Financial Controller Mrs. Aggarwal joined bank’s management team in June 2016 as the Financial Controller. She is an ACCA and CIMA qualified finance professional and a member of ACCA and CIMA with over 9 years post qualification experience in Financial Accounting and Management Accounting. She has a strong background in financial and management accounting, Business [...]
Forest and Landscape Investment Forum (FLIF) Unleashing Business Opportunities for Sustainable Landscapes Kigali, Rwanda, 16 - 17 May 2017 Targeting project developers and business champions from East Africa and investors from all over the world, FAO’s Forest and Landscape Restoration Mechanism (FLRM) and partners will convene the inaugural Forest and Landscape Investment Forum (FLIF) in [...]
The Development Bank of Rwanda (BRD) on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding with the Private Sector Driven Agriculture Growth project (PSDAG) of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), to increase agriculture financing. Through the agreement, BRD has reserved about Rwf 140 billion for loans to finance agricultural mechanization, modernization, and processing technologies. [...]
Officials from the ministry of Infrastructure (MININFRA) have announced that the renewable energy fund project is nearing completion and will enable the Rwandan government achieve its goal of universal access to energy. The programme of scaling up rural electrification is implemented by the Rwanda Development Bank (BRD). Robert Nyamvumba, the director of the Energy Division [...]
Access to reliable and affordable energy remains a considerable challenge in Rwanda. For Rwanda’s private sector to be competitive, the energy issue must be addressed as a crosscutting driver for economic growth. According to Dr. Livingstone Byamungu, the Chief Investment Officer at the Development Bank of Rwanda (BRD), “availability of sufficient energy is important for [...]
Efforts to extend more credit facilities to the rural agricultural sector have taken center stage of the African Rural and Agricultural Credit Association (AFRACA) conference organized together with the Development Bank of Rwanda (BRD) that kicked off at the Kigali Marriott Hotel on August 1, 2016. Alex Kanyankole, the Chief Executive Officer of BRD, in [...]
The Development Bank of Rwanda (BRD) in partnership with Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources (MINAGRI) and Access to Finance Rwanda (AFR) will host an International Conference on Best Practices in Rural and Agricultural Finance organized by the African Rural and Agricultural Credit Association (AFRACA) from 1st to 3rd August 2016 at the Kigali Marriott Hotel. Speaking [...]
Development Bank of Rwanda (BRD) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with multilateral financial guarantee institution, the African Solidarity Fund (FSA) In August 2, 2013 with an aim of enhancing cooperation in the areas of common interest, particularly in terms of financing medium and long term especially for SMEs. This Framework Agreement was in line with [...]
Company Secretary & General Counsel Loyce K. BAMWINE is a Lawyer by profession, holding a Master’s Degree in Law from Utrecht University, The Netherlands, specializing in International Human Rights and Criminal Justice Law. She has a strong background and experience in legal research and reform with major focus on Constitutional law, International law as well [...]
Senior Manager, Education Finance Fred Mugisha is a Senior Manager in the Education Finance Department of the Development Bank of Rwanda. He holds Master of Science in Accounting and Finance Degree (MUK), and a Bachelor's Degree in Management (NUR). He holds a number of certificates including Association of Chartered Accountants certificate (ACCA) for Part 1. [...]
