Rwanda seeks to boost fisheries sector through AfCFTA opportunities

STORY: Rwanda seeks to boost fisheries sector through AfCFTA opportunities SHOOTING TIME: March 19, 2024 DATELINE: March 26, 2024 LENGTH: 0:02:04 LOCATION: Kigali CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of fishing industries in Rwanda 2. SOUNDBITES (ENGLISH): EMMANUEL GATERA, Manager of the National Standards Division at the Rwanda Standards Board (RSB) STORYLINE: Rwanda is poised to bolster its fisheries sector by capitalizing on the opportunities presented by the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, an official has said. Emmanuel Gatera, manager of the National Standards Division at the Rwanda Standards Board (RSB), said that the fisheries sector is one of the prioritized value chains under the AfCFTA agreement. "To promote the fisheries sector, Rwanda is actively participating in making continental harmonized standards available," he said in a recent interview with Xinhua. SOUNDBITES (ENGLISH): EMMANUEL GATERA, Manager of the National Standards Division at the Rwanda Standards Board

Rwanda commits to standardization to accelerate domestic products competitiveness

STORY: Rwanda commits to standardization to accelerate domestic products competitiveness DATELINE: Oct. 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:02 LOCATION: Kigali CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of workers working in factories in Rwanda 2. various of factories in Rwanda 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): EMMANUEL GATERA, National standards division manager at the Rwanda Standards Board (RSB) 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Kinyarwanda): JEAN JACQUES NDAYISENGA, Managing director of UFACO Garments Ltd 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): JOSE ALCORTA, Head of standards development at ISO STORYLINE: Rwanda is strengthening efforts to improve the quality and competitiveness of its products on the global market, which can contribute to economic growth and development in the country. Emmanuel Gatera, the national standards division manager at the Rwanda Standards Board (RSB), told Xinhua in an interview Monday that since Rwanda became a member of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in 2003, the country has significantly increased its

Woman bringing artificial legs to Rwandans

Woman bringing artificial legs to Rwandans

OSAKA, Japan - Mami Rudasingwa is interviewed in Kyoto on Dec. 14, 2011. Rudasingwa founded a nonprofit organization called Mulindi Japan One Love Project in 1996 with her Rwandan husband, Gatera, and has since made and supplied artificial limbs for free to roughly 6,000 people with disabilities in the East African nation that went through years of civil conflict.

Woman bringing artificial legs to Rwandans

Woman bringing artificial legs to Rwandans

OSAKA, Japan - Mami Rudasingwa is interviewed in Kyoto on Dec. 14, 2011. Rudasingwa founded a nonprofit organization called Mulindi Japan One Love Project in 1996 with her Rwandan husband, Gatera, and has since made and supplied artificial limbs for free to roughly 6,000 people with disabilities in the East African nation that went through years of civil conflict. (Kyodo)