Entrepreneurs cash in on CHAN

According to Julianne Uwacu, the Minister for Sports and Culture, the ministry, in partnership with the Private Sector Federation (PSF), organised side events where small-and-medium (SMEs) businesses can exhibit and showcase their products during the African Nations Championship (CHAN) tournament that kicks off today.

Uwacu said the three-week championship presents SMEs and big businesses huge opportunities, which they should take advantage of to boost sales.

“It is an event for the whole region. Besides hotels, cabs, sports shops, as well as entertainers and artists, all stand to reap big from the tournament. They only need to be more organised and offer a good service to benefit from it,” she told The New Timesthis week.

She added that the ministry had partnered with the industry, “because our vision as a country is to have a robust private sector”. “We cannot achieve this unless we work hand-in-hand with the sector…we worked with PSF from the beginning. Besides, all the hotels that are hosting guests, those providing transport and other services were all outsourced from the private sector. We couldn’t say we are ready if the private sector was not ready,” she said.

Henriette posing with one of the T.shirts she’s selling. 

She noted that it is encouraging that Rwandans are looking at the tournament as an opportunity for them, not only as a government event.

“The biggest beneficiaries from the championship will not be the large businesses, it will be the small-and-medium enterprises. It is an opportunity for them,” she added.

Already traders have been displaying their merchandise, including Amuvubi T-shirts, African-themed designs and artifacts, as well as Rwanda’s souvenirs like bangles, armlets and earrings, in the vicinity of all the CHAN venues to cash-in on the expected huge numbers of football fans.

Hosting big sports events is more than sports, it is business, many said.

Entertainment spots, like bars, nights clubs, small eateries and roadside vendors, have not been left behind as they restocked merchandise ahead of the big event.

Thomas Twahirwa, the operators of Nganda Weke Weke bar, said Rwandan businesses should take advantage of the tournament and make more money, noting that they are ready for the tourney.

“We are hoping many people will attend the CHAN tournament as it is the second biggest football event on the continent. We (Rwandans) have to make sure that we make the best of it,” he said.

There are lots of beverages. 

He added that the businesses had more than trippled their stock in readiness of the expected increase in the number of patrons. He urged businesses to show the highest level of customer service and cleanliness to ensure that clients are comfortable.

“We thought it is wise to also increase the number of workers to ensure excellent service delivery. We want to treat these CHAN clients in a special way,” Twahirwa added.

Meanwhile, some people have said that there has not been enough sensitisation about the tournament. But Kampire, the manager of The Point Business Centre, says the biggest problem is the lack of enough capital to invest in the championship.

She, however, said they have made local products, like fabrics, table covers, and African cloths to sell to CHAN visitors.

The African Nations Championship (CHAN) runs through February 7. The continental showpiece attracts 16 teams, featuring players who play in their domestic leagues.

Rwanda is hosting the tournament for the first time, and the government has invested Rwf16 billion in preparations.

 

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Mwarimu yatsindiye imodoka ya miliyoni 28 muri “Kaby’Inzozi na Ecobank”

 

Stanislas Habyarimana wigisha mu ishuri ryigisha Imyuga n’ubumenyi ngiro (IPRC) yatomboye imodoka ifite agaciro ka miliyoni zisaga 28 z’amafaranga y’u Rwanda muri gahunda ya ‘Kaby’Inzozi na Ecobank’ yatangiye tariki 15 Kamena 2013.
Kaby’Inzozi, gahunda ya Ecobank yo guha amahirwe Abanyarwanda babitsa kenshi amafaranga atari munsi y’ibihumbi 60 ariko amara igihe kuri konti ya nyira yo. Uko ubitsa amafaranga meshi agatinda kuri konti kandi buri gihe, ni na ko ubona amahirwe yo gukabya inzozi zawe uhembwa ibihembo nyuma y’amezi atandatu. Kuri iyi nshuro Habyarimana ni we washyikirijwe imodoka yo mu bwoko bwa RAV 4 2013 ifite ikirango nimero RAC 344 M kuri uyu wa 13 Mutarama 2014.
N’ibyishimo byinshi uyu munyamahirwe yashimiye bikomeye Ecobank.
Yagize ati “Nakoranaga na Ecobank nzi ko ndi umukiriya usanzwe kuko muri iyi gahunda sinarengeje ibihumbi 700 by’amanyarwanda mbitsa. Mbonye ko Ecobank iharanira iterambere rya buri mukiriya. Iyi modoka igiye kunyorohereza muri gahunda z’amasomo kuko nzayikoresha nkurikije iyungu imfitiye.”
Eric Rubega ukuriye ibikorwa bya Ecobank mu gihugu, wari unahagarariye Umuyobozi mukuru wa Ecobank muri uyu muhango, yavuze ko iyi gahunda igikomeje kuko hagiye gutangira iy’umwaka wa 2014.
Rubega ati “Iyi gahunda irakomeje kuko icyo igamije ni ugutoza Abanyarwanda umuco wo kwizigama, kandi kuri iyi nshuro ya gatatu ibaye tumaze kubona umusaruro.”
Nyuma ya Habyarimana watahanye imodoka nshya, hahembwe n’abandi bakiriya babiri bitwaye neza muri gahunda yo kubitsa amafaranga ari hejuru y’ibihumbi 60 , umwe ahabwa ekara ya televiziyo igezweho (Ecran ya Flat Screen), undi ahabwa telefoni ya Smart Phone yo mu bwoko bwa Samsung.

Stanislas Habyarimana amaze gushyikirizwa imodoka

Bitarenze Gashyantare inganda zose zigomba kwimuka i Gikondo

 

Izo nizimwe mu nganda zubatse I Masoro(Foto/Ububiko)

Gakunda yo kwimurira i Masoro inganda   14 zikorera  mu gishanga   i Gikondo  mu Karere ka Kicukiro  umujyi wa Kigali , yatangiye  mu mwaka wa 2011, ariko  hamaze kwimurwa   izigera ku 9 gusa.

Ruzibukira Alex ushinzwe inganda nto n’iziciriritse muri Minisiteri y’ubucuruzi n’Inganda, aratangaza ko ukwezi gutaha (Gashyantare) kuzasiga zose uko ari 14 zimutse.

Ubusanzwe inganda ntizigomba kuba zubatse ahantu ho mu bishanga kimwe no hafi y’ahantu hatuwe. Ni muri urwo rwego hashyizweho igice cyihariye hagenewe guteza imbere ubucuruzi n’inganda.

Uyu muyobozi asobanura ko kugira ngo hafatwe icyemezo cyo kwimura inganda zikorera i Gikondo zijya I Masoro byari ukugirango ngo bazikure mu gishanga ndetse ntizibangamire abatuye hafi yacyo.

Igice cyagenewe kwimurirwamo inganda, igice cya mbere (Phase 1), cyose   cyamaze kuzura, kikaba gifite ubuso bwa hegitari 98,  naho igice cya kabiri (Phase 11) cyo kikaba gifite ubuso bwa hegitari 178 kitarubakwamo.

Ruzibukira Alex ati, "inganda zigera ku 9 ni zo zimaze kugerayo ariko zikaba zitaratangira gukora kuko bakirimo gushyiramo ibyuma neza kugira ngo babashe gukora”.

François Hollande ari mu ruzinduko muri Afurika y’Epfo

Hashize 5 hours Iyi nkuru yanditswe. Yashyizweho kuwa 14/10/2013 . Yashyizwe ku rubuga na RACHEL   ·   Nta Gitekerezo kirayitangwaho Perezida w’igihugu cy’u Bufaransa François Hollande, ari mu ruzinduko rw’iminsi ibiri mu gihugu cya Afurika y’Epfo, aho uru ruzinduko rugamije kongera imbaraga mu mubano w’ibi bigugu.

Hollande

Mu ruzinduko rwe rwa mbere agiriye muri iki gihugu Perezida Hollande yaherekejwe n’abaminisitiri umunani n’abayobozi b’ibigo bitandukanye bagera kuri 20.
Biteganyijwe ko mu minsi ibiri Perezida Hollande azamara muri iki gihugu, azagirana ibiganiro na Perezida wa Afurika y’Epfo Jacob Zuma ku bijyanye n’umubano w’ibihugu byombi.
Uruzinduko rwa Francois Hollande muri iki gihugu ruje rukurikira urwa François Mitterrand (wabaye Perezida wa 21 w’u Bufaransa) wasuye iki gihugu mu gihe cy’imyaka 20 ishize,  akaba ari we mukuru w’igihugu wa mbere wakiriwe na Nelson Mandela muri Nyakanga 1994, amaze amezi abiri atorewe kuyobora iki gihugu.
Umukuru w’igihugu cy’u Bufaransa kandi afite intego yo kwihutisha  amasezerano akomeye igihugu cye cyari cyaragizranye na Afurika y’Epfo ariko bikaba byari bikiri mu nzira y’ibiganiro, akaba ari bwibande ku bijyanye n’ingufu n’ubwikorezi.
Ikindi kizagarukwaho ni ibibazo bitandukanye byugarije umugabane wa Afurika cyane cyane imvururu zikomeje kwibasira igihugu cya Congo .
Nyuma y’inama n’abanyamakuru aba bayobozi bazashyira umukono ku masezerano  ibi bihugu bihuriyeho ajyanye n’ubukungu nyuma bakazerekeza muri pariki yitwa Freedom, ahashyinguwe ingabo zaharaniye kwibohora ubutegetsi bw’abagashakabuhake.
Uyu muyobozi kandi azarangiriza uruzinduko rwe i Soweto aho biteganyijwe ko azasura inzu y’uwahoze ari perezida wa Afurika y’Epfo Nelson Mandela