Hospitality training centre opened

KIGALI - Akilah Institute, a hospitality and tourism training body, yesterday officially launched its activities at their headquarters in Kibagabaga. In an interview with The Sunday Times, Elizabeth Davis, one of the co-founders of the institute, observed that part of the motive behind the establishment of the institute was to create a platform for empowering women. “We started out to establish this institute with a goal of economically empowering young women by enabling them become professionals in the hospitality sector. We are so happy with the current achievements and we hope to enlarge the institute in the near future,” she said. She added that they chose to start programs in hospitality and related fields because of the immense potential in this sector in Rwanda