The Rwanda Investment Forum to be held in Kigali on 10-11 May 2010, will be the first large scale investor event organised in the country since Rwanda became the 54th Member of the Commonwealth at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Trinidad last November. The Forum will be organised by the Commonwealth Business Council in partnership with the Rwanda Development Board and with the collaboration of the International Private Sector.
 
Two years ago the East African International Business Forum, the first event CBC had organised in the country, drew over 500 leaders from business and government, including 250 delegates from over 30 countries outside the East African region. This year’s Forum aims to build on Rwanda's expanding network of relationships created by joining the Commonwealth, and its reputation for stability and good economic management. Its purpose is to enhance foreign direct investment by communicating national development goals and by bringing international investors and operators face-to-face with Rwandan project holders and entrepreneurs to discuss new economic and investment opportunities.

 

The forum will focus on business opportunities in the following sectors:

 

• Agriculture and Food Security
• Banking and Financial Services
• Investment in Energy and Power
• Tourism
• Mining and Natural Resources
• ICT
• Manufacturing

 

In addition there will be One to One meetings and a Project Centre for discussing actual projects; as well as possible Site Visits for those with an interest on the final day of the conference.

 

Presentations :
Agriculture - Ernest Ruzindaza	Agriculture - Jean Claude Kayisinga	Agriculture - Nigel Dorward
Agriculture - Tom Adlam	Agro-Processing - George Odo	Agro-Processing - Graham Morgan
Energy - Hon. Eng. Coletha Ruhamya	Energy - Jarmo Gummerus	Financial Services - James Gatera
Financial Services - Robert Mathu	Financial Services - Segun Durojaiye	ICT - Mahesh Ramachandran
ICT - Mike Brennan	ICT - Patrick Nyirishema	ICT - Ramesh Mengawade
ICT- Yvonne Makolo	International Perspectives - Prof. Chandy	Investment for Growth and Vision 2020 - Clare Akamanzi
Manufacturing - Emmanuel Hategeka	Manufacturing - Kiriga Kunyiha	Manufacturing - Raj Ranganathan
New Business Models - Albert Kinuma	New Business Models - Amanda Gardiner	New Business Models - Njoka Marete
New Business Models - Yves Muyange	PPP - Hon. Vincent Karega	PPP - Peter Kieran
Real Estate - Anik Nagpal	Real Estate - Charles Haba	Rwanda Inv. Forum May2010 MB on BPO- ICT
Tourism - Eric Kacou	Tourism - Rica Rwigamba