Rwanda’s Successful Eurobonds
Rwanda’s Finance Minister Claver Gatete sat down with ABN’s Godfrey Mutizwa to share how Rwanda convinced foreign investors that it was a stable, innovate country in Africa. ABN Digital Generic Player
Rwanda’s Finance Minister Claver Gatete sat down with ABN’s Godfrey Mutizwa to share how Rwanda convinced foreign investors that it was a stable, innovate country in Africa. ABN Digital Generic Player
On a recent visit to Rwanda, I made a visit to a few grocery stores and found the milk section lacking, except in Nakumatt, which situates itself within the market as a high end grocery store chain. On the same trip, Uganda provided the same story. This is no surprise [...]
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September 18th marked the official start of the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly. In the coming weeks, leaders of the international organization’s 193 member states will convene at the U.N. Headquarters in New York, among them statesmen and women from 50 African countries.
What might come as a surprise is that Washington D.C. has a higher HIV rate than the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Rwanda, Ethiopia, and 28 other African countries. The District and the rest of the U.S. are now looking to Africa for lessons and ideas.
Today, it is still hard to reconcile the competing images of Rwanda. Over 17 relatively short years, a country once consumed by mass destruction and despair has transformed itself into a beacon of order and stability.
Just 17 years ago, civil war in Rwanda culminated in a horrific 100-day genocide that killed between 800,000 and 1,000,000 citizens. Today, however, the country is making notable strides towards the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals, and against all odds has doubled the life expectancy of its citizens.
The women of Rwanda hold much of its promise, while dealing disproportionately with the hardships of poverty. Women for Women works to support their economic empowerment.
Every day here is an adventure in which I learn more and fall more in love with Rwanda.
A father visits his son, a Peace Corps volunteer, in Rwanda, and blogs about his experiences in Kigali and beyond.
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