Sharon Chepngetich

Rwanda Trade fair to attract $40bn in trade deals

“Working with our esteemed partners, we will exceed the achievements of 2018,” he said, describing IATF2018 as a resounding success, not in the colorful displays exhibited, but in the showcasing of diversity of tradable goods by about 1,100 exhibitors from 45 countries and in the execution of deals worth about $32 billion.

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Kigali to host Inaugural Global Business Forum next month

The business platform is organized and will be hosted by Rwanda’s Private Sector Federation under the theme ‘Unlocking Africa Trade, with Itself and the World’ as an annual conference that brings together different players to engage, discover opportunities, strategize, advocate and share experiences on how the private sector-led economy can be effective.

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KCB feted best bank in the region

As a financial institution, they are committed to championing a supportive domestic and international operating environment for SMEs to help promote linkages and partnerships with larger firms, domestically and internationally, that can enable SMEs to better exploit their competitive advantage when it comes to various sectors across the economy.

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MasterCard signs deals to open up new opportunities for smallholder farmers across Africa

Under this partnership, key partners, the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and the United States African Development Foundation (USADF), are providing support to further roll out the MFN platform across Uganda making transacting much safer and simpler for many more stakeholders in the agricultural value chain – the farmer, the buyer and the agent.

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Afreximbank announces $1bn adjustment facility

Prof. Oramah told the heads of state, who were gathered to mark the start of the operational phase of the AfCFTA, that Afreximbank was instituting a $1-billion AfCFTA Adjustment Facility to enable countries adjust in an orderly manner to sudden significant tariff revenue losses as a result of the implementation of the agreement.

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