Rwanda has embarked on an aggressive marketing stint to attract investments from the Oceanian continent, an expedition spearhead by Rwanda Development Board (RDB).
RDB CEO, Clare Akamanzi, led a delegation that included Rwanda’s High Commissioner designated to Australia amongother countries, Jean De Dieu Uwihanganye, to explore opportunities in five major cities in Australia.
The team made presentations with investment teasers showcasing opportunities in Rwanda to Aussie suitors interested in exploring various sectors in Africa includingRwanda.
The delegation had a tight schedule through out the tour.
“We are talking to companies. We started in Brisbane, then Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney and Perth,” she told Taarifa on Thursday from Perth, a two million population city, where on Friday she showcased opportunities in Rwanda’s mining sector at the Australia-Africa MMinerals and Energy Seminar.
The event was officiated by the state’s Parliament Secretary to the Deputy Premier, Jessica Shaw MLA.
RDB CEO, @cakamanzi and High Commissioner to Australia, @Jadouwihanganye yesterday participated in a roundtable meeting in Perth, Western Australia with the region’s agri-business players and presented investment opportunities in Rwanda’s agriculture sector.#InvestInRwanda🇷🇼 pic.twitter.com/fg213gtQFI
— Rwanda Development Board (@RDBrwanda) April 1, 2023
“We are in Australia to develop connections for trade, investment and tourism,” she said. It has gone very well. We are talking to investors and tourists. We are talking to companies.”
The key sectors Rwanda is looking at are tourism; trying to get more travel agents to sell tourism packages in Rwanda. Akamanzi and her team met with about 100 companies.
They also met several businesses in different groups focusing on financial services, mining, mining equipment, mining services.
This morning, RDB CEO, @cakamanzi presented investment opportunities in Rwanda to Australian business people from across various sectors including mining, agriculture, media, finance, health and education during a roundtable discussion in Sydney, Australia.#InvestInRwanda🇷🇼 pic.twitter.com/SiNGkCZPnB
— Rwanda Development Board (@RDBrwanda) March 30, 2023
“We also had an agricultural round table to see how we can get more agriculture in Rwanda, we looked at education; looking for universities to set up in Rwanda,” she said.
They also looked at sports development and sports events. “All those areas are went very well,” she said.
She revealed that Rwanda is going to invest more in Australia for the next three years and “we should be able to see real results after three years.”
📷 Last evening’s @visitrwanda_now promotion event with tour operators and travel agents in Sydney, Australia.#VisitRwanda🇷🇼 pic.twitter.com/POfesJcG96
— Rwanda Development Board (@RDBrwanda) March 30, 2023
Earlier, Akamanzi spoke to Australian Financial Review in an interview and said that Rwanda is one of the fastest-growing economies on the African continent … always among the top three.
“Increasingly we’re getting known for our growth and also the growth potential we give companies that want to set up in Rwanda.
She added that; “What we’re building is the capabilities that can allow us to become a gateway for investors that want to go to Africa but also for Africa to access the rest of the world.
“We’ve set up a good international financial centre that has put in place an environment in terms of policies, taxes, talent, double taxation agreements that allows money to flow into and through to the rest of Africa. ”
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