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· 30-year-old Ivan Kagame son of Paul Kagame, President of
Rwanda has been appointed to the board of the Rwanda Development
Board,( RDB).
· The RDB is tasked with fast tracking the country’s economic
development by involving the participation of the private sector.
30-year-old Ivan Kagame son of Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda has
been appointed to the board of the Rwanda Development Board,( RDB).
The RDB is tasked with fast tracking the country’s economic
development by involving the participation of the private sector. The
US-educated Ivan is a partner at a Venture Capital fund and
co-founder of a leading energy company. He is an alumina of Pace
university (Bsc Economics) and an MBA from the Marshall School at the
University of Southern California. The other members in the RBD are:
Solange Uwituze, Eric Kacou and Liban Soleman Abdi. The board is
currently headed by Itzhak Fisher with vice chair Evelyn Kamagaju, a
former Auditor General of Rwanda. Diane Karususi, Faith Keza and Alice
Nkulikiyinka are the other serving members.
As a step to promote tourism in the country, RDB sponsors English
Premier League side Arsenal and French side Paris Saint –Germain under
the brand “Visit Rwanda” not only for Rwanda but also for the East
African nations to promote tourist flows. It pools all the government
agencies responsible for the entire investor experience under one roof
and is modeled on international best practice examples of Singapore
and Costa Rica. It has support from global entrepreneurs and experts
drawn from Singapore Development Board, World Bank, IFC and the Office
of Tony Blair.
