Rwanda News » Kigali News Rwanda » Kigali » Finance: AfDB brings Rwanda’s banks together to widen trade finance access for local businesses
The continent’s trade finance gap was estimated at between $74 billion and $92 billion in 2024, restricting businesses’ ability to fulfil transactions, grow and reach new customers.
News Rwanda » Kigali » Finance: Kigali International Finance Centre (KIFC) to introduce the Rwanda Sustainable Finance Roadmap to a global audience at COP27
KIGALI, Rwanda, Nov. 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- From 6 – 18 November 2022, heads of states, high level government representatives and business leaders will gather at the 27th United Nations Climate ...
News Rwanda » Kigali » Finance: Africa shifts from carbon market potential to delivery as CMAS 2026 opens in Kigali
Africa must move beyond carbon market potential towards delivery, building high-integrity, investable markets that attract long-term capital while protecting national climate priorities and ensuring ...
News Rwanda » Kigali » Finance: Rwanda recruits Tidjane Thiam to boost Kigali’s finance offer
After his hasty departure from the Credit Suisse bank, Tidjane Thiam confirms his African ambition. The Franco-Ivorian banker has just been appointed by the Rwandan government to head the board of ...
News Rwanda » Kigali » Finance: How a clean cookstove initiative mobilised $50m through carbon finance
A clean cookstove initiative has mobilised more than $50 million in investment in Rwanda over the past decade through carbon finance, enabling the free distribution of 1.9 million improved cookstoves ...
News Rwanda » Kigali » Finance: Rwanda Pitches Itself as Alternative to Mauritius Hub
Rwanda’s financial center has attracted more than $600 million in assets as it positions itself as an alternative to Mauritius for investment into Africa, but a shortage of skilled professionals risks ...
News Rwanda » Kigali » Finance: African Development Bank Group and Rwandan commercial banks discuss closing Africa's $92 billion trade finance gap
On 5 October in Kigali, the African Development Bank Group hosted a trade finance breakfast meeting with nearly all Rwandan commercial banks to discuss expanding access to trade finance and ...
News Rwanda » Kigali » Finance: Rwanda: Ifad, Bank of Kigali Seal $21m Deal to Unlock Finance for Farmers' Organisations
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Bank of Kigali and Aceli Africa have partnered to strengthen agricultural financing in Rwanda through a new agreement aimed at improving ...
News Rwanda » Kigali » Finance: How University of Kigali is equipping professionals to thrive in a global labour market
When Jean Jules Mugisha completed his Certified Public Accountant (CPA) programme at the University of Kigali (UoK) in 2017, he could hardly have imagined how significantly the qualification would ...
News Rwanda » Kigali » Finance: Blended finance: A solution for Rwanda’s entrepreneurs?
Comments included a proposal for how financing of small businesses in Rwanda and Africa can be improved from Fadzayi Musanhu, director of Market Intelligence Africa (MIA) in London. Poole’s book ...