Businesswomen

"“The ability to redefine yourself is a bold, daring and purposeful choice… No one can take your happiness from you or prevent you from being happy.”"

"“Redefining oneself is the epitome of growth and development. The woman who redefines herself is free because she has let go of her insecurities.”"

"“No one can take your happiness from you or prevent you from being happy. No one except you, that is.”"

"“Designing campaign attire for our candidate, President Paul Kagame, during the 2024 elections was an honor. We wish him all the best.”"

"“The ability to redefine yourself is a bold, daring and purposeful choice… No one can take your happiness from you or prevent you from being happy. No one except you, that is.”"

"“It’s not who wears my clothes, it’s about what difference we are making in the community.”"

"“If you told me today to start a fashion line, I don’t know if I would be as brave because the older you grow, the more you calculate what could go wrong or right.”"

"I strongly believe that Rwanda has a very rich culture with an artistic side to it, and I am determined to put the country on the world fashion map."

"The purpose of denial is to destroy truth and memory. The denial of the genocide against the Tutsi causes the gravest offence to survivors."

"Let us condemn all the deniers of the Genocide against the Tutsi so we give dignity to the deceased and respect the survivors."

"Join me, as I stand here today and pray for every Rwandan, who is healing from a life left by the Genocide’s ‘visible and invisible’ scars."

"The most important thing is truth, dignity, and that enduring Rwandan spirit – the spirit that must never die."

"What you see today is me, dressed in a cloak of healing, which is often forgiving and will be in production forever."

"May we all hear the voices of children, who are learning to be expressive under the best of circumstances, and are often completely absent when they, as I was, have been traumatized."

"To my people exciting times….” Designer& mental health advocate."

"this is an opportunity to showcase Rwanda’s fashion industry to the international market, and a chance to create new avenues for them to gain regional and international markets for their products."

"I’ll be Diego_Twahirwa's wife by this Christmas."

"As we seek to access foreign markets we must also build and strengthen our own capital markets and increase efforts towards financial inclusion."

"The health pandemic caught Africa, like the rest of the world, unprepared. Our insurance systems were not deep enough, and as a collective we’ve needed to come together to respond. Twenty years after the birth of the African Union, which was created to reinforce solidarity, the continent was tested."

"The power of NEPAD is the power of ideas and solutions it brings to the table. NEPAD and ECA have been working together closely on the MoveAfrica border system to harmonise systems, processes, and regulations in support of implementation of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area. NEPAD has also been at the forefront to ensure that the single African transport market can take hold. It is time for Africa to have its own development institution."

"At the moment there is still a lot to be done in the country. We are going to concentrate on the local market for now."

"Because we continued to work with our clients and the Bank’s employees, especially through technology, we were able to reduce the cost that we incurred such as in advertising, travel, etc., so that there is a lot of money we saved."

"We are very pleased to already bring down our cost of risk from 3.4 (percent) last year to 0.78 percent- which is below one percent this year."

"So, our target for non-interest income is about 50 percent growth year on year but for the first quarter (Q1 2022) we are pleased to see a strong stability as in quarter four."

"This was a situation where somebody acted completely out of character and, ordinarily, with the labour law and our HR policy, this person should have gone through the disciplinary process which would have probably led to an exit or a very difficult end in terms of parting."

"with the financial strength, expertise, regional connectivity and expanded range of products and services, NCBA Bank Rwanda PLC is set to become a market leader in corporate, retail, asset finance, and digital banking within the region"

"I am one of those people who put 100% into whatever I am doing, so side hustles would never work for me. It has to be all in!"

"What COVID-19 has taught us is that health system resilience is the job of everyone."

"I’m a scientist, you can see them blinking."

"Being in the fashion sector is fun because it requires a lot of creativity and being current, but most of all, you must have a sense of attraction. Who you are is who you attract. You have to attract people into your life and into your business and ideas. People need to understand that the greatest growth will always come as a result of finding people ahead of you who can show you the way forward."

"I have one word for the young people; self-motivation, that internal drive to achieve, to produce, to develop, and keep moving forward. With self-motivation, you’ll learn and grow regardless of the specific situation. That’s why it’s such a fundamental tool for reaching your goals, achieving your dreams, and succeeding, in this journey we call life."

"Business is a battle of perception, focus, and marketing.“When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.”- ZigZiglar. That quote describes my success."

"Challenges and interferences in business are always there but my own challenge is marketing and customer loyalty. This includes, how to market to potential customers effectively and retain your existing customers, figuring out the right marketing channels, and knowing where your customers are and how best to reach them."

"I can’t say people have not seen it, but will just highlight it again; its adaptability and flexibility. It is good to be passionate or even stubborn about what you do. But being inflexible about clients or market needs will lead to failure. Entrepreneurial venture is not simply about doing what you believe is good, but also, making a successful business out of it. Market needs are dynamic, changes are a recurring phenomenon."

"I have come to understand that it’s not all about you and your idea. My focus on my early business start led to just me, me, me. This was a lonely experience and it negatively affected me and my businesses. I’ve since changed and now, I continually make time for others. I look for opportunities to assist people and serve. This not only makes me feel better about myself but it helps my businesses. I don’t expect anything in return. Sometimes people you’ve helped will help you, other times they will not."

"I have not achieved much, neither have I achieved less, though I’m looking onto much more that is yet to come. But I can say I have so far improved on my communication skills and developed a good relationship with clients; I am running two businesses, I pay for my school tuition, and many more. The keenness that I have for the next level is the hope and confidence that keeps us in motion."

"I cannot say it has been easy, it all started from scratch as I managed the limited resources that I had (like time, money and personal relationships). But with determination, passion and motivation, self-belief, hard work and discipline, I managed to build my businesses without ‘getting bored’ because I enjoy what I do."

"There are people who think that charity work is showing off,but it doesn't mean anything when you've done what you're supposed to do."

"People who take things for granted or feel that they're entitled instead of really, sort of, building on opportunities they are given and making the best of them."

"I think for any human being, it's good to not only have a very fulfilling career, but probably you spend a lot of time working, but have time for other things as well."

"Whatever the World Bank is doing, whatever countries are investing in, are actually resulting to jobs."

"I think the key word for Africa is building Africa’s economic resilience."

"it’s important for countries to mobilize their own resources and be able to, you know, be in control of their own destiny."

"Our involvement as new member of the NGFS Steering Committee, as well as contribution in various Workstreams, is a result of our commitment to play a significant role in the greening of the financial sector not only in Rwanda, but across the region."

"The NBR is actively supporting the development of Rwanda’s Green Taxonomy as per the NGFS recommendation #6."

"NBR’s work on meeting net-zero targets is embedded in the national policies and the robust institutional, legal and policy framework to address climate change, reduce biodiversity losses, and enhance adaptive capacity."

"We’ve done a lot to make sure Rwanda is not easily impacted by global volatility."

"Local banks… are also developing those instruments that they can extend to the private sector and even individuals."

"We’ve been having a facility at the central bank for banks that can come to us and we do what we call a forex swap—when we lock in a rate that they can come in one year, two years, and they will get the dollars at that rate and they pay us a premium."

"What is important is to look at financial inclusion because if you issue a digital currency, you shouldn’t be excluding your population, it has to go with closing the digital divide and making sure that people have the option to use it."