Business

Rwanda’s real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased to 8.6 per cent in 2011, up from 7.2 per cent in 2010, according to latest figures released by the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR).

A regional company dealing in business management solutions, COSEKE, has introduced a new technology in Rwanda called ‘AnyDoc Software’ offering customers automatic data capture, mass storage and electronic moveable shelves.

Rural informal savings, under the Voluntary Savings and Loans scheme-VSLs, has reached over Rwf1.9 billion (US$ 3.18m), reflecting steady momentum to bring the unbanked population on board.