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Vol. XII Issue IX - September 2010
Project Management eJournal
REGIONAL REPORT:
Project Management Update from Kigali
BY Isaac Nyarwaya
International Correspondent for PMForum
& PM World Today
Kigali, Rwanda
Introduction
In this issue of Project Management World Today, i would like to share with our Dear readers about some major projects in Rwanda and also the Government of Rwanda (GOR) initiative to start a Single Project/Programme Implementation Unit (SPIU) in public institutions. I hope this idea initiated by the GOR can be benchmarked by other governments across the globe that are struggling with ensuring efficiency and effectiveness of donor projects to their governments.
News from Big Local Projects
Mega projects especially in the construction sector have continued to increase in Rwanda. The most notable one is the construction of a commercial centre that is slated to cost USD 200 million (approximately 117.6 billion Rwandese Francs). This project dubbed “Downtown Ltd” will include hospitality facilities such as hotels, hospitals and restaurants and a commuter terminal of international standards.
I would like to mention a few points about this project:
This project has shown that foreign and local investors’ partnerships are viable in Rwanda. The project is a joint investment of Rwandan and Ugandan investors.
This project has again demonstrated the effort of the GOR in general and President Paul Kagame in particular in creating a conducive environment for doing business in Rwanda. This project will be located in the land that has been occupied by the Kigali Central Prison and it is the effort of the President of Rwanda that enabled handing over this land to the private investors.
More…
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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