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Vol. XII Issue III - March 2010
Project Management eJournal
REGIONAL REPORT:
Project Management Update from Kigali
BY Isaac Nyarwaya
International Correspondent for PMForum
& PM World Today
Kigali, Rwanda
Introduction
This is my second month as member of this network. So far, i am learning a lot about projects and project management. I wish the opportunity to join this network came earlier. I thought it would be fair for our readers to know that Rwanda has not been left behind in projects and project management. The aim of this first contribution is to briefly tell our readers how projects are making significant contribution to Rwanda’s economic development after the devastating effects of the 1994 genocide. It is also aimed at sharing with our readers how project management and project management professionalization is fairing in our country.
News from Big Local Projects
Last time I was reading an article in Rwanda’s New Times of February 5, 2010 entitled “2009 investments to create 11,000 jobs” and was left amazed at how projects are at the center of economic development of Rwanda. It reported that in 2009, Rwanda registered about 109 investment projects worth over 600 billion RWF (approximately 1.1billion USD) and were estimated to create 11,000 jobs. This is perhaps a significant investment given the size of Rwanda.
The major projects registered include the Kivuwatt project by American-based company Contour Global, which aims to extract methane gas from lake Kivu and convert it to energy, Luxenburg’s Millicom in Telecommunications with its brand name TIGO, Germany’s SAG in electrical construction, South Africa’s Rutongo Mines and Tanzania’s Bakhresa Grain Milling. The other major foreign deals signed include USA Ecofuel’s biodiesel/ Jatropha project and the construction of five-star Marriott/ New Century Hotel and the Kigali Convention Center/ Hotel. Other huge upcoming projects include the Airport and Railway construction.
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Isaac Nyarwaya
Isaac Nyarwaya is an International Correspondent for PMForum and PM World Today in Rwanda. He has over 9 years of project management experience in the NGO sector, United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), and recently in the private sector. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Management with Distinction from the National University of Rwanda and a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) in Project Management from the Maastricht School of Management. He also has a PRINCE2 (Foundation) Certification and is scheduled to sit for the PMP exam this year. He has been a member of the Project Management Institute (PMI) since 1997. Mr. Nyarwaya is in the process of establishing the Centre for Project Management Excellence (CPME Ltd) in Kigali to conduct project management related consultancy, training, research and publication. He is also a visiting lecturer at the Independent Institute of Lay Adventists of Kigali (INILAK). Isaac is committed to promoting professional project management in Rwanda and he dreams of having many certified project managers and a professional project management body in the country one day. Isaac Nyarwaya can be contacted at cpme.rwanda@gmail.com. |
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