UTEXRWA secures $400,000 for bio–nets production

UTEXRWA, Rwanda’s only textile producing company has secured a $400,000 that will facilitate the production of at least 70, 000 malaria bed nets. These will make the company the only textile firm that  manufactures the treated bio-nets for local people. “We are ready to produce the first 70,000 nets in two weeks time from now and we produce the second phase in May 2010. Another 70,000 nets.” said Raj Rajendran Utexrwa’s Managing Director in an interview with The New Times.
A UTEXRWA employee, working on a silk production line. (FIle Photo)
A UTEXRWA employee, working on a silk production line. (FIle Photo)
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