Rwanda News

March 21, 2019

100 women receive tourism and hospitality training from UAE experts

A three-day training workshop for 100 women tourism and hospitality professionals led by experts from the Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management, a Dubai based hospitality centre of excellence has been concluded yesterday. This vocational training, titled ‘Empowering 100 Women Future Leaders in Hospitality Excellence’, followed the signing of a Memorandum…
March 18, 2019

100 women to receive tourism and hospitality training from UAE experts

100 women tourism and hospitality professionals are today commencing a three-day training workshop from the Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management, a Dubai based hospitality center of excellence.  This vocational training, titled ‘Empowering 100 Women Future Leaders in Hospitality Excellence’, follows the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Rwanda…
March 16, 2019

Training exercise for 35 local birding guides commences

A training exercise organized for 35 local birding guides has started today in an aim to improve the bird watching experience in Rwanda. Led by British expert birder Malcolm Wilson, the guides will be trained on bird watching techniques, photography, ringing, breeding biology, tourism and presentation. Each local guide received…
March 11, 2019

Alibaba Business School Launches First Alibaba Netpreneur Training Program for Rwandan Entrepreneurs

HANGZHOU, China, March 11, 2019 / – This week, 30 Rwanda-based entrepreneurs and founders completed the first Alibaba Netpreneur Training Program held at Alibaba Group’s headquarters in Hangzhou, China. The Alibaba Netpreneur Training Program was launched by Alibaba Business School to help entrepreneurs transform their businesses for the digital era and overcome country-specific…
March 1, 2019

RDB hands over Carnegie Mellon University Africa Campus to MINEDUC

The Rwanda Development Board (RDB) has today handed over the newly constructed Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Africa Campus to the Ministry of Education (MINEDUC). The US$ 10 million facility was constructed by RDB and funded by the African Development Bank. The handover aims to transfer the management and operations of…
February 22, 2019

Coaching clinic by Arsenal FC coaches concludes on a high note

A five-day ‘coach-the-coaches’ football clinic led by Arsenal FC coaches, Simon McManus and Kerry Green has ended on a high note today. 50 local coaches from across the country were trained. This football clinic falls within the framework of the Visit Rwanda-Arsenal FC partnership. The clinic saw the coaches take…
February 20, 2019

RDB convenes inaugural Young CEO Forum

The Rwanda Development Board (RDB) today convened the inaugural ‘Young CEO Forum’ in Kigali.  Held under the theme ‘We own the economic destiny of our country’, the forum brought together young business leaders in Rwanda, representatives from Rwanda Revenue Authority, the National Bank of Rwanda as well as Private Sector…
February 18, 2019

Arsenal FC coaches in Rwanda for football clinic for coaches

In the framework of implementing the Visit Rwanda-Arsenal FC partnership, Ferwafa (The Rwandan Football Federation), in partnership with the Ministry of Sports and Culture (Minispoc), is hosting two Arsenal FC youth coaches, Simon McManus and Kerry Green for a five-day ‘coach-the-coaches’ coaching clinic.  They will lead a coaching clinic for…