Hello Kigali tour Archives - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always https://citifmonline.com/tag/hello-kigali-tour/ Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz Wed, 25 Jan 2017 08:00:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.8 https://citifmonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/cropped-CITI-973-FM-32x32.jpg Hello Kigali tour Archives - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always https://citifmonline.com/tag/hello-kigali-tour/ 32 32 Why Citi FM’s Hello Kigali is a good way to start a transformation agenda [Article] https://citifmonline.com/2017/01/why-citi-fms-hello-kigali-is-a-good-way-to-start-a-transformation-agenda-article/ Wed, 25 Jan 2017 08:00:31 +0000 http://citifmonline.com/?p=284287 Citi FM, one of the most progressive and respected media outlets in Ghana, is organizing a business trip to the capital of Rwanda dubbed Hello Kigali. The trip is expected to take place from 24th January to the 28th of January, 2017. According to a report on CitiFMOnline, the Hello Kigali tour will expose business leaders in the private […]

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]]> Citi FM, one of the most progressive and respected media outlets in Ghana, is organizing a business trip to the capital of Rwanda dubbed Hello Kigali. The trip is expected to take place from 24th January to the 28th of January, 2017.

According to a report on CitiFMOnline, the Hello Kigali tour will expose business leaders in the private and public sectors, managers, entrepreneurs and individuals to a first-hand experience on how Rwanda with its recent genocide history, turned around its story, to become an investment hub in Africa.

DailyAccra spoke to a business development consultant who told us that a trip like Hello Kigali, comes with several benefits for individual businesses and national economic transformation.

LOWERED LABOR COSTS

One advantage of benchmarking, which the trip to Kigali is, may be a reduction in the cost of productive labor. For example, a small Ghanaian manufacturing company may study how a top Rwanda-based manufacturer uses robots for several basic plant functions. These robots may help the Kigali-based company to save a significant amount of money on labor costs. Managers of the small Ghanaian company may obtain information on these robotics systems through interactions as part of the visit.

IMPROVED PRODUCT QUALITY

Owing to our first point, company managers or business leaders who participate in Hello Kigali may improve the quality of products they churn out. Engineers sometimes purchase leading competitors’ products. They may then take them apart, study them and determine how the competitors’ products outlast or outperform others in the industry. A visit like this affords a smart business manager the opportunity to systematically take apart the production modules and quality checks in the Rwandan system which has made them so successful then either replicate them in Ghana or improve on them.

IMPROVED PACKAGING AND BRANDING

A company that uses the opportunity Citi FM is offering well will not only be able to reduce the cost of production or improve product quality. A very crucial element of success Ghanaian businesses are not competitive in is product packaging and branding. Rwandan businesses still have a long way to go in product packaging but the fact that they are making a headway economically means a good number of big producers there are doing something right that we can improve on.

The bottom lines for Hello Kigali at the end of the day should not be to go to Rwanda to admire their famed success. The focus should be how we can learn from their experiences and also their weaknesses to be able to stage a transformation agenda that will be second to none in Africa.

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By: Daily Accra

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]]> Hello Kigali participants off to Rwanda [photos] https://citifmonline.com/2017/01/hello-kigali-participants-off-to-rwanda-photos/ Tue, 24 Jan 2017 10:30:15 +0000 http://citifmonline.com/?p=287608 Participants of Citi FM’s Hello Kigali Business Tour left Accra for Rwanda today [Tuesday], January 24, 2017. The team comprises business leaders, entrepreneurs and key public sector workers who are eager to find solutions to stimulate growth and efficiency in their organizations. Rwanda has been touted for its successes in eliminating overly bureaucratic and corrupt […]

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]]> Participants of Citi FM’s Hello Kigali Business Tour left Accra for Rwanda today [Tuesday], January 24, 2017.

The team comprises business leaders, entrepreneurs and key public sector workers who are eager to find solutions to stimulate growth and efficiency in their organizations.

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Rwanda has been touted for its successes in eliminating overly bureaucratic and corrupt systems in its public sectors, using technology and friendly legal regimes.

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Businesses are also thriving in the Rwandan economy, which has seen an average growth of about 7 percent in the last ten years, pushed by manufacturing, agriculture, construction, and services.

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Some of the government institutions that have shaped the Rwandese success story and who will also host participants include; the Rwanda Development Board, the Rwanda Revenue Authority and the Government Online service (Irembo).

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The Head of the Business News Desk at Citi FM, Vivian Kai Lokko, who is leading the delegation, explained that participants will be exposed to unique experiences needed to grow their businesses.

CEO of Emerald Properties, Harry Quartey, who is a participant, the Hello Kigali Tour, will afford him the opportunity to explore business opportunities for the slow growth in the middle to low end real estate business he operates.

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Meanwhile, another participant, who’s the Director of AB Business Consultancy, Belinda Odua Dua, told Citi Business News her expectations of the Hello Kigali Tour will enable her add value to warrant possible increases in charges for its services back home in Ghana.

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Other highlights of the trip include a visit to the Kigali Free Zone, Rwanda Natural Resources Authority (RNRA), Rwanda’s Commercial High Court as well as the Genocide Memorial.

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The Hello Kigali tour will end on January 28th, 2017.

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