Tag Archives: Business

By Patrick Kagenda & Joshua Masinde The year 2009 began with projections of declining economic growth especially in Sub- Saharan Africa as a result of the global financial meltdown. Growth was projected to decline from 7 percent in 2007 to 6 percent in the financial year 2008/09. The economy has …

By Patrick Kagenda Registration procedures for land, licenses, high taxes, and low electricity supply are major obstacles What is the most crucial factor in setting up, running, and ending a business? Is it the ease of procedures involved, the amount of time required, the flexibility of policies, or the financial …

By Kabona Esiara Rwanda ranked best business destination, Best world reformer The Doing Business 2010 report by the World Bank Group has ranked Rwanda the top reformer in the world for passing seven reforms encouraging domestic and foreign investments. The reforms create a better legal framework, streamline procedures, reduce bureaucracy, …

By Patrick Kagenda What is your day like? I wake up at 5 a.m. and pray. I don’t normally have breakfast but I take hot water. I wake up my children for school and 6:30 a.m. is the latest we leave the house. After I have dropped the children to …