensive land holdings. Practically starting with nothing,Sina’s rise to the top is a basically because his business is orientedtowards agro-processing.

The company he started, EnterpriseUrwibutso is located about 45kms north of Kigali City at Nyirangarama in Rulindo District, Northern Province. For those travelling, a stop at Nyirangarama is a must because of delicious and freshly goodies.

Sina’s moving story is the best example that Made in Rwanda has many opportunities particularly Rwanda’s agri-business sector.

“My enterprise is agri-business based; we use technology to add value to our products, for instance, we use innovation and technology make juice out of pineapples, carrots and bananas,” he explains.

“I started small bak 1983. My parents were farm ers and I baked products

from the farm,” Sina recalls. Once Sina’s company was placed on a sound footing, he diversified his portfolio by adding value to his products like; bread, ice cream, tomato ketchup, honey,

biscuits, Akandi mineral water, natural jam pastry and flours from soya, maize to mention but a few “The company production philosophy is premised on delivering the best products that can match the standards in some of the most sophisticated markets; the reason is because they are exported to other countries around East Africa and Europe,” he underlined.

Enterprise Urwibutso started producing doughnuts from flour as the first product and others followed.

“Agashya” is per-

haps the best known amongst the family of drinks by the entrepreneur and among the first locally produced quality fruit juice drink while the “Akabanga” hot sauce is a very popular item sold into foreign markets.

The latest product brought on market by Enterprise Urwibutso is

mayonnaise which is called “AKA Mayonnaise”

“My products become popular and that enabled my businesses to grow”, he says, one of the reasons is because of good leadership and deep reforms from the government which has provided opportunities to boost Made in Rwanda products and eased exportation.

The Rwanda Agriculture Board (RAB), agricultural experts and consultants have credited his products like bread, juices and ice cream as well as crisps as biofortified food crops with highly nutritious values for feeding children in order to fight chronic malnutrition especially stunting. Sina has business acumen and is visionary, one way of ascertaining such a claim is his firm belief in what education can do to the sustainability of his rapidly growing business.

Nyirangarama Headquaters: Kigali-Ruhengeri road

Email:info@sinarwanda.com

Phone:+250 788 305 122

+250 788 388 888 www.sinarwanda.rw

Location Of Industry:

Prime Economic Zone

Kigali City

Gasabo District

Ndera Sector

Masoro Cell Plot 17

PHARMALAB Ltd

TIN 100608380 KN 59, STREET 24, NYARUGENGE

P. O.BOX 2564 KIGALI +250788301997 / +250788477537 Email:pharmalabkgli@gmail.com www.pharmalab.rw

PHARMALAB LTD

The leading company in Rwanda in the in vitro diagnostics.

We are specialists in the manufacture of a range of products including Surgical face masks, all types of blood collection tubes, stool containers and urine containers for the first time and then a large game of medical consumables

PharmaLab Ltd is an exclusive distributor in Rwanda of a Germany company Human Diagnostics GMBH and a Manufacturer Company of medical and laboratory consumables. PharmaLab Ltd is today the leading company in Rwanda in the in vitro diagnostics with a broad range of products from the smallest to the biggest products including Laboratory Analyzers systems and the full range of reagents for Chemistry, ELISA, Hematology, Homeostasis and rapid testing diagnostics.

1. Vacuum Blood Collection Tubes

2. Containers: produce 100 ml plastic urine, 60 ml and 30 ml plastic stool containers.

3. Surgical Face Masks: We produce different types of SURGICAL FACE MASKS: TYPE II and TYPE IIR

H.E President of Republic

President of

Mission

Our mission is to provide a range of medical consumables and laboratory products that meets market demands with high quality at comprehensive price and an absolute orientation towards service.

Vision

Our vision is to become top-most Manufacturer Company of Medical devices in East Africa and the most valued company to customers, employees, business partner and the communities where we work and live.

H.E

Republic of Benin, Patrice Talon visited PharmaLab Ltd.

H.E

Republic of Zambia, Edgar Lungu visited PharmaLab Ltd.

of Rwanda, Paul Kagame visited PharmaLab Ltd.

Welcome to MOUNT MERU GROUP

The Mount Meru Group, established in 1978, is a business conglomerate in Africa,headquartered in Dubai, with operationsin Downstream Petroleum Business, LPG,Manufacturing of Edible Oils, Lubricants,Infrastructure (Real Estate) and Logistics.

Mount Meru Group umbrellas 8 main companies:

• Mount Meru Millers Ltd,

• Mount Meru Petroleum Ltd.

• Mount Meru Logistics Ltd,

• Meru Gas (LPG),

• Acer Infrastructure,

• Acer Petroleum,

• Acer Logistics

• Mount Meru Retail Ltd.

GROUP PRESENCE

PURPOSE

• Rwanda

• Tanzania

• Kenya

• Zambia

• Malawi

• DR Congo

• Uganda,

• Botswana,

• Namibia,

• Zimbabwe

• Mozambique

• Ivory Coast

• UAE

• India

• To bring the synergy among partners.

• More Idea is available for the business.

• Staff and Cutomer get benefits from both Partner.

WHY MERU FUEL CARD ?

• Cash less transtion

• Improve Security

• Real time alert

• Detailed report

• Time Saving

• Simple to use

• Mitigate Fraud

CHAMPION INVESTMENT CORPORATION (CHIC)

Champion Investment Corporation (CHIC), a private joint venture entity for Kigali City has come up with the best solutions for business growth.

CHIC was initiated by a group of Kigali traders aiming at transforming the Kigali’s skyline to complement the efforts of the city in order to develop its central Business District by enhancing infrastructures.

CHIC works as part of Private Sector Federation program aims at encouraging Rwandan business people to form Investment groups to invest in big business enterprise.

The group has invested some billions in a mega commercial complex with

55,000 sqm spaces occupied by mostly traders relocated from old downtown shops and other startups. Under its ambition, CHIC plans to invest in more projects to address the slums situation in the city through the creation of new planned residential and commercial centers.

The complex provides more opportunities for the beneficiaries (traders) due to its location that helps clients to access any service from easily.

The complex is located in city center of Kigali, nearby city public Bus Park at downtown Kigali , with 3 tarmac roads around, big car parking of about 500 cars that reflects people’s movement necessary for business purposes among others. CHIC partners with more than 50 shareholders and is also financially strong to solve any financial calamity.

Not only does CHIC build on national regulations but it also operates in a transparent way to meet different national authorities. Professionalism, transparency, Integrity, Affordable and good quality service are the core values of Campion Investment Corporation (CHIC). CHIC vises at becoming leading investment corporation countrywide and integrating to outsiders of the country. CHIC encourages private companies from single investment to Joint Venture Investment Corporation.

At the best rent, CHIC has affordable and enough spaces for various businesses including Offices, Shops for different commodities, Banks, Restaurents, Supermarkets and forex bureau.

NIRDA’s quest to boosts garment industry performance, other locally made products

When she first heard about the National Industrial Research and Development Agency (NIRDA)’s Open Calls Program to help garment industries acquire upgraded equipment through a competition, Joy Kasangire never hesitated to join.

She owns Promota Creations garment factory based in Kigali, specializing in

production of casual t-shirt and shirts. For years, Kasangire’s wish was to own more machines but due to limited capacity she only produced on orders.

Faced with such constraints, the launch of NIRDA’s Open Calls program two years ago came in handy for Kasangire.

The program’s objective is to support selected small and medium industries in a given value chain to acquire modern equipment to improve competitiveness and productivity. Such support is also meant to build the capacity of local producers to satisfy local market, increase exports while creating more decent and productive jobs.

NIRDA’s Open Calls program pack-

age also includes technical support, business management training and business advisory services to beneficiaries among others.

The inaugural Open Calls initiative targeted garment and banana wine processing value chains, where six industries in each benefitted.

Other beneficiary companies in garment include African Sewing Club, Weya Creations, New Kigali designers and Outfitters Ltd, Gahaya Links Ltd and Ambara Uberwe Nawe cooperative located in Rusizi district.

Some companies received heavy and automated specialized machines used to perform specific tasks such as embroidery, collar and pockets unfolding, fusing machines, cutting machines

and others generally used in sewing. The equipment were provided in partnership with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Rwanda and The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA).

Kasangire, like other beneficiaries describe the support as a boost to the garment industry.

Responding to COVID-19

In responding to the current health needs, the garment industry in the country embarked on mass production of face masks.

“During the COVID-19, we turned focus on facemask to help prevent the spread of the virus. With newly acquired machines we increased our production capacity to 6,000 facemasks per day,” Kasangire says.

Other factories such as Kigali Sewing Clubs produce over 10,000 facemasks while Weya Creations produces between 4,000 and 5,000.

Post COVID-19 production

Kasangire received two heavy automated machines that fold collars of shirts and perform other finishing tasks.

She also received over 50 modern sewing machines believed to be faster and more efficient.

“After the COVID-19 our plan is to launch mass production of shirts and t-shirts,a shift from producing on orders,” she notes.

Her factory produces 500 shirts and 1000 t-shirts daily.

She plans to work with distributors across the country to expand the reach of her products.

“We are thankful to NIRDA and its partners for the support as it increased our capacity. Our goal of further expansion is within reach which would increase workers from 30 to 100.”

Aurore Kayitesi, the owner of Weya Creations said is now able to produce between 4000 and 5000 facemasks. The target is to produce 1000 undergarments, 100 jeans, 100 shirts

Andrew Kanyonya, the owner New Kigali designers and Outfitters Ltd, said the support was timely intervention needed to improve the sector performance.

Kanyonya, expects booming business in the garment sector once the economy recovers from the impact of the pandemic.

“The support was rightly channeled based on NIRDA’s needs assessment,” Kanyonya said.

“We look forward to partnering with UNIDO and NIRDA to scale up production and improve lives of people in the industrial sector.”

Kanyonya noted there is improvement in their delivery speed, quality of products as well as business operation, attributable to NIRDA support.

“You are able to deliver quality products on time which guarantees customer satisfaction. The garment products could soon hit regional market should things return to normal,” he said.

“With the new machines we hope to increase our production capacity by 30 per cent which would in turn create jobs by the same percentage,” he added.

According to Dr. Christian SEKOMO BIRAMEM, NIRDA’s Director General underlined the need to support small and medium industries as per NIRDA’s mandate.

He also urged the beneficiaries to put the acquired equipment to good use in order to create more jobs.

“We chose to support industries through Open Calls program in order

Dr.Christian

SEKOMO

BIRAMEM,NIRDA’s Director General

to encourage competitiveness and production of quality products for both local and international market,” he said.

Apart from garment sector, NIRDA also supported six firms in Banana wine production through the Open Calls Program.

He, however, said that much as garment and banana wine received the equipment as non-repayable facility, NIRDA has since changed the approach.

Under the new criteria, beneficiary companies will be supported to acquire new equipment on free-interest credit but without the need for collateral.

NIRDA is currently partnering with Development Bank of Rwanda (BRD) to support industries in the Open Calls program.

NIRDA currently works with firms involved in fruits and vegetable’s value chain, wood processing value chain and cow in the car value chain.

NIRDA is also implementing other value chains to help more companies acquire upgraded equipment and boost locally made products.They include wood processing value chain, Fruits and Vegetables Value chain, Cow in the Car value chain.

Others include piggery value chain, Poultry Value chain, stone value chain and clay value chain.

NIRDA believes that equipping industries with upgraded equipment will boost industries hence increasing locally made products for both local and international market.

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SPERANZA GROUP LTD: Producing the

Speranza Group Ltd (SGL) is Rwanda’s leading manufacturer and distributor of liquors. Established in 2012, the company currently operates a high-tech manufacturing plant based at Kigali Special Economic Zone, Plot I6. From its inception, the company has incorporated innovation, a highly skilled workforce and top-range technology to produce a wide range of high quality products.

Speranza Group Ltd produces seven highly popular alcohol brands that are all bottled in glass and they are; Super Gin ordinary, Super Gin No. 1, Speranza Coffee Rum, Speranza Waragi, Golden Sherry, Blue Hills Vodka and Millennium Hills Whisky. All these products were the first in their category to

attain the standard quality mark of production excellency commonly known as the S-MARK in Rwanda. This further proves to the public the concern Speranza Group Ltd attaches towards the health of its customers. The company performs product testing and screening of production methods before release of any brand. Recently, the company

has expanded into the export market starting with Uganda where Speranza products are already competing with bigger brands in the region.

Speranza products has also presence in Kenya, Tanzania, DR Congo and still expanding. Bright future in order to achieve its aim of becoming

the leading beverages manufacture in East Africa, Speranza Group

Ltd is working on increasing its portfolio in the coming months to include water, soft drinks and fermented extracts. Its water brand, Speranza mineral water, which will be processed with the finest technology, is in the process to launch. The company plans to introduce carbonated sodas in the near future, while its natural juice, to be produced from the best natural concentrates, will be available in Mango, Orange, Black Currant and Apple natural flavours. Production of Speranza’s bakery products is in progress and the products have received a good rating from consumers. Speranza Group Ltd’s management with a team of artisans in various fields is innovating to bring out the finest products produced in Rwanda and they all see the future as an achievable goal.

We are an East African based general trading company that was established in 2005, as importer and distributor of a wide variety of FMCGs and other products including alcoholic and non alcoholic beverages, Cosmetics, Household Appliances, Vehicles and parts.

To be the leading importer and exporter of quality, affordable and consumeroriented products to the local,regional and global market. Our Vision:

To offer high quality products to our customers and add value to their lives Customer satisfaction based on integrity Superior quality of service and products Passion for excellence and value to customers To create conducive and rewarding work environment for our employees OUR PRODUCTS

TOP CHOCO is an ultimate source of energy best served in the morning, lunch and evening hours for both adults or kids Our Mission: Our Values:

TOP CHOCO is the Ghanaian chocolate bread spread and powder packaged in tins and sachets of different flavors and sizes.

BROK is a traditional Polish blonde lager brewed according to the traditional recipe in 19th-century brewery with over 120 years of history in north-west coast of Poland.

BROK has a full, soft flavor, with muted yet pleasing bitterness and hoppy aroma. Its bitterness is moderate but well emphasized.

BROK premium lager comes in both cans and bottles of 300ml and 500ml with ABV 5

EXO Mix Drink is an alcopop drink, manufactured with highest quality standards in Belgium. comes in cans of 25cl (250ml) with stylish design and two flavors; Vodka Energy mix, and Vodka Orange mix with 18% alcohol.

OTHER PRODUCTS

VAN PUR NAWON JUICE

AYZEN SUNFLOWER OIL

RICE SUNSHINE SUGAR

The Institute of National Museums of Rwanda (INMR) is a government institution, which was inaugurated in September 18th, 1989 with one Ethnographic Museum based in Huye District -Southern Province then known as the National Museum of Rwanda. Since 2004, the Institute has grown from one to eight Museums and more than 300 heritage sites have been identified and some of them have been already developed across the country.

INMR’s mission is to preserve and safeguard historic collections and hold them for the benefit and development of the country. The primary roles of the institute are to broaden the society’s knowledge as well as promote and preserve Rwanda’s natural and

cultural heritage.

Each of the following Museums across the country serves a special mandate with the overall aim of providing museums and heritage sites around the country with a platform to educate and exhibit Rwandan Cultural and Natural wealth.

Working hours: All museums are open every day from 8: am -6: pm.

On Umuganda (community work) day, which is the last Saturday of every month, we open at 11: am.

Except on 7th April “commemoration day of the Genocide perpetrated against Tutsi in 1994”, all museums are closed

UFACO GARMENTS LTD

UFACO Garments wishes to convey a new image of Africa “

Established in 2017, Inspired by the government of Rwanda through Made in Rwanda campaign and its dedication to combat issues faced by small and medium sized enterprises, UFACO Garments Ltd was built to become an all-star player in the garment manufacturing industry, to elevate the Rwandese economy, put Africa and Rwanda on the list of global partners in the apparel industry and foster long-lasting employment in Rwanda.

UFACO Garments Ltd is one among the leading textile manufacturer

companies in Rwanda, 100% owned by female, wishes to convey a new image of Africa as it is based on gender promotion whereby 75% of permanent staff are female as its strength, one in which business partners are well equipped, reliable and equal to its worldwide partners.

The company designs and sells fashion and fabrics to both domestic market and export market with plans to embrace ’’ Made in Rwanda ‘’ design, manufacture, and distribute clothes in Eastern and Central African Markets.

Uniforms of different national institutions both public and private are some of the products being made by the company. Besides the uniforms, it also produces safety warning clothes and African style fashion clothes.

As the Rwandan government seeks to encourage domestic production of certain goods currently imported and promote export diversification through a ’’ Made in Rwanda ‘’campaign, UFACO Garments Ltd has contributed to Rwanda’s local production.

Discover our rooms

Intiti Motel with many rooms and suites with a very distinctive theme. The rooms are well-furnished with the most modern hotel amenities. Beds are made with interesting designs, mattresses, bed covers, pillows and blankets and all have been selected with the highest quality to give all guests a rich feel of comfort and quality. The Rooms at Intiti Motel offers quality accommodation for singles and couples that are looking for the fine experience, for lower cost.

ECOLE INTERNATIONALE DE KIGALI

ECOLE DES SCIENCES BYIMANA

Ecole des Sciences Byimana is a science school which belongs to the Congregation of Marist Brothers.

The school was founded in 1952 by the first Marist Brothers who came in Rwanda. Engaged in schools or in other forms of education, we put our heart and soul into serving the human person for the sake of the Kingdom, we share our spirituality and our educational approach with parents, their teachers, and other members of the educational community.

We provide a wholistic and inclusive education, including training our students in Moral and Christian values, to prepare them to become good Christians and good Citizens. We give opportunity to our students to develop various talents. We also train them in various sciences, always striving to offer quality and complete education and training which makes them perform well in school and in various competitions organized at school, provincial and country levels.

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PROMOTING RWANDA’S SPECIALITY COFFEE BASED ON INNOVATION AND ADDITION VALUE

To promote speciality coffee six farmer cooperatives in 2005 formed the Rwanda Small Holder Specialty Coffee Company (RWASHOSCCO Ltd) that would help improve the value chain and market Rwanda’s speciality coffee on the international market. The farmer-owned coffee roasting, marketing and export company was charged with providing key services to the six (6)cooperatives which are spread across the country that include;Abahuzamugambi ba Kawa/Maraba (Huye), BUFCOFFEE(Nyamagabe), COCAGI Gashonga (Rusizi), COCAHU Humure

(Eastern Province), Dukundekawa Musasa (Northern Province) and KOAKAKA (Nyamagabe and Huye).

The company was created towards the end of a USAID funded project that aimed at aiding local coffee producers to process and setup coffee washing stations. Although the project helped in bringing together farmers into the cooperatives it lacked sustainability due to cooperatives total dependency on grants, yet coffee was fetching good revenues for the farmers.

Angelique Karekezi, the Managing Director of RWASHOSCCO

observes that her company helps the cooperatives to market, advertise and take coffee to international markets. This ensures that the cooperatives can harvest, process and add value to deliver a final product to the market.

The company does not buy coffee from member cooperatives to re-sell but links cooperatives to foreign roasters or buyers. As a company, its fully owned by cooperatives which pays a fee per kilogramme of coffee that passes through the company to cover its operating costs.

Angelique’s Finest – 100% made by women of Rwanda

The Brand ‘Café de Maraba’

The brand name originates from Maraba in the southern Rwanda, the area that first owned a washing station which also attracted other coffee farmers to visit and train in coffee processing. As the first speciality producers of coffee and among the founders of RWASHOSCCO, the brand Café de Maraba’ was selected to market the company’s products.

The Managing Director of the company explains that Maraba coffee was marketed internationally to show the speciality coffee produced in Rwanda, this encouraged the adoption of its popular name on the international coffee market.

RWASHOSCCO specializes in high quality specialty coffee and this is achieved by empowering farmers with trainings, improving the processes and provides special care to the whole coffee quality control system. “Quality is our primary focus, we only take up coffee graded above 84%, so we ensure that farmersare given the essentials to deliver coffee that has quality,” emphasises Karekezi. Value addition

Angelique’s Finest is a Rwandan specialty coffee brand based on storytelling and produced entirely by women of Rwanda, from the farm to roasting and packaging. It is undoubtedly good, because:

(1) By being roasted in the country of production, a significant greater part of the value addition remains to the producers.

(2) The economic situation and financial independence of the women producer is improved.

(3) Angelique’s Finest is certified by Fairtrade International.

Angelique Karekezi, the Managing Director of RWASHOSCCO observes that her company helps the cooperatives to market, advertise and take coffee to international markets.

(4) Rebranding Rwashoscco’s name in the international market as well as increasing the market for our cooperatives and preserve the sustainability of the company.

We have a new partnership with German social business start-up Kaffee-Kooperative.de. Whereby we send green coffee in German to be processed and packaged there as the final product with the purpose of increasing the quantity supply in German and other market in large, All profits from the sale are being returned to the cooperative to support independence and participation by women and their families.

blockchain solution enables digital traceability for coffee grown by women Since 2020, INA in Rwanda has been digitalising the supply chain of a speciality coffee that is cultivated solely by Rwandan women. These women have been producing their coffee for the German market for a long time, and yet consumers in Germany know hardly anything about the origins of the hot drink they enjoy every day. The global supply chains are usually not transparent, and the end product on the supermarket shelves tells consumers very little about the social, economic and environmental conditions in the country where the coffee is grown. INA is aiming to change this with the aid of blockchain technology. For the implementation on the ground, INA partnered with the International Women’s Coffee Alliance, Rwanda Chapter.

Coffee is one of Rwanda’s main exports, and large quantities of it are sold to Germany. However, the coffee price is permanently low on the world market and subject to major fluctuations. Poor returns, high production costs and depressed prices mean that smallholder families struggle to make a living from coffee farming. Women are particularly affected by this. They carry out the bulk of the work in the coffee farming sector

Therefore, to solve this issue, each female coffee farmer is given a digital ID with information on the production location of the coffee. This allows consumers to clearly see where their coffee comes from. The digital ID also enables further information to be accumulated on the blockchain, such as quantity, sale date and purchase price. Each

additional transaction along the supply chain – such as when and where the coffee cherries are roasted – is also registered and documented in the system. This means everyone involved in the supply chain can access and publicise the relevant information on origin, quality, production processes, certificates and prices paid. In turn, the end consumers in

the supermarket can view this information on their smartphones by scanning a QR code on the product packaging. This system is great, it helps us to know all the information, a crucial element of sustainable supply chains is fair remuneration for the mostly small-scale farmers at the start of the supply chain. The aim of the INA project is to include the female producers in value creation as fair and equal partners.

At the same time, the digital solution creates a basis for other services, such as financial products, which benefit the smallholder families. The women in Rwanda can decide for themselves where their coffee cherries are roasted. As a result, the project not only enhances women’s financial independence but also strengthens their decision-making power.

CBC is a family-owned company started in 2002, as a market response to the growing demand of Rwandan coffee. Since then, we have played a major role to revitalize an industry that was severely decimated by the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi and continues to lead the effort to get Rwandan coffee to global markets.

Our extensive knowledge of the local & international export markets, skilled staff and continuous improvement in logistical support & processing facilities, are all critical aspects of the highest standards that CBC abides by.

Through collaboration with various cooperatives & thousands of farmers, CBC ethically sources, processes, markets and exports top tier coffee to a satisfied global client base, within a timely and dependable manner.

Our Mission

To become a regional industry leader and consistently differentiating ourselves by delivering exclusively the best product through a completely sustainable and transparent value chain that significantly contributes to the betterment of farmers’ lives and maximizes value for all stakeholders

Our Coffees

Coffee brands (Pedro’s Coffee & Luna) suitable just for you.

CBC Rwanda KSEZ, Plot 12

P.O. Box: 4144, Kigali-Rwanda +250 (0) 788723487

l.rwagasana@coffee-bc.com

www.coffee-bc.com

Green Coffe

Roasted Coffee

P.O. Box 710 Kigali - Rwanda. | KK1 . Kicukiro, Rwandex Road. www.songalogistics.com

We take pride in our global Partenerships

Songa Logistics Ltd is Rwanda’s fast-growing company in freightforwarding, transportation and logistics with the mission to provide their customers safe and efficient logistic services in the country and around the globe.

Jean Bosco Songa CEO at Songa Logistics, explaining the starting of business, he mentioned its progress. He Said:” In fact by starting this Logistics field, I Started with helping businesses in tax consultancy and declaration, and after I have joined the public warehouse team at MAGERWA as Branch coordinator for five years. By gaining required experiences, I decided to start my new business of Logistics”.

The challenge was about convincing new clients for working working together, whether this field requires a big network and being truthful with strong knowledge of logistics.

I have tried to create my own innovation in markeing in several ways, and tried to work with other partners.

In Songa Logistics we provide uniqueness services with affordable prices, we have big dreams to become a big company in the country and worldwide”. He added. By making trust to customers of his organization, Jean Bosco assuring them that they will be successful.

“Songa Logistics Ltd, will be your one stop Logistics partner for all your supply chain requirements where we will help design the ideal transportation process for your distribution network model so that the right product reaches the right place at the right time”. He said.

Songa Logistics Ltd, established in 2017, with the services of; Air freight, Ocean freight, land freight, warehousing, Logistics one stop centre, road transportation, local transportation and distribution leader which is offered world.