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Coronavirus has inflicted a devastating impact on Rwanda’s economy and its entire social-economic fabric in the past four months.

The country has lost more than US$100 million since March 20, 2020, when the decided to enforce a lockdown as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

Health Minister Dr. Daniel Ngamije told journalists on Monday that the country has spent about $60 million in the fight against the pandemic.

He said the funds were allocated to testing, tracing, isolating people in quarantine with the government providing meals and accommodation, treating people, and “other activities behind the whole machine to contain COVID-19.”When the virus hit the country, intervention measures were laid for the midterm phase. According to Minister Ngamije, US$73 million was budgeted as response resources for the first six months. However, four months down the line, US460 million is already gone.

In a webinar panel discussion on the “businesses and communities recovering together” on Friday last week, Trade Minister, Soraya Hakuziyaremye, “When the pandemic spread, the government faced a tough decision-making scenario; we wondered whether we should shut down the economy and save lives,” she said adding that, “But as we have seen, tough decisions were taken, but measures and policies were also put in place to help the economies that were affected get back on their feet.”

In a joint press conference this Monday, where key government institutions in the fight against the pandemic, Minister Hakuziyaremye said that the impact spread beyond expenditure on the response.

The MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions) industry has lost $48 million, with US$10 million lost between March and April alone, due to the cancelation of planned events.

Rwanda generated US$56 million from MICE in 2019 and a projection for 2020 had been set at US$88 million before the pandemic hit.

The Trade Minister also said that despite exports picking up at the moment, they declined by 16% due to border closures and suspension of flights since March. Earlier between March and April, the total exports had declined by 27%.

“The assessment we have done shows that manufacturing was hit had because industries could not get raw materials,” Hakuziyaremye said.

The World Bank says Rwanda’s economy might pick up by the end of the year with a 2% bounce back, estimated at US$180 million in material terms against the GDP.

A US$200 million economic recovery fund has been allocated with 50% of it already released in the first phase that began in June.

source https://taarifa.rw/covid-19-has-cost-rwanda-over-us100m/

The increased and decisive investment will be the channel for Africa’s economic recovery post-COVID-19, partners of the Africa Investment Forum said on Friday, expressing confidence in the continent’s potential to rebound from the ongoing health and economic crises.

“Africa will come out of this pandemic, tough as it is, and will build better and stronger economies. As partners of the Africa Investment Forum, the premier investment platform for Africa, our gaze must be clear; help Africa reboot its economy,” said African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, during a two-day virtual meeting for Africa Investment Forum founding, institutional and knowledge partners.

In a virtual marketplace that mirrored typical sessions of its annual Market-Days, the Africa Investment Forum convened over 190 participants including current and prospective partners, investors, and project sponsors.

The Forum showcased its Unified COVID-19 Response and provided an update on its activities, as well as opportunities for new partners and investors to engage with the platform.

During the meeting, the Africa Investment Forum revealed 15 projects identified across five sectors for priority funding consideration under its Unified COVID-19 Response.

The sectors include Agriculture & Agro-Processing, Energy, Health, ICT and Telecoms, and Industrial and Trade.

Collectively, these 15 deals which are from the Forum’s current portfolio, amount to $3.79 billion and will help increase the continent’s self-sufficiency and resilience against future shocks.

Four projects sponsors were invited to pitch their deals to over 100 investors present at the meeting.

These include a Dairy processing project in Angola, a vaccine manufacturing plant in Kenya, a cotton manufacturing project in Mozambique, and a proprietary telemedicine platform in Nigeria.

Following the meeting, the Africa Investment Forum’s deal tracker mechanism was immediately deployed to capture investment interest and ensure effective investor-project matchmaking.

The meeting took place as the Africa Investment Forum continues to build on the successes of its first two years in bringing to market deals with transformative potential for Africa’s development.

“The Africa Investment Forum is not a talk shop. What we are trying to do is to focus our Partner’s efforts on the platform’s bankable deals from the 2018 and 2019 portfolio, as well as some new ones in 2020,” said Chinelo Anohu, Head and Senior Director of the Africa Investment Forum.

“We are concentrating not just on the health sector, but also on other sectors that will help jumpstart recovery across the continent,” she said, adding that deals “more responsive” to the pandemic are being curated, in order to provide much-needed support to the private sector.

Beyond Boardroom Sessions, the Africa Investment Forum continues to support project sponsors through its Deal Tracker mechanism which monitors the conversion of investment interests to financing commitments and facilitates the progress of deals towards financial close.

So far, the forum has facilitated the closure of 8 deals valued at $2.18 billion from the 2018 portfolio.

The Africa Investment Forum, championed by the African Development Bank and its founding and institutional partners, is working to accelerate the closure of the continent’s investment gaps.

Founding Partners are the African Development Bank; Africa 50; Africa Finance Corporation; African Export-Import Bank; Development Bank of Southern Africa; Trade and Development Bank; European Investment Bank; and Islamic Development Bank.

Institutional partners include development finance institutions, multilateral development banks, commercial banks, and institutional investors.

source https://taarifa.rw/africa-investment-forum-founding-partners-unveil-unified-covid-19-response-to-support-africas-private-sector/

Umusenateri wo muri Kenya, mu mpera z’icyumweru gishize yafatiwe mukabari yarenze ku mabwiriza y’umukwabu washyizweho na Leta mu rwego rwo gukumira ikwirakwizwa rya Coronavirus. Nyuma yo gufatwa, yasabye imbabazi Abanyakenya, ariko ntabwo byabujije ko afungwa by’igihe gito, aho yavuyemo atanze ingwate. Biteganijwe ko kuri uyu wa Kabiri agezwa imbere y’ubutabera kwisobanura.

Ni Senateri Johnson Sakaja uhagarariye akarere k’umurwa mukuru Nairobi, aho mu mpera y’icyumweru gishize yasanzwe ari mukabari mu murwa mukuru I Nairobi anywa inzoga. Yafashwe hashize amasaha make umukwabu wa saa tatu z’ijoro utangiye.

Amabwwiriza yashyizweho mu kwirinda ikwirakwizwa ry’icyorezo cya Coronavirus, avuga ko nta muntu uba wemerewe kuba ahatari iwe guhera saa tatu z’ijoro kugeza saa kumi za mu gitondo.

Senateri Sakaja yafungiwe by’akanya gato ku biro bya Polisi byo mu mujyi wa Nairobi, mbere yuko afungurwa amaze gutanga amafaranga y’ingwate. Biteganijwe ko kuri uyu wa kabiri tariki 21 Nyakanga 2020 agezwa mu rukiko, ariko avuga ko yiteguye kwirengera ibikorwa bye.

Hagati aho, Senateri Sakaja yavanywe ku buyobozi bw’akanama gakomeye ko mu nteko kagenzuraga uko Kenya iri kwitwara mu kurwanya Covid-19. Videwo iri guhererekanywa ku mbuga nkoranyambaga, yagaragaye ejo ku cyumweru, yerekana Senateri Sakaja w’imyaka 35 y’amavuko ari muri kasho ya polisi aterana amagambo n’abapolisi nyuma yo gutabwa muri yombi.

Abanya-Kenya, BBC dukesha iyi nkuru itangaza ko bamaze igihe binubira ko amategeko n’amabwiriza akaze yo kurwanya coronavirus ashyirwa mu bikorwa mu buryo butandukanye bitewe n’uwo uri we. Binubira ko abanyapolitiki bayarengaho ku mugaragaro bagakoresha za mitingi zitabirwa n’imbaga kandi izo mitingi zaraciwe.

Polisi ya Kenya na yo yanenzwe gukubita, gukomeretsa no kwica Abanya-Kenya mu gihe cy’iyubahirizwa ry’ayo mategeko.

Zimwe mu ngamba zikaze zibuza guterana mu nsengero no kubuza ingendo mu duce tw’ingenzi tw’izingiro rya coronavirus, kuri ubu zakuweho, nubwo coronavirus ikomeje kwiyongera mu gihugu. Kugeza ubu muri Kenya abanduye coronavirus bageze ku 13,353, muri bo 234 imaze kubica.

Munyaneza Theogene / intyoza.com

source http://www.intyoza.com/umusenateri-yatawe-muri-yombi-azira-kurenga-ku-mabwiriza-ya-covid-19/

Imibare yatangajwe na Minisiteri y’ubuzima y’uko icyorezo kiriwe kifashe mu masaha 24 y’uyu munsi wa 20 Nyakanga 2020, igaragaza ko habonetse abarwayi 47 bashya ba Covid-19, babonetse mu bipimo 3,764 byafashwe.

Dore uko imbonerahamwe igaragaza uko byiriwe byifashe muri rusange;

Munyaneza Theogene / intyoza.com

source http://www.intyoza.com/kigali-yihariye-umubare-wabanduye-coronavirus-uyu-munsi/

Itangazo rya Minisiteri y’Ubutegetsi bw’Igihugu risohotse muri iri joro rya tariki 20 ishyira 21 Nyakanga 2020, rigaragaza ko hari imwe mu midugudu yo mu mujyi wa Kigali yari isanzwe iri muri gahunda ya Guma murugo yakuwemo. Rigaragaza kandi imidugudu mishya yo mu kagari ka Tetero, Umurenge wa Muhima yashyizwe muri” Guma murugo”. Gahunda iratangira kubahirizwa kuri uyu wa Kabiri tariki 21 Nyakanga 2020.

Dore uko iri tangazo rigaragaza ahakuwe muri guma murugo n’ahashyizwemo;

Munyaneza Theogene / intyoza.com

source http://www.intyoza.com/kigali-imwe-mu-midugudu-yo-mu-murenge-wa-muhima-yashyizwe-muri-guma-murugo/

Umukinnyi wa film uzwi cyane muri Kenya, Charles Bukeko, yashyinguwe mu rugo rwe mu burengerazuba bw’igihugu mu mabwiriza akomeye yo kwirinda Covid-19.

Bukeko wamenyekanye cyane nka “Papa Shirandula”, yapfuye ku wa gatandatu afite imyaka 58, azize ibibazo byo guhumeka.

Hari amakuru yatanzwe n’abo mu muryango we yemeza ko bari baramusanzemo Covid-19 nk’uko ibinyamakuru muri Kenya bibivuga.
Uwari umugore we yabwiye abaje kumuherekeza ko umugabo we yapfiriye mu modoka yabo bari imbere y’ibitaro bya Karen mu murwa mukuru Nairobi bategereje kwakirwa.

Mbere yo kurwara, umugore we yavuze ko yagize ukwezi kurimo ibikorwa byinshi kandi yagiye ahura n’abantu benshi.

Ibiro bya perezida wa Kenya byatangaje ubutumwa bwihanganisha umuryango wa Bukeko, bunavuga ko “azahora yibukwa ku musanzu we mu guteza imbere imyidagaduro” muri Kenya.
abenshi mubanya Kenya bamufatiragaho urugero.

“Papa Shirandula” yari umugabo w’imbaraga, ukunda kwishimana n’abantu, wakinnye mu ruhererekane rw’inkuru y’amashusho yakunzwe cyane muri Kenya yitwa gutyo yacaga kuri televiziyo ya Citizen.

Ibi byamugize icyamamare kugeza ubwo amenyekana ku isi mu kwamamaza kompanyi nka Coca-Cola ndetse na FIFA.

Bamwe mu bakinnyi ba film, n’abandi bagiye mu mwuga wo gutangaza amakuru kuri Radio, bavuga ko batangiye umwuga wabo barebera kuri Charles Bukeko.

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