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“In 2020, the Global Innovation Index (GII) welcomes two new members to its esteemed Advisory Board: Clare Akamanzi, the Chief Executive Officer of the Rwanda Development Board, and Heizo Takenaka, the Director of the Center for Global Innovation Studies in Toyo University and former Minister of Japan,” reads the statement.

In 2011, an Advisory Board was established to provide advice on the research underlying the Global Innovation Index (GII), generate synergies at its stages of development, and assist with the dissemination of its messages and results.

The Advisory Board is a select group of leading international practitioners with expertise in the realm of innovation. Its members are from diverse geographical and institutional backgrounds and participate in their personal capacity. In 2020, the GII Advisory Board is comprised of 17 members in total.

Its members come from diverse geographical and institutional backgrounds and participate in their personal capacity.

Among the high profile figures members of the GII are the Director General of UNESCO Audrey Azoulay, Houlin Zhao, ITO Secretary General and Fabiola Gianotti, Head of European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN).

The GII report is co-published by Cornell University, a US-based Ivy League research university, INSEAD, and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a specialized UN agency.

The 2020 index is expected Wednesday, September 2, marking the 13th edition; it includes 131 economies, which represent 93.5 percent of the world’s population.

This edition, with the theme “Who Will Finance Innovation?”, sheds light on the state of innovation financing by investigating the evolution of financing mechanisms for entrepreneurs and other innovators; it is expected to also point out the remaining challenges – including in the context of the economic slowdown induced by the Covid-19 crisis.

RDB CEO, Clare Akamanzi, was named new advisory board members of the GII, alongside Heizo Takenaka former Minister of Japan.

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With the support she received from FXBVillage SKOL program, she was able to develop a successful income generating activity of selling fruits and vegetables, her children returned to school, she joined a savings groups and created a kitchen garden that provided her with legumes. She affirms that she could earn $5 and could regularly save before COVID-19 crisis. It is with apparent happiness and pride that she narrates her story

‘’ ‘My name is Marie Rose and I live in Gasharu cell, Nyamirambo Sector, the district of Nyarugenge of Kigali city. I am a beneficiary of the VillageFXB SKOL poverty alleviation program, which is now in its final year of implementation. I want to share with you my story of how the FXB SKOL program helped me to cope with the COVID-19 and take care of my family.

The pandemic that emerged in China was of little concern to us. Most people in Rwanda did not know anything about this disease. After spreading to Europe and other countries around the world, the rumor was that it did not affect Africans, we were wrong. From the first case in Rwanda, everything went very fast, we were put in quarantine, only essential services were still allowed, and our businesses suffered.

I am very proud to be part of the FXB -SKOL family. It is true that we went through a very difficult time during this COVID-19 crisis, but FXB had prepared us. In three years, I have received a lot of training that allowed me to cope with this situation.

In the first year, I received training in financial literacy, project management and was provided a start-up capital that allowed me to start an income generating activity of selling fruits and vegetables. We have also been trained and helped to grow a vegetable garden where I grow carrots, lamb’s lettuce, cabbage, beets and much more.

These vegetables are primarily intended to improve our own diet. I usually sell the surplus to the market, which allows me to increase my income. However, during the crisis I shared them with my neighbors who were starving.

FXB has taught us to adopt good hygiene habits. We built latrines, showers and a hand-washing station in front of our house. Everybody adopted the habit of regularly wash hands with soap. The government is sensitizing people to adopt good hygiene behaviors to protect themselves from coronavirus, whereas it is already part of our daily life.

I understood the importance of saving and planning. I am part of a Savings and Credit Group. The group members convenes every week and contribute an agreed amount, based on everyone’s ability, that serve as personal savings and are used to provide small loans to the group members.

It is also an opportunity to share life experiences and learn from each other. Our group is composed of 28 people and we were able to save $1,200 shortly before the COVID-19 crisis. This is already our second cycle.

A cycle lasts 12 months and, at the end, we share the profits that we use to expand our businesses or for other personal projects. For this time, our savings have helped us to cope with this challenging situation.

Even though we are going through difficult times, my family did not suffer too much compared to my neighbors thanks to my income generating activity and my savings. Additionally, my kitchen garden together with all the direct and indirect support I benefited from this program backed me during these hard times.

The FXB staff remained in regular contact with us remotely via phone and it motivated me. During these tough times, we have really understood the importance of the good lessons we benefited from FXB-SKOL program. My business and my savings have been my life jacket during the moments of turbulence. I thank SKOL and FXB for all the support” gratefully relates Marie Rose

Marie Rose has always been a courageous woman who never gave up despite all the difficulties she went through.

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Umuhanzi wo mu itsinda rya Urban Boys, Manzi James uzwi nka Humble Jizzo, yavuze ko yataunguwe ndetse anababazwa n’uko Safi Madiba bahoze mu itsinda rimwe yatanukanye n’umugore we.

Tariki ya 1 Ukwakira 2017 ni bwo Safi Madiba na Judithe basezeranye imbere y’amategeko ndetse basezerana imbere y’Imana.

Muri Gashyantare 2020 ni bwo Safi Madiba yerekeje muri Canada aho byavuzwe ko yasanzeyo umugore we Judithe kuko ari ho aba, muri Kanama 2020 ni bwo Safi yemeje ko yamaze gutandukana n’umugore we.

Ubwo aba bombi bashakanaga, byavuzwe ko Safi ashatse umugore nta rukundo ruri hagati yabo ahubwo ari inzira yo kugira ngo abone uko ajya kuba muri Amerika.

Mu kiganiro na ISIMBI, Humble Jizzo yavuze ko yatunguwe no kumva ko Safi yatandukanye n’umugore we, n’aho ngo babaye barakoze ubukwe bakina baba baranakinishije abantu babwitabiriye.

Yagize ati“Safi n’ubwo twatandukanye, ninjye na we twari dushatse Nizzo ntabwo arashaka, buri muntu amenya ibye mu rushako, ariko njye ntabwo nabyiyumvishije, sinzi niba barafashe umwanya wo kumenyana ariko njye numvaga byari kuba byiza iyo baba bakiri kumwe, ntabwo nkeka ko bakinaga kuko babaye barakinaga baba baranakinishije abantu, ni ugukinisha imitima y’abantu babakunda na bo ubwabo.”

Safi Madiba ubu asigaye yibana mu nzu aho avuga ko yitegura gusohora indirimbo nshya, ni nyuma ya I love You imaze kuzuza miliyoni y’abantu bayirebye kuri YouTube.

Safi yamaze gutandukana n’umugore we

Humble Jizzo yababajwe n’uko Safi yatandukanye n’umugore

Reba ikiganiro na Humble Jizzo

Tariki ya 28 Kanama 2020, ni bwo Abijuru Benjamin yambitse impeta Munezero Aline[Bijoux] amusaba ko yazamubera umugore, undi na we ahita abyemera, gusa yatunguwe n’uko yari yamuzaniye impeta itamukwira.

Ubwo uyu muhango wabaga, Bijoux yaje kugaragara asa n’aho arimo yongorera umukunzi we, aganira na ISIMBI, yavuze ko yarimo amubaza uburyo yamwambitse impeta itamukwira.

Yagize ati“yari yanzaniye impeta itankwira, naramubwiye nti imyaka tumaranye ntabwo uzi intoki zanjye, arambwira ngo byancanze nyine, sinzi uwo yajyanye bayimupimaho ariko nyine ntabwo yankwiraga.”

Bijoux avuga ko Benjamin ari umusore ufite imico myiza ndetse unitonda akaba ari na kimwe mu byo yamukundiye.

Ngo yari yamuzaniye impeta itamukwira

Reba ikiganiro na Bijoux

Ku wa Gatandatu w’iki cyumweru ni bwo byitezwe ko akanama gashinzwe imyitwarire ka FERWAFA kazicara kagafatira ibihano ikipe ya Rayon Sports nyuma y’uko inaniwe kwishyura umutoza Ivan Minnaert.

Mu mpera z’icyumweru gishize ni bwo iminsi 60 yinyongera yari yahawe Rayon Sports yo kuba yamaze kwishyura ideni ifitiye uyu mutoza yarangiye.

Umubiligi Ivan Jacky Minnaert wari umutoza wa Rayon Sports, arishyuza iyi kipe ibihumbi 14.5 by’amadorali kubera kumwirukana binyuranyije n’amategeko, muri aya mafaranga akaba yarishyuwemo ibihumbi 2 by’amadoali gusa.

Nyuma y’uko iminsi yahawe iyi kipe irangiye itishyuye uyu mutoza, amakuru ISIMBI yamenye ni uko ku wa Gatandatu w’iki cyumweru, tariki ya 5 Nzeri 2020, akanama gashyinzwe imyitwarire ka FERWAFA kazicara kagafatira iyi kipe ibihano.

Mu bihano iyi kipe ishobora gufatirwa harimo kuba yakurwaho amanota mbere y’uko umwaka w’imikino wa 2020-2021 utangira, kwangirwa kugura cyangwa kugurisha umukinnyi no kwangirwa kwandikisha abakinnyi.

Rayon Sports ishobora guhanwa kubera Ivan Minnaert

Ku munsi w’ejo ubuyobozi bw’ikipe ya Rayon Sports, bwakomeje igikorwa cyo kubonana na buri mukinnyi w’iyi kipe baganirizwa ku kibazo cy’ibirarane bafitiwe n’uburyo bazenda bishyurwa.

Ku biro bya MK Card, ari n’aho Rayon Sports ikorera ibikorwa byayo bya buri munsi, perezida wa Rayon Sports, Munyakazi Sadate kuva tariki ya 22 Kanama 2020 kugeza ku munsi w’ejo yagiye abonana n’abakinnyi b’iyi kipe, gusa amakuru ISIMBI yamenye ni uko abakinnyi barimo Nshimiyimana Amran na Rugwiro Herve batigeze bahakandagira.

FERWAFA iheruka gutanga icyiciro cya mbere cy’amafaranga angana na miliyoni 14 yatanzwe na FIFA mu rwego rwo guhangana n’ingaruka za COVID-19, ni amwe mu bafaranga Rayon Sports irimo kwifashisha ikemura ibi bibazo.

Munyakazi Sadate yabonanye na buri mukinnyi w’iyi kipe bakabanza bakumvikana ideni ikipe imufitiye, bitewe n’amafarana ahari umukinnyi akerekwa amafaranga ari bwishyurwe ndetse n’ayo ikipe imusigayemo agasinyirwa igihe azayishyurwa, benshi bahawe mu ntangiriro z’umwaka utaha.

Amakuru ISIMBI yamenye kandi ni uko abakinnyi barimo Sugira Ernest na Kayumba Soter baraye babonye amafaranga yabo, abandi bakaba bayategereje uyu munsi.

Urujijo ku ibaruwa ya Rugwiro Herve

Ku munsi w’ejo ni bwo kandi hasohotse ibaruwa kapiteni w’iyi kipe, Rugwiro Herve yandikiye ubuyobozi bw’ikipe abumemenyesha ibibazo abakinnyi bafite ndetse anabushinja uburangare mu kubikemura.

Ubwo ISIMBI yageragezaga kuvugana na bamwe mu bakinnyi, bavuze ko batunguwe n’ibaruwa kapiteni wa bo yanditse kuko bo bari mu biganiro n’iyi kipe ibereka uburyo igiye kugenda ibishyura ibirarane byabo.

Mu kiganiro n’umuvugizi w’iyi kipe, Nkurunziza Jean Paul, yavuze ko n’ubuyobozi nabwo bwatunguwe n’iyi baruwa kuko bazi ko kugeza ubu nta mukinnyi wabo ufite ikibazo.

Yagize ati“twari twabemereye ko ikirarane cy’ukwezi kwa 3 tugomba kukibahemba bitarenze ibyumweru 2 kandi ejo barayahawe, ibyo kwishyurwa ukwezi 4 kugeza mu kwa 8 twumvikanye ko abakinnyi batazabona umushahara kuko na bo ntabwo bakoreye ikipe bitewe na COVID-19. Natwe iyo baruwa yaradutunguye cyane kuko kugeza ubu uburyo abakinnyi bacu babayeho tubuzi, twebwe abakinnyi bacu tuzi uko babayeho, biriya bibazo kapiteni wa bo yagarageje ntabyo bafite.”

Jean Paul kandi akaba yasobanuye ko kugeza ubu mu bakinnyi ba Rayon Sports nta n’umwe bafitanye ikibazo kuko bamaze kwishyurwa ndetse n’abo basigayemo igice bamaze kubwirwa igihe bazishyurirwa asigaye.

Abakinnyi batunguwe n’ibaruwa ya Rugwiro Herve