Trade fair opens, finds exhibitors not ready
By noon yesterday, most exhibitors were still putting final touches to their stands. Sounds from handsaws cutting through timber and hammers hitting nails could be heard from a distance as carpenters fixed stands, at the 11th Rwanda International Trade Fair (RITF) show grounds in Gikondo. When The New Times team visited the expo grounds, exhibitors were still moving in their products. According to information from the Ugandan exhibitors, only six companies were present by press time while others were still waiting to be cleared in.
MTN’s Chief Operation Officer Andrew Rugege (L) shows President Paul Kagame the recently introduced ZTE phone commonly known as Karasharamye during the opening of the 11th Expo at Gikondo. (Photo/ G. Barya).