{"id":605305,"date":"2019-04-05T12:38:07","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T12:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Friday,  5 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>taarifa.rw<\/p>\n2019-04-05\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/04\/64402121.29"},"modified":"2019-04-05T12:38:07","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T12:38:07","slug":"kagame-appoints-ghananian-millionaire-chairperson-of-key-govt-institution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/05\/kagame-appoints-ghananian-millionaire-chairperson-of-key-govt-institution\/","title":{"rendered":"Kagame appoints Ghananian millionaire Chairperson of key gov\u2019t institution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Friday,  5 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>taarifa.rw<\/p>\n<p>2019-04-05<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/64402121.295.jpg\" alt=\"Fred Swaniker2\" title=\"Fred Swaniker2\" width=\"295\" height=\"165\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Fred Swaniker is the Founder and CEO of Africa Leadership Academy<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Founder and CEO, Africa Leadership Academy, Ghanaian-born Fred Swaniker has joined the pool of other global CEOs who advise President Kagame.<\/p>\n<p>The 43-year-old who believes many of Africa\u2019s problems boil down to lack of good leadership, and hopes to develop Africa\u2019s own Steve Jobs, has been appointed by President Kagame as chairperson for Rwanda Convention Bureau (RCB), a strategic business unit of Rwanda Development Board\u2019s Tourism and Conservation Department.<\/p>\n<p>RCB is tasked with milking every little from the global tourism market, specifically targeting Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions (MICE), a strategy Rwanda believes will create value in the tourism sector, the country\u2019s largest foreign exchange earner, fetching an annual average of about $500 million.<\/p>\n<p>This is an area that is playing an important role in Rwanda\u2019s growth, bringing in 15% of all tourism revenue.<\/p>\n<p>MICE tourism contributed $52million in 2018, from $47million in 2017 with aim to increase it to $88 million in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Kagame brings the successful Ghanaian mogul on board as chairperson of board of directors with hope that his global business acumen will add value and help push the country\u2019s agenda of generating more revenues from tourism.<\/p>\n<p>The development comes at a time when Rwanda has just signed a promotional deal with Arsenal Football Club to advertise Rwanda under \u201cVisit Rwanda\u201d project as a touristic destination and a country ripe for green investment opportunities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business News of Friday, 5 April 2019 Source: taarifa.rw 2019-04-05 Fred Swaniker is the Founder and CEO of Africa Leadership Academy Founder and CEO, Africa Leadership Academy, Ghanaian-born Fred Swaniker has joined the pool of other global CEOs who advise President Kagame. 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